Peer Researcher - Birmingham, United Kingdom - University of Birmingham

University of Birmingham

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Position Details
School of Psychology

Location:
University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham UK

Full time starting salary is normally in the range £31,396 to £33,966 with potential progression once in post to £38,205

Grade: 6

Part Time (7.5 working hours per week)

Fixed Term contract up to July 2024

Closing date: 5th December 2023

Our offer to you
People are at the heart of what we are and do.

The University of Birmingham is proud to have been a part of the City of Birmingham and the wider region for over 100 years, and we are equally proud to be recognised as a leading global university.

We want to attract talented people from across the city and beyond, support them to succeed, and celebrate their success.

We are committed to helping the people who work here to develop through our sector-leading Birmingham Professional programme which provides all professional services staff with development opportunities and the encouragement to reach their full potential.

With almost 5,000 professional services jobs in a wide-range of functions in Edgbaston and in our campus in Dubai, there are plenty of opportunities for you to be able to develop your career at the University.

We believe there is no such thing as a typical member of staff and that diversity is a source of strength that underpins the exchange of ideas, innovation, and debate.

We warmly welcome people from all backgrounds and are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where diversity is at the heart of who and what we are, and how we work.

Supporting our people to achieve a healthy work/life balance is important both to our employees and to the success of the University and, depending on the role, we offer a variety of flexible working arrangements.

We therefore welcome discussions on all forms of flexible working.

In addition, you will receive a generous package of benefits including 40 days paid holiday a year, one paid day a year for volunteering, occupational sick pay, and a pension scheme.

We also have three high quality subsidised day nurseries.

The University is situated in leafy Edgbaston and there are excellent transport links to our beautiful campus, including main bus routes and a train station on site.

On campus we have a state-of-the-art sports centre with pool, shops, places to eat and drink, our own art gallery, museum and botanical gardens.

Find out more about the benefits of working for the University of Birmingham

Background

Co-STARS is a co-production study developing a mental health training package in collaboration with young people from Black African and Black Caribbean diaspora with experience of mental ill health.

By empowering young people with lived experience, the training hopes to reduce stigma and improve understanding about mental health, as well as provide appropriate signposting to bridge the gap between communities exposed to multiple disadvantages and health services.

We will also co-produce an e-learning course for health and social care professionals to raise greater awareness of the structural issues faced by the Black African and Caribbean communities, with the goal of improving quality of care and practice.

The project is funded by The University of Birmingham as part of the Enhancing Research Culture Institutional Fund.

We are also collaborating with Forward Thinking Birmingham, a mental health service which is part of the Birmingham Women's and Children's Trust.

Role Summary
The Peer Researcher will support all aspects of the project delivery. This will involve close liaison with charitable partners, community organisations, as well as health and social care organisations.

The peer researcher will support the recruitment of participants for the co-design workshops, facilitate the workshops, and help to produce the training material.

The peer researcher will also be closely involved in the outputs of the project.

The position is for one day a week with an option to work flexibly.

Main Duties
The responsibilities may include some but not all of the responsibilities outlined below.

Facilitate workshops with young people and professionals
Work in close partnership with various community organisations
Present research outputs
Undertake administration arising from research
Deal with problems that may affect the achievement of research objectives and deadlines
Help shape the research from a lived experience perspective
Conduct literature reviews with support from the team
Assist with qualitative data analysis
Be comfortable with being supported to write academically
Facilitate and coordinate meetings with other young people with lived experience from the community
Represent the Co-STARS project at events
Organise feedback events
Submit proposals for future conferences on behalf of Co-STARS
Effectively communicate with different partners such as community organisations and mental health services
Attend conferences for learning oppo