Research Associate - Edinburgh, United Kingdom - University of Edinburgh

University of Edinburgh

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Edinburgh, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

UE07, £37,099 - £44,263 per annum

College of Medicine & Veterinary Medicine, Deanery of Clinical Sciences, Centre for Cardiovascular Sciences

Contract type - Fixed term, until 31st July 2024

Full time, 35 hours per week

We are looking for a global mental health researcher interested in developing a psychological support program and evaluation for a partner organisation in Sri Lanka.

The Opportunity:

Your skills and attributes for success:

Completed or submitted PhD with relevant work experience.
Knowledge and experience of working in Sri Lanka
Experience of planning, developing and implementing interventions and/or research in rural communities.
Fluency in one of the languages of Sri Lanka (Sinhala or Tamil)
Experience of working in complex environment and respond flexibly to these challenges.

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As a valued member of our team you can expect:
An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success.

You will benefit from a competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits, which includes a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits
pension scheme ,
staff discounts, family friendly initiatives
, flexible working and much more.

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for further information and use our reward calculator **to find out the total value of pay and benefits provided.

The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education.

We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.

If invited for interview you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our right to work webpages.