Research Assistant

Contract type: Fixed-term until 31^st July 2025

Working pattern: Part-time, working 21 hours per week, working days to be agreed with the successful candidate

Location: Sheffield (Hybrid)

We have an exciting opportunity in the School of Psychology for an enthusiastic Research Assistant. You will work on a project funded by the Research England's QR-Policy Support Fund for Knowledge Exchange and is led by Dr Emma Broglia in collaboration with the Student Mental Health, Counselling and Therapies Service.

Recent UK policy changes encourage higher education providers to demonstrate their influence on student mental health and academic experience.  You will contribute to the project developing a measurement tool for university mental health services, including counselling, to assess students' academic needs, university experiences, and their impact on mental health.

In this role, you will support research activities, including the development, validation, and piloting of the new measure. You will facilitate stakeholder workshops with external organisations, practitioners (e.g., therapists), and students to refine the tool. Additionally, you will create online surveys, assist with psychometric analyses, and help build and pilot electronic versions of the tool within university support services.

What we offer

• 38 days annual leave (including closure days and Bank Holidays), with the possibility to purchase up to ten additional days.
• Up to 5 days of paid time off to cover emergency caring responsibilities.
• A commitment to work life balance including, flexible working opportunities and hybrid working where possible.
• A highly competitive pension scheme.
• Discounts at participating shops and cinemas, and a cycle to work scheme.
• A commitment to your development, with programmes, learning modules and mentoring schemes.
• An inclusive and diverse workplace.
• A commitment to your wellbeing, with confidential emotional support, support for those going through the menopause, experiencing fertility treatment and having a baby, paid leave for IVF treatment and more.

Further information can be found at www.sheffield.ac.uk/jobs/benefits

We are committed to exploring flexible working opportunities which benefit the individual and University.

We build teams of people from different heritages and lifestyles from across the world, whose talent and contributions complement each other to greatest effect. We believe diversity in all its forms delivers greater impact through research, teaching and student experience.

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