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Location

Edinburgh | United Kingdom

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Job description

Grade UE07: £37,099 to £44,263 per annum pro rata for part-time(£20.33 - £24.25 per hour depending on experience)
(A revised salary range for this grade of £39,347 to £46,974 is planned to take effect from Spring 2024)
College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences /School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences/Psychology
Part-time: Guaranteed Hours - 336 hours over the contract duration
Fixed-term - for about 12 months

The Psychology department in the School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences is seeking a Guaranteed Hours Research Assistant on a fixed term basis to work on the prestigious Lothian Birth Cohort research project led by Dr Simon Cox.

The Opportunity:

The Lothian Birth Cohorts research group is seeking a graduate level research assistant to support the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936 (LBC1936) study, jointly funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) and the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), and by Age UK (as part of The Disconnected Mind research programme). This is an exciting opportunity to work in a successful multidisciplinary team, and on one of the largest and most informative datasets in the research field.

The study requires a highly experienced team member to administer an extensive battery of cognitive tests to participants in the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936 (LBC1936) study in a clinical setting. The subjects involved in the LBC1936 study are a unique group of 1,091 people, now aged in their late-80s, on whom there is information about childhood cognitive ability. They have been studied in old age in detail for health and different domains of cognitive capability (at ages 70 73, 76, 79, 82, 86).

During the period of this post, the LBC1936 subjects will undergo repeat cognitive, health and brain imaging at approx. age 88. The work will occur within part of a closely-collaborating, supportive and productive team of researchers from Psychology (cognition and ageing) and Clinical Neurosciences (brain imaging). The purpose of the job is to conduct testing of LBC1936 participants, with some additional training, data management, and administrative duties in support of the LBC1936 study.

Your skills and attributes for success:

A first degree in Psychology, Neuroscience, Health Sciences, a quantitative Social or Biological Science, or a related subject, and extensive practical experience equivalent to PhD level study.
Extensive experience of conducting cognitive testing of older adults.
Experience of training other team members in the administration of cognitive tests.
An ability to demonstrate sensitivity and professionalism in dealing with people in the study participants' age group (approx. age 88) is essential.
Good quantitative, administrative and organisational skills, enjoyment of team working, and a flexible and conscientious approach.
Experience with word processing and spreadsheet software.
Experience in data management including the collation and data entry of large amounts of multidisciplinary data, executed to a highly reliable level.

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Salary

£37.1k - £44.26k per annum