Research Fellow and Trial Manager in Youth Social Prescribing

About us

BSH is dedicated to research on how human behaviour impacts health and health outcomes. Specifically, the position will be within Prof. Daisy Fancourt’s Social Biobehavioural Research Group.

About the role

The Social Biobehavioural Research Group focuses on the impact of social factors on health. This includes social deficits (e.g. loneliness, isolation and COVID-19 lockdowns) and social assets (e.g. social connections, cultural and community engagement, nature engagement and social prescribing)

The post-holder will support the evaluation of youth social prescribing via two national trials. (i) INACT which aims to tackle youth loneliness via social prescribing in schools, and (ii) CASPA which aims to incorporate social prescribing into youth mental health services once young people have started psychological treatment. The role will involve (i) contributing to new empirical and theoretical research, including producing study protocols, submitting ethics applications and amendments, recruiting participants, gathering and analysing qualitative and quantitative data, and writing reports and papers; (ii) building the team’s partnerships with internal and external collaborators including researchers, health services, schools, community organisations and policy bodies.

Role specific details:

• An acceptable DBS check is required to carry out this role.
• We will consider applications to work on a part-time, flexible and job share basis wherever possible.
• This role is eligible for hybrid working with a minimum of 40% on site.

Application Details:

• This is a fixed-term role with funding until 31/10/2026 in the first instance.
• Appointment at Grade 7 is dependent upon having been awarded a PhD; if this is not the case, initial appointment will be at Grade 6B (£38,607 - £41,255 per annum) with payment at Grade 7 (£43,374 - £46,796) per annum) being backdated to the date of final submission of the PhD thesis with no corrections. Salaries are inclusive of London Allowance
• This appointment is subject to UCL Terms and Conditions of Service for Research and Professional Services Staff. Please visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/human-resources/conditions-service-research-teaching-and-professional-services-staff for more information

Application Process:

• A full job description and person specification can be accessed at the bottom of this page.
• Please use the personal statement section to explain how you meet each of the essential and desirable criteria outlined in the person specification

Contract Details:

• If you have any queries regarding the vacancy or the application process, please contact Dr Daniel Hayes (hayes@ucl.ac.uk)
• If you need reasonable adjustments or a more accessible format to apply for this job online or have any queries about the application process, please contact Maria Kristensen (kristensen@ucl.ac.uk)

About you

You will have a PhD (or close to completion) in applied youth research. The successful candidate will need excellent interpersonal, communication, teamwork, organisational skills, evaluation skills and experience of trial management and research governance processes.

What we offer

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents we also offer some great benefits, pls vivisit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/reward-and-benefits to find out more.

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