Research Assistant/research Associate in - Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom - Newcastle University

Newcastle University

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Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

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Description

Salary:

Research Assistant:
£30,619 to £32,411 per annum

Research Associate:
£33,348 to £43,155 per annum

Newcastle University is a great place to work, with excellent benefits.

We have a generous holiday package; plus the opportunity to buy more, great pension schemes and a number of health and wellbeing initiatives to support you.

Closing Date: 10 August 2023

The Role

You will be expected to collaborate with an interdisciplinary group of researchers across departments at Newcastle University and University of Bristol, and the National Innovation Centre for Data (NICD).

You will be based in Open Lab, a world-leading HCI research group within School of Computing.

The post will involve working with end-user communities and other key stakeholder groups to help design and evaluate interface aspects of a novel platform of technologies for movement analysis, for conducting at home assessments of mobility and physical activity.

Work will also include collaboratively exploring the data ethics of such systems.

You will collaborate with researchers in our Faculty of Medical Sciences and at partner institutions to publish and present key findings from the project.

The project is funded through the UKRI EPSRC "Transforming the Objective Real-world measUrement of Symptoms (TORUS)" research programme led by Prof Ian Craddock at UoB.

TORUS aims to tackle the challenges of understanding if proposed new drugs actually improve people with Parkinson's symptoms and daily life function.

This will be achieved through a novel platform of sensing technologies for use in people with Parkinson's own homes along with an advanced data fusion and machine learning pipeline that measures changes in specific mobility-related behaviours over weeks and months.

You will work with Professor Abigail Durrant and the broader team within Open Lab, a supportive community of interdisciplinary researchers and designers with a world leading reputation for HCI and the co-design of community-focused civic and health technologies.

You will also work in close collaboration with HCI and design researchers in the TORUS team at UoB, including Professor Kenton O'Hara and Dr Aisling O'Kane.

You will benefit from being based in the multi-award-winning Urban Sciences Building on the Newcastle Helix site, a 'living laboratory' and an exemplar of sustainable urban development in the heart of Newcastle upon Tyne.

This position is available immediately on a full time, fixed term basis for 30 months from the start date.

For more information about the School of Computing and our research at NU, see here.

Key Accountabilities

Although working under the general guidance of an academic or Principal Investigator, the postholder will contribute ideas and design insights, including enhancements to the technical or methodological aspects of project studies, thus providing substantial 'added value'
Develop and carry out the specified project using appropriate techniques and equipment as outlined in the personal requirements
Determine appropriate design methods for research, with advice and support where required
Assess research findings for the need/scope for further investigations
Contribute to the writing up of research for publication and dissemination, through conference and journal publications
Present research findings, at appropriate academic and/or industry conferences or public engagement events
Work with the support staff and, on occasions, with undergraduate and postgraduate students, and interact intellectually with other academic members of the department.
Develop an awareness of University structures, policies and procedures and relevant issues in the higher education, research, social and political environment
May be involved in the supervision, with guidance, of final year undergraduate and MSc research projects and in providing support to postgraduate research students
May contribute to public engagement events around university research

The Person

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

Ability to work well as part of a team and rapidly acquire new skills
Likelihood of advanced skills directly related to the research project
High level of analytical and problemsolving capability
Interpersonal skills and demonstrable experience of communicating complex information with clarity and to encourage commitment of others
Experience of research with clear transferable skills and some experience or awareness of the research environment
Demonstrable knowledge of humancentred design and codesign/ participatory design methods for digital technology development
Experience in design and prototyping tools such as Adobe Creative Suite
Experience in working in interdisciplinary environments
Excellent written and oral communication skills
Demonstrable knowledge of qualitative and quantitative research methods
Track record of leading publication(s) for high quality conferences and/or journa