Qualitative Research Assistant
2 weeks ago
Vacancy terms: Full-time, part-time (0.6FTE, 22.5 hours per week), or job share considered, fixed term contract until 30 June 2025
Hours per week: 37.5
Advert closes midnight on: 20 June 2024
About the role
We have an exciting opportunity for a Qualitative Research Assistant to join the CHARMER research team. CHARMER is an NIHR Programme Grant for Applied Research funded project and collaborating organisations are the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust and the Universities of York, Leeds, Newcastle East Anglia. The project aims to refine and test a practitioner behaviour change intervention to increase proactive deprescribing for older people in hospital.
You will be an integral member of the CHARMER research team and the main duties will be to support the process evaluation of the CHARMER trial. This role plays a pivotal role in the important interface between the CHARMER study and external stakeholders.
You will need to be an enthusiastic, flexible candidate who is expected to be proactive and highly organised. The research team operates a flexible-hybrid working model and everyone is supported to contribute effectively to ensuring that milestones are delivered in a timely manner. Some members of the research teamwork 100% remotely and the successful candidate may opt to do this if they wish.
About you
The ideal candidate will have excellent IT and organisational skills and demonstrable experience of conducting interviews with different stakeholders. You will also have experience in qualitative analysis and be able to use software such as NVivo to support analysis.
You will have strong communication skills with the ability to work effectively individually and as part of team. You will be comfortable managing and prioritising your own workload to deal with urgent tasks, while maintaining a high standard of accuracy and attention to detail. You will be joining a busy, dynamic and successful team in a role that offers varied and exciting opportunities to engage with a wide range of individuals. This role will also provide you with the opportunity to make a significant contribution to research.
Additional information
Informal enquiries are welcome and should be made to Jackie Martin-Kerry on
We anticipate interviews will be held on Thursday 4th July.
Applications for job share will be considered.
As part of the University's ongoing commitment to professional development, this role will also be considered on a seconded basis for existing staff members. Please ensure this is discussed with your line manager prior to applying.
The University of Leicester has been changing the world, and changing people's lives, for 100 years. When you join us, you'll become part of a community of Citizens of Change, which includes not only our staff and our current students but also thousands of Leicester graduates around the world.
As a diverse and forward-thinking employer, we embed the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion into everything we do. That includes not just our core missions of teaching and research, but also our support for staff, students and our local community through our values of Inspiring, Impactful and Inclusive.
We're committed to the wellbeing of all our staff and to the sustainability of our environment, on our campus and beyond. We offer a competitive salary package, excellent pension scheme and a generous annual leave allowance, along with opportunities to develop your career in a supportive & collaborative environment.
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