Research Assistant in Swansea

2 months ago


Swansea, City and County of Swansea, United Kingdom Swansea University Full time

Contract: 17.5 hours per week until 31/03/25

About The University:

Swansea University is a research-led university that has been making a difference since 1920. The University community thrives on exploration and discovery and offers the right balance of excellent teaching and research, matched by an enviable quality of life.

Our stunning waterfront campuses and multicultural community make us a desirable workplace for colleagues from around the world. Our reward and benefits, and ways of working enable those who join us to have enriching careers, matched by an excellent work-life balance.

About The Role:

Employed on an industry funding project this opportunity will see you in our Physiology Laboratories doing the following:

Work on project that investigates the impact of different forms of vitamin supplementation with a food product supplement on bioavailability within humans.

The successful applicant will need a good human nutritional knowledge and demonstrable experience with:

  • Local ethical approvals, sponsor management and trial registrations
  • Operating in a laboratory research facility
  • Working with human participants in a human laboratory setting
  • Participant recruitment strategies
  • Safely take human venous blood samples
  • Process blood samples for analysis.
  • Analyse and report data.
  • Perform statistical analyses
  • Present results at conferences
  • Write quality scientific papers

Academic Career Pathway:

The pathway for this post is Research. The Academic Career Pathways (ACP) scheme is designed to ensure that academic strengths whether in research, teaching, the wider student experience, leadership or innovation and engagement, are all appropriately recognised, developed, valued, and rewarded. For further information, please see our ACP webpage.

Welsh Language Skills:

The Welsh language level required for this role is Level 1 - A little. The role holder will be able to pronounce Welsh words, answer the phone in Welsh (good morning/afternoon) and use very basic everyday words and phrases (thank you, please etc.). Level 1 can be reached by completing a 1 hour course.



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