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Ansök senast: 2025-02-20
Senior Peer Researcher and Involvement Officer
Senior Peer Researcher and Involvement Officer
The McPin Foundation
Type: Fixed term -1 year contract
Location: Head office (Bethnal Green, London)/Working remotely
Salary: From £33,474 per annum FTE
Hours: 37.5 hours a week (Full time)
Do you have a passion for mental health research with lived experience at its heart? Would you like to support people to be involved in a range of mental health research studies? We are looking for a Senior Peer Researcher and Involvement Officer to join our team and help us transform mental health research.
This post would ideally suit someone with well-developed research skills who is keen to develop further and willing to lead on projects as well as working with others. The post holder will lead on writing reports, papers and potentially small tenders where needed, as well as and co-developing larger proposals. They will also support other people with lived experience who work on an ad hoc or volunteer basis as their link contact and will facilitate and lead research involvement groups with adults and young people. The post holder will work on a wide range of projects including with a neuroscience and biomedical focus.
Our team is committed to transforming mental health research through collaboration, inclusion and a belief in equity and anti-oppressive behaviour. We strongly encourage applications from Black people, People of Colour, people who are LGBTQIA+, those with a disability and those who identify themselves in marginalised groups, as well as people with lived experience of mental health issues.
We offer benefits including a competitive salary, hybrid/flexible working, a NEST Pension scheme with 6% employer contribution, wellbeing support and mentoring scheme, an individual training budget and access to an Employee Assistance Programme and healthcare cash plan.
Please see the full job description for more information.
The closing date for applications is 14th January 2025 at 9am.
Interviews will be held virtually in the week commencing 20th January 2025.
To apply please visit the McPin website to download an application form.
Queries to contact@mcpin.org if you have any questions about the post.
