Senior Research Assistant (Support for Ageing and Living with Long Term Conditions)

FTE: 1.0 fte (37 hours per week) with potential for a part-time share in the role, offering flexible hours for the right candidates.

Duration of Contract:  Fixed Term until 31 March 2026

Salary: UH6 £32,296 pa to £37,999 pa by annual increments

Annual Leave: 35 days plus standard public holidays and an additional 4 days including the closure of our office between Christmas and New Year

Location: College Lane Campus, Hatfield 

The role supports the research team in achieving project milestones through data collection, analysis, and contributing to the theme’s work. Regular engagement in project meetings ensures steady progress and effective collaboration.

Post-holders may actively contribute to peer-reviewed publications, academic presentations, and the supervision of undergraduate and postgraduate students. Teaching responsibilities may extend to relevant undergraduate and postgraduate courses. Additionally, assisting with project administration, final project reports, and dissemination of research findings will be key aspects of the role.

This role offers valuable experience in developing health and social care, and research at local, regional, and national levels, with the potential to influence health, wellbeing, and services in the East of England. Beyond the project, post-holders will be encouraged to participate in seminars and academic events, fostering collaboration and knowledge exchange within the research community.

The role will be based within the Centre for Research in Public Health and Community Care (CRIPACC). Travel across the East of England and collaboration with other regional Universities will be expected. 

The successful candidate for this role will have experience and knowledge relating to the research involving older people including those living with complex health and social care needs. A strong understanding of how Health and Social Care providers support older individuals, including those living with multi-morbidity, is essential. Experience of having worked on research projects is required as well as community engagement work. The role will have particular responsibility to strengthen and grow mutually beneficial partnerships between researchers and communities, and their community-based organisations, to better reflect the diversity of the population. 

Candidates are expected to be organised, responsible, capable of using their own initiative, able to work well in a team and to evidence communication to a high standard to a variety of audiences.

Where required, training and supervision will be given.

The successful candidate will be educated with an undergraduate honour’s degree (or equivalent) in a relevant discipline.

Disclosure and Barring Service

Our commitment to the University’s Safeguarding Policy requires that the recruitment of staff in this area, will require the minimum of a Basic DBS Check. In the course of our work and University-led activities, there may be external contractual obligations where a further Enhanced Check is required. DBS checks may require renewal in line with policy.

Overseas applicants and UK applicants who have lived abroad

Successful applicants who have lived outside the UK, for 12 months or more (whether continuously or in total), in the last 10 years, will be required to produce a ‘Certificate of Good Character/Conduct’ from each of those countries.

Professor Kathryn Almack: K.Almack@herts.ac.uk or Dr Krystal Warmoth: k.warmoth@herts.ac.uk

Closing Date: 14 March 2025

Interview Date: 3rd/4th April 2025

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