Research Officer (0.5 FTE)

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Salary from £42,429 to £50,656 pa (pro rata) inclusive with potential to progress to £54,295 pa (pro rata) inclusive of London allowance

This is a fixed-term contract until 31 December 2025

The Care Policy and Evaluation Centre (CPEC) is a research centre at the LSE. Directed by Dr Jose-Luis Fernandez, CPEC undertakes research particularly in the areas of long-term care and mental health economics and policy.

CPEC is seeking to appoint a half-time (0.5 FTE) Research Officer to support a new project to carry out a rapid study to develop a programme theory for peer support for mothers with severe mental illness during pregnancy and after birth based on a third-sector model of peer support that has been delivered over many years by Action on Postpartum Psychosis (APP).

The project starts in January 2025 and will be completed by December 2025. The postholder will need to start in January 2025 and commit to 0.5 FTE for the duration of the study.

The postholder will contribute to all research activities including literature reviewing, setting up and participating in meetings and workshops, data collection through focus groups and interviews and analysis. The postholder will particularly support engagement with women who have perinatal and/or postpartum mental health needs.

This position offers the opportunity to join an important research study to support women with perinatal and postpartum mental health needs. It will also provide the postholder with an opportunity to be based within a leading Centre for social care and mental health research in England, explore opportunities for future research, develop their own research agenda beyond the project and undertake appropriate training to continue a career in research and/or practice.

Candidates should have:

• A Postgraduate degree in a relevant discipline, such as health services research, health policy or social policy by the post start date
• A PhD or other experience that demonstrates the capacity to produce independent original research by the post start date
• Experience of working with, and/or carrying out research with, vulnerable groups, ideally women with perinatal and/or postpartum mental health needs
• Qualitative data collection and analysis skills (e.g. interviewing, focus groups, analysis)
• Interest in developing skills and expertise of realistic evaluation methods
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, and ability to communicate research findings effectively.

We welcome applications from individuals wishing to explore a secondment arrangement for this post.

We offer an occupational pension scheme, generous annual leave, hybrid working, and excellent training and development opportunities.

For further information about the post, please see the how to apply document, job description and the person specification.

To apply for this post, please click the 'Apply' button above. If you have any technical queries with applying on the online system, please use the “contact us” links at the bottom of the LSE Jobs page. Should you have any queries about the role, please email cpec@lse.ac.uk.

The closing date for receipt of applications is Monday 2 December 2024 (23.59 UK time). Regrettably, we are unable to accept any late applications.

Interviews are expected to take place on Monday 9 December 2024.

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