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    • Leicester

Ansøgningsfrist: 2024-07-12

Research Associate

Udgivet 2024-05-13

About the role

This is an excellent opportunity for a highly skilled and self-motivated Postdoctoral Research Associate to join our team in order to to support a range of research activities undertaken by the Psychology and Intervention Development teams in the Diabetes Research Centre, Department of Population Health Sciences and the Leicester Diabetes Centre.

The role will involve supporting a number of projects in the field of health psychology and long-term conditions such as type 2 diabetes, as well as drafting and coordinating large grant applications, and developing research outputs with a key focus in, including but not limited to, self-management, behaviour change and process evaluations. This is an excellent opportunity to work with teams from various disciplines and to work collaboratively and independently as part of the Psychology team, with the aim to achieve defined milestones and produce high quality research.

About you To be successful in this role you will have a PhD or equivalent in health psychology, behavioural science, social science or applied health research. You will also have excellent knowledge in the management of long-term conditions, such as type 2 diabetes and you will be able to provide evidence of a contribution to peer-reviewed journal papers or equivalent. We are looking for someone who has excellent communication skills – written and verbal evidenced by the ability to communicate complex information and are also seeking someone who can provide evidence of working effectively as part of a team and the ability to work independently