Research Assistant

About the role

We are seeking to recruit a fixed-term, full time, Research Assistant post to support the programme of work that we are leading on from Bath. 

The role is expected to last until December 2025. 

The role will support new studies, literature reviews, and work to identify the best psychosocial constructs to understand pain. 

The post holder will support the recruitment, testing and monitoring of people with clinical pain. 

These focus on cognitive/emotional and behavioural factors in pain and support the analysis of datasets. The role will also support the dissemination and public engagement activities and involve working across the wider consortium. 

The post holder will need to take an active part in the work of the whole consortium including through participation at events and workshops, providing support and advice in keeping with their role and level of appointment, as well as engaging with patient and public focus groups and other stakeholders.

About us

The Bath Centre for Pain Research (BCPR) at the University of Bath is the home to a team of interdisciplinary researchers that investigate the effect that pain has on people’s lives. 

It has a focus on exploring the way psychological and social factors impact on pain, and how this understanding might translate into better ways to manage painful conditions. 

The core areas of work are in: cognitive processes in pain, social factors, child and family, evidence-based medicine and digital development.

The Centre is leading an established multi-institutional consortium (CRIISP) that seeks to better understand how psychosocial mechanisms impact on chronic pain. 

It will also explore how these factors might work alongside biology, in order to provide a better understanding of pain and how it is managed. 

The consortium is funded under the Advanced Pain Discovery Platform programme, which is part of a joint and equal investment of £14 million by UKRI and Versus Arthritis. For UKRI, the initiative is led by the Medical Research Council, with support from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) and Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). 

This research programme seeks to scale up research into chronic pain to improve outcomes for the many people living with painful and debilitating conditions.

What we can offer you:

We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students, so we encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.

We are very proud to be an autism friendly university and are an accredited Disability Confident Leader; committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.

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