Research Assistant in the Department of Addictions

European Commission; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Une université de Londres recrute un assistant de recherche pour un projet sur la dépendance au jeu. Le rôle implique la gestion de données cliniques et le contact avec des participants intéressés. Les candidats doivent avoir un diplôme en psychologie et une expérience de travail avec des populations vulnérables.

Qualifications

• Diplôme en psychologie ou dans une discipline adjacente.
• Expérience de travail avec des populations en quête de traitement.
• Flexibilité pour s'adapter aux exigences du projet.

Responsibilities

• Assister à la construction d'une base de données à partir de données cliniques.
• Contacter des participants et tenir des enregistrements précis.

Skills

Organisational skills

Written communication

Oral communication

Data coding in SPSS

Interest in behavioural addiction

Education

Degree in Psychology

Job description

Organisation/Company KINGS COLLEGE LONDON Research Field Psychological sciences Researcher Profile Recognised Researcher (R2) First Stage Researcher (R1) Country United Kingdom Application Deadline 24 Jul 2025 - 00:00 (UTC) Type of Contract Other Job Status Full-time Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description

About us

This role is located within the King’s Experimental Research in Gambling Group (KERANGG), National Addiction Centre, IoPPN, King’s College London.

About the role

This role is designed to give the successful applicant hands on experience of an ongoing research project. The purpose of the role is to assist with the construction of a database from treatment seeking gamblers, to allow retrospective analysis of the data. This will involve working with existing clinical data, extracting key variables, and compiling into an existing database template. The second component of the role is to make contact with individuals who have indicated a willingness to take part in further research, and to send them relevant materials and keep accurate records of who has been sent materials.

The successful applicant will report to the Dr. Steve Sharman.

This is a full-time post. You will be offered an a fixed term contract to run for 6 months from the date of commencement. If the role cannot be taken up full-time (35 hours per week), there is potential for flexible working (e.g. longer time but less days per week). The successful candidate will be required to work on site in west London.

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

• Degree in Psychology or adjacent discipline.
• Highly organized, with a good eye for detail
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Experience of working with treatment seeking populations
• Experience of coding data in statistics packages such as SPSS
• Flexibility to adapt to the requirements of the project and role
• Interest in and knowledge of behavioural addiction, specifically gambling
• Familiarity with NHS systems

Downloading a copy of our Job Description

Full details of the role and the skills, knowledge and experience required can be found in the Job Description document, provided at the bottom of the page. This document will provide information of what criteria will be assessed at each stage of the recruitment process.

Further information

We pride ourselves on being inclusive and welcoming. We embrace diversity and want everyone to feel that they belong and are connected to others in our community.

We are committed to working with our staff and unions on these and other issues, to continue to support our people and to develop a diverse and inclusive culture at King's.

As part of this commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion and through this appointment process, it is our aim to develop candidate pools that include applicants from all backgrounds and communities.

We ask all candidates to submit a copy of their CV, and a supporting statement, detailing how they meet the essential criteria listed in the advert. If we receive a strong field of candidates, we may use the desirable criteria to choose our final shortlist, so please include your evidence against these where possible.

To find out how our managers will review your application, please take a look at our ‘How we Recruit ’ pages.

Interviews are due to be held on beginning of August 2025.

This post is subject to Disclosure and Barring Service and Occupational Health clearances.

Grade and Salary:£38,482 per annum, including London Weighting Allowance

Job ID:119345

Close Date:24-Jul-2025

Contact Person:Steve Sharman

Contact Details:[e-mail]