The National Institute of Education invites suitable applications for the position of Research Associate on a 24-month contract at the Psychology and Child & Human Development (PCHD) Department.

Project Title: Disability Matters

Project Introduction: This is a major international project that brings together disabled researchers and disabled people's organisations from across the globe including Australia, Canada, India, Singapore and the UK. The team aims to deliver a number of ambitious expected outcomes:

• Intellectual transformation in health research scholarship through an engagement with critical disability studies and the expertise of disabled people
• Pan-national understanding of the common and differential health priorities of disabled people across four continents
• Transformation of health research methods to ensure the meaningful inclusion of disabled people as researchers and participants
• Promotion of more inclusive health research environments, cultures and systems through a focus on disability and other protected characteristics
• Reframing the representation of disability in healthcare research, dissemination and public engagement
• Raising the capacities of disabled and disability-positive early career health researchers
• Generating transformative equity, diversity and inclusion knowledge that supports Wellcome's strategy to lead the sector in challenging ableism and disablism in the practices and cultures of health research

Requirements:

• At least a Master's degree, PhD preferred. Candidates with PhD may be considered for a Research Fellow position.
• At least 3 years professional experience preferably in related fields
• Able to carry out literature review
• Able to write reports and academic papers
• Able to design, conduct, and analyze surveys
• Experience with qualitative and quantitative research methods and data analysis (include processing of data such as data entry and transcription)
• Experience with stakeholder engagement and/or co-production in research
• Lived or experience working with disabled people and/or their representative organisations
• Experience with public engagement and dissemination of information in various forms, such as participant events and interviews
• Experience with working well as part of a team and taking responsibility for delivering a specific role
• Organisational skills; such as time management, planning and prioritisation of tasks
• Knowledge and understanding of ethical procedures and data protection and management regulation
• Excellent verbal and communication skills, including the ability to present information in a range of formats to meet the needs of different audiences (for example reports, journal articles, audio and film)
• Have excellent organisational and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities:

• Lead in project management and managing timelines and KPIs.
• Design and conduct surveys and interviews
• Data collection and analysis of quantitative and qualitative data
• Review literature and summarize key findings
• Support the PI and Programme Manager to deliver online events, such as Online Symposia and Online Conversations
• Support in editing, publicising, seeking contributions, and writing for the project's related publications (online/printed)
• Liaise with the Disability Matters team to collate and generate knowledge exchange that informs policy, strategy and practice of health research and research culture
• Capture and disseminate findings from the Disability Matters team that promotes discussions and debates about the centrality of disability to matters of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
• Liaise and collaborate with stakeholders and partners.
• Liaise closely with the research team, and relevant professional staff throughout the project
• Perform any other work as assigned by the PI

Application

Applicants (external and internal) will apply via Workday. We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

Closing Date

Closing date for advertisements will be set to 14 calendar days from date of posting.

Hiring Institution: NIE