Research Assistant in Data Management - London, United Kingdom - University College London

University College London
University College London
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Description

Ref Number
B


Professional Expertise
Research and Research Support


Department
School of Life & Medical Sciences (B02)


Location
London


Working Pattern
Full time


Salary
See advert text


Contract Type
Fixed-term


Working Type
On site (> 80% of working time)


Available For Secondment
No


Closing Date
07-Apr-2024


About us:

The UCL Institute for Global Health (IGH) is at the heart of UCL's Grand Challenge of Global Health. The Institute's vision is for a world where international policy on global health is informed by world-class research.

IGH aims to support the development of robust solutions to aspects of the world's major global health challenges through scholarly outputs, education, public engagement, translational research, and ultimately by influencing public policy and professional practice.


We have an exciting opportunity for a Research Assistant with a particular interest in data management to join our busy clinical research team working in infection and sexual health research.

This role provides an excellent opportunity for the post holder to develop their career in data management within a mixed NHS-university clinical research setting.


About the role:


The Research Assistant in Data Management (Infection and Sexual Health) will be responsible for a range of data management tasks, acting as a key point of contact for study teams and external partners in designing data collection tools, managing data queries, and uploading and cleaning data.

The post holder will work closely with the principal investigators and other members of the research team, as well as with those working with data in partner organisations.

This role provides an excellent opportunity for the post holder to develop their career in data management within a mixed NHS-university clinical research setting.

Previous experience in research database management would be an advantage.


This is 100% an on-site position, and the post holder will be based at the Mortimer Market Centre on the Bloomsbury Campus.

An acceptable DBS check is required to carry out this role.

Salary range:
£37,332 to £39,980 per annum (including London Allowance), depending on experience.

A job description and person specification can be accessed at the bottom of this page.


About you:

This role is an excellent opportunity for someone with:

  • Experience in electronic data management and curation
  • Meticulous and organised approach to work with a high standard of accuracy
  • Understanding of information governance, privacy, and security issues regarding the management of datasets
  • Understanding of the principles and practice of medical research
  • Preferably experience with at least one statistical analysis package, such as STATA, R, or SPSS.

What we offer:

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:

  • 41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)
  • Additional 5 days' annual leave purchase scheme
  • Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)
  • Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
  • Immigration loan
  • Relocation scheme for certain posts
  • On-Site nursery
  • Onsite gym
  • Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
  • Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service
  • Discounted medical insurance

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion:

As London's Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world's talent.

We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong.


These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.


Our department holds an Athena SWAN Silver award, in recognition of our commitment and demonstrable impact in advancing gender equality.

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