Research Assistant (0.25 FTE)

The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is one of the world’s leading public health universities. Our mission is to improve health and health equity in the UK and worldwide; working in partnership to achieve excellence in public and global health research, education and translation of knowledge into policy and practice.

The post-holder will act as PPIE lead for the ‘Winter Pressures’ project, with team members in Bristol, Oxford and London. The overall project aims to understand how primary care practices (‘GPs’) experience increased workload (‘pressure’), especially in the winter period. Engaging with patients and staff working in GPs will be a central component of this work to make sure the research is meeting the need of the community.  

The role-holder will be responsible for coordinating and maintaining a PPIE panel to support the project over its three-year lifecycle. This will include ensuring the PPIE panel is appropriately representative across a wide range of key characteristics such as ethnicity, socio-economic statuses and other protected characteristics. You will develop a PPIE plan including holding webinars and in-person meetings to seek feedback from the PPIE panel covering the broader project research aims, methods and results.

The post-holder will have a relevant first degree in the field of public health, infectious diseases epidemiology or similar. Relevant experience of delivering Patient and Public Engagement activities and/ or communications in an academic institution is essential. Further particulars are included in the job description.

The post is part-time, 8.75 hours per week, 0.25 FTE and fixed-term until 30 April 2027.

The post is funded by National Institute for Health and Care Research and available from 01 June 2024.

The salary will be on the Academic Pathway scale Grade 5 in the range £38,282-£43,947 per annum (inclusive of London Weighting). The post will be subject to the LSHTM terms and conditions of service.  Annual leave entitlement is 30 working days per year, pro-rata for part-time staff. In addition to this there are discretionary “Wellbeing Days”. Membership of the Pension Scheme is available. The post is based in London.

Applications should be made on-line via our website by clicking the 'Apply' button, above.

Online applications are accepted by the automated system until 10pm of the closing date.

Any queries regarding the application process may be addressed to jobs@lshtm.ac.uk.

The supporting statement section should set out how your qualifications, experience and training meet each of the selection criteria. Please provide one or more paragraphs addressing each criterion. The supporting statement is an essential part of the selection process and thus a failure to provide this information will mean that the application will not be considered. An answer to any of the criteria such as "Please see attached CV" will not be considered acceptable. 

Please note that if you are shortlisted and are unable to attend on the interview date it may not be possible to offer you an alternative date.

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