Community-Engaged Health Equity Researcher

Kingston University; Greater London; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Kingston University is seeking a Research Associate for CHAMPIONS-PT, an NIHR-funded programme co-designing and piloting a Community Champions intervention to improve routine vaccination uptake among Black African and Caribbean pregnant women and young children in London.

Based in the School of Nursing, Allied and Public Health, you will undertake qualitative data collection, support co-design workshops, recruitment, and process evaluation, and contribute to publications and knowledge

Qualifications

• PhD in social science, public health or a related discipline.
• Strong qualitative research skills.
• Experience with participatory or community-engaged approaches.
• Experience with ethnically diverse communities or maternal/child health is valuable.
• Organised, collaborative and able to communicate effectively with diverse audiences.

Responsibilities

• Support community engagement, lived-experience groups, co-design workshops and designathons.
• Undertake qualitative data collection and analysis.
• Support recruitment, study coordination and implementation and process evaluation of the pilot.
• Contribute to publications, reports, presentations and knowledge mobilisation.

Skills

Qualitative research

Participatory research

Communication

Collaboration

Organization

Education

Doctoral degree (PhD) in social science or public health

Job description

Kingston University is seeking a Research Associate for CHAMPIONS-PT, an NIHR-funded programme co-designing and piloting a Community Champions intervention to improve routine vaccination uptake among Black African and Caribbean pregnant women and young children in London.

Based in the School of Nursing, Allied and Public Health, you will undertake qualitative data collection, support co-design workshops, recruitment, and process evaluation, and contribute to publications and knowledge