Research Associate - Bath, United Kingdom - University of Bath

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Research Associate

Job title Research Associate

Department Psychology

Salary Starting from £37,099, rising to £44,263

Grade Grade 7

Contract Type Full Time, Fixed Term

Placed on Tuesday 13 February 2024

Closing date Sunday 17 March 2024

Interview date To be confirmed

Reference CH11435

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About the role:

The Department of Psychology is seeking a skilled and highly motivated post-doctoral research associate to support a 2-year Leverhulme Trust funded project exploring the effect of personal relative deprivation on health and wellbeing.

The project, led by Professor Mitchell Callan, aims to use a combination of longitudinal and experimental methods to test the causal pathways between personal relative deprivation - an individual's satisfaction with their "lot in life" relative to their peers - and mental and physical wellbeing.

This will involve a combination of online questionnaire-based (micro)longitudinal studies and lab-based research using physiological measures of stress (e.g., cardiovascular reactivity, acoustic speech features, pupillometry).

The post holder will be actively involved in:

design, preparation and piloting of research materials

- recruitment and data collection (in-person and online), including overseeing research students collecting data in the labs
- analysis of the data (preferably using R) according to open science practices
- preparing high quality manuscripts for publication.

A PhD in Psychology or related discipline, with a quantitative research element.
Experience of data collection using computerised research tools (e.g., Prolific, Gorilla, Qualtrics) and interest or experience in using physiological research methods/tools (e.g., eye tracker, BIOPAC, acoustic speech).
Experience with advanced quantitative data analysis and visualisation (preferably using R) and a commitment to research integrity and reproducibility (e.g., preregistration, open science)
Excellent team working, communication, and time management skills.

We have one position available offered on a full time (36.5 hours per week) fixed-term basis. The post is funded until 28/02/26.

What we can offer you:

- a very generous employer contributory pension scheme
- generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
- we are a family-friendly University and with an increasingly agile workforce, are open to flexible working arrangements
- an excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
- a wide range of personal and professional development opportunities
- a number of support options available for new and existing staff to help with the cost of some immigration expenses which you may be eligible for: Relocation allowance, Visa Reimbursement, Interest-Free Loan.

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