Senior Peer Research Project Coordinator

Type: Fixed-term contract

Duration: 2 years (potential to extend)

Location: Hybrid (Head office/remote/KCL)

Salary FTE: From £37,524 FTE

Hours: Full-time (37.5 hours per week)

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Senior Peer Research Project Coordinator to join our mental health charity, to work with teams of researchers in London and Tokyo (Japan) on a multi-methods study to achieve a step change in our understanding of the mechanisms underpinning experiences of anxiety in girls/young women aged 10-24.

In this post you will work both at Kings College London embedded in a research team including youth advisors, young people co-researchers and co-production leads and within McPin leading qualitative research in London schools. The post specifically requires the post-holder to work from a lived experience perspective – identifying with experience of anxiety in girls.  The post-holder would also benefit from familiarity with Japanese language and culture.

This post would ideally suit someone with well-developed qualitative research skills who is keen to develop further and willing to lead on project tasks as well as working with others.  The post holder will be involved from the beginning of this study developing research ethics materials, planning engagement with schools, piloting interview and focus group schedules and developing survey tools. They will work closely with a research manager at McPin and a small team of young people co-researchers who will need to be recruited and supported to deliver a qualitative study over the first 2 years of this 5 year programme.  Please see the full job description for more information.

Our team is committed to transforming mental health research through collaboration, inclusion and a belief in equity and anti-oppressive behaviour.  We strongly encourage applications from Black people, People of Colour, people who are LGBTQIA+, those with a disability and those who identify themselves in marginalised groups, as well as people with lived experience of mental health issues.

We offer benefits including a competitive salary, hybrid/flexible working, a NEST Pension scheme with 6% employer contribution, wellbeing support and mentoring scheme, an individual training budget and access to an Employee Assistance Programme with healthcare cash plan.

The closing date for applications is Friday 21^st March 2025 at 9am. The Interviews will be on Tuesday 1^st April 2025.

Queries to contact@mcpin.org if you have any questions about the post.

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