Research Assistant

UCL AI Centre; London; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading research team at the UCL AI Centre as a Research Assistant, supporting critical projects aimed at improving child health outcomes. This role offers a unique opportunity to engage with both academic research and policy, while benefiting from an inclusive environment and excellent employment perks.

Benefits

41 Days holiday

On-site gym

Cycle to work scheme

Relocation scheme for certain posts

Employee assistance programme

Defined benefit pension scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in academic or government research administration.
• Ability to work with large administrative datasets.
• Strong organizational and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Assist in managing research programmes related to child health.
• Provide proactive administrative support for research.
• Engage in research activities as part of a team.

Skills

Research Support

Administrative Support

Education

Degree in relevant field

Job description

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Ref Number B02-08902 Professional Expertise Research and Research Support Department School of Life & Medical Sciences (B02) Location London Working Pattern Full time Salary See advert text Contract Type Fixed-term Working Type Hybrid Available for Secondment No Closing Date 09-Jul-2025

About Us

The mission of the UCL GOS Institute of Child Health is to maximise and advocate for the holistic health of all children, young people and the adults they will become, through world-class research, education and public engagement. The UCL GOS ICH, together with its clinical partner Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, forms the largest concentration of children’s health research outside North America. The 2024-29 GOS ICH strategy focuses on its five scientific programmes. GOS ICH’s activities include active engagement with children and families, to ensure that our work is relevant and appropriate to their needs. GOS ICH generates the funding for our research by setting out our proposals in high quality applications to public, charitable and industrial funding bodies and disseminates the results of our research by publication in the medical and scientific literature, to clinicians, policy makers and the wider public. The Institute offers world-class education and training across a wide range of teaching and life learning programmes which address the needs of students and professional groups who are interested in and undertaking work relevant to child health. GOS ICH holds an Athena SWAN Charter Gold Award.

About The Role

This post is based in the Child Health Informatics Group (CHIG) at the Population, Policy and Practice Research and Education Department at the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health (GOSICH) (https://www.ucl.ac.uk/child-health/chig) CHIG is a friendly and diverse group of around 30 researchers capitalising on the opportunities for research offered by administrative datasets routinely collected by government departments and other statutory bodies to create rich resources for policy-relevant research. The postholder will be joining a growing group of researchers in CHIG working on linked, national environmental and health data to inform child public health policy. This post holder will assist the HDRUK SEDH and UKRI CHILI directors and programme manager to manage the research programmes, providing proactive and professional administrative support at the interface of academia, policy and the public. The post-holder will also have the option to contribute to research activities beyond the administrative duties (initially expected to be up to 50% FTE). This post is funded for two years in the first instance.

About You

The post offers an excellent opportunity for a research assistant to coordinate and support a group engaged in research relevant to services, clinical practice, and policy for children’s health. The successful candidate will provide administrative and research support and will help the effective functioning of this busy, friendly and committed team. The post includes research time (up to 50% of FTE), which could include working on databases used within the CHIG team. This is an excellent post for candidates wishing to develop a career in academic or government research or in research administration or who wants to gain experience in large administrative datasets used for policy. The post holder will have the opportunity to work on their own initiative and as part of a team that currently consists of researchers and co-investigators across institutions. Please check JD/ Person Specification for detailed information.

What we offer

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:

• 41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)
• Additional 5 days’ annual leave purchase scheme
• Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)
• Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
• Immigration loan
• Relocation scheme for certain posts
• On-Site nursery
• On-site gym
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
• Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service
• Discounted medical insurance Visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/reward-and-benefits to find out more.
  
  

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce. These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women. You can read more about our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion here : https://www.ucl.ac.uk/equality-diversity-inclusion/ If you have any queries regarding the application process, please contact [e-mail] quoting job reference

Available documents

Attached documents are available under links. Clicking a document link will initialize its download.

• download: CHIG Research Assistant JD_v1.docx

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Research, Analyst, and Information Technology

• Industries

  Higher Education

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