Research Associate

We are seeking to appoint a Research Associate to work within the School of Psychology.

The main duties will be to co-design and build a whole-of-cycle online resource to support people undergoing fertility treatment cycles. The website will be informed by the evidence generated in Phase I of the grant ‘A Novel systems approach to reducing the psychosocial burden of infertility treatment’ and co-designed with knowledge end-users (e.g., patients, partners). The website will contain separate but complementary sections for patients, partners, and families/friends. The work will include analysis of data from Phase I (requiring intensive longitudinal analysis and multilevel modelling); writing resources for patients; developing the whole-of-cycle intervention; designing interactive online content; managing website and app build including liaison with technicians; and conducting several rounds of testing with consumers. The position requires experience developing complex online psychosocial interventions for vulnerable patients and will require someone with clinical expertise (e.g. psychology).

For informal enquiries, please contact Professor Jacky Boivin, email at boivin@cardiff.ac.uk. 

This post is full-time (35 hours per week), fixed term until the 31st May 2026 and is available from the 1st June 2025, based in the Cathays Park site in the School of Psychology. 

The majority of roles at Cardiff University are currently operating under “blended working” arrangements, with staff having the flexibility to work partly from home and partly from the University campus depending on specific business requirements. Discussions around these arrangements can take place after the successful candidate has been appointed but a minimum of three days per week in the School of Psychology will be expected.

Salary: £40,497 - £45,413 per annum (Grade 6). Appointments to roles at Cardiff University are usually made at bottom of scale unless in exceptional circumstances.

Cardiff University offers many excellent benefits, including 45 days annual leave (incl. bank holidays), local pension scheme, a cycle to work scheme and other travel initiatives, annual increments within the pay scale, and more. It's an exciting and vibrant place to work with many different challenges and is a proud Living Wage supporter. Business needs will require some degree of office-based working but the balance of time can be spent in the office or remotely (subject to agreement with the line manager).

Closing date: Sunday, 27 April 2025

Cardiff University is committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity and to creating an inclusive working environment. We believe this can be achieved through attracting, developing, and retaining a diverse range of staff from many different backgrounds. We therefore welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of sex, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, trans identity, relationship status, religion or belief, caring responsibilities, or age. In supporting our employees to achieve a balance between their work and their personal lives, we will also consider proposals for flexible working or job share arrangement.

Cardiff University is a signatory to the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), which means that in hiring and promotion decisions we will evaluate applicants on the quality of their research, not publication metrics or the identity of the journal in which the research is published. More information is available at: Responsible research assessment - Research - Cardiff University.

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