Our Health Research Assistant

UE06 £29,619 - £34,308 per annum, pro rata

College of Science and Engineering, School of Chemistry

Part-Time; 7hrs per week

Fixed-Term; 10 months

We are looking for a current postgraduate student to join us in the role of Our Health Research Assistant.

The Opportunity:

The post-holder will evaluate the interdisciplinary and experiential learning opportunities offered in a new 2 nd year interdisciplinary undergraduate course – Sensing in the Community. As an 'Our Health' Research Assistant you will create a strong evidence base of the course’s learning activities by providing by a robust and independent evaluation of students’ experiential and interdisciplinary learning.

Your skills and attributes for success:

• Experience of interdisciplinary study and research
• Degree in quantitative/qualitative - related subject
• A working knowledge of a qualitative analysis software programme such as ‘Nvivo’.

Click here for a copy of the full job description. Please note that this opportunity is for current postgraduate students only.

As a valued member of our team you can expect:

An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success. You will benefit from a competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits, which includes a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme , staff discounts, family friendly initiatives , flexible working and much more. Access our staff benefits page for further information and use our reward calculator to find out the total value of pay and benefits provided.

The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.

If invited for interview you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our right to work webpages.

On this occasion the University will not consider applicants requiring sponsorship for this role. International workers will therefore only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.