Research Assistant (Fixed Term, Part Time)

Bournemouth University; Talbot Village; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 28,000; Part time

Job summary

A renowned university in Talbot Village is seeking a Research Assistant to support a project investigating body perception in young women. The position involves recruiting participants, administering studies, analyzing data, and publishing results. Ideal candidates should have a degree in psychology or related fields and will be assessed on their organizational skills, reliability, and experience in psychology experiments. This role requires flexibility in working days and will not offer sponsorship for work permissions.

Qualifications

• Experience recruiting participants and running psychology experiments in person.
• Good research skills, usually obtained via completion of a degree in psychology or a related discipline.
• Outgoing, friendly and sensitive to participant concerns.
• Well organised, reliable and punctual.
• Able to work independently and ask for help when needed.

Responsibilities

• Recruit and coordinate participants for studies.
• Administer the study to recruited participants.
• Develop experiment designs in PsychoPy (if applicable).
• Analyze data using JASP and/or R.
• Write up results for publication.

Skills

Participant recruitment

Psychology experiment administration

Data analysis using JASP

Data analysis using R

Experiment design in PsychoPy

Education

Degree in psychology or related discipline

Tools

PsychoPy

JASP

R

Job description

The School of Psychology at Bournemouth University is seeking to appoint a Research Assistant to work 0.2FTE (exact days are flexible) on a project investigating body perception in young women. The primary role is to recruit and coordinate participants to take part in studies on Talbot Campus, meet them and administer the study. Depending on your expertise, you may also develop the studies (probably in PsychoPy), analyse data (using JASP and/or R) and write up results for publication.

Responsibilities

Recruit and coordinate participants for studies.

Administer the study to recruited participants.

Develop experiment designs in PsychoPy (if applicable).

Analyze data using JASP and/or R.

Write up results for publication.

Qualifications

• Experience recruiting participants and running psychology experiments in person.
• Good research skills, usually obtained via completion of a degree in psychology or a related discipline.
• Outgoing, friendly and sensitive to participant concerns.
• Well organised, reliable and punctual.
• Able to work independently and ask for help when needed.
• Experience using PsychoPy, JASP and R would be an advantage, but is not essential.

Sponsorship

This position does not meet the eligibility requirements for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker Route within the UK Visa and Immigration service's Points Based System. Therefore, BU will not be able to sponsor individuals who require permission to work to carry out this position. For more information, please visit https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa/your-job.