Combat Stress Tyrwhitt House
Location
Austria | United Kingdom
Job description
Status: Fixed term for 12 months
Salary: Band 5, £28,692 - £35,113 per annum, dependent on experience, plus 5% Outer London Fringe Allowance
Hours: Full-time, 37.5 hours per week
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About Us:
Combat Stress is the UK’s leading mental health charity for veterans. For over a century we’ve been helping former servicemen and women deal with issues like post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety and depression. Today we provide specialist treatment and support for veterans from every service and conflict, focusing on those with complex mental health issues related to their military service. We provide a range of community, outpatient and residential mental health services to veterans with complex mental health problems. We provide services in-person, and via phone and online.
About the role:
This is an exciting and unique opportunity to join the Combat Stress Research Department on a fixed-term contract as a Research Assistant (RA). The role is primarily supporting a UK-wide project to increase professional knowledge and clinical treatment capacity for women veterans who have experienced military sexual trauma (MST). The RA will take responsibility for managing the day-to-day activities of the project, including dissemination of materials, liaison with stakeholders, managing professional engagement in the education programme, and lead the data collection process to measure project impact. The role will also involve co-facilitating seminars for professionals who work with women veterans who have experienced MST.
The role will also potentially include getting involved with a number of different research projects run by the Research Department and working to support the dissemination of research findings both externally, and internally within Combat Stress.
This role is subject to a DBS check.
What we offer:
You will work within a reputable charity that is constantly evolving to meet the needs of our veterans, that has a fantastic cause and a committed follower base.
Benefits:
• 27 days paid holiday plus bank holidays. After 5 years continuous service, this will increase to 30 days paid holiday plus bank holidays and after 10 years continuous service, this will increase to 33 days paid holiday plus bank holidays
• Competitive stakeholder pension scheme - contributions matched up to 11% of salary
• Discount shopping vouchers
• Cycle to work scheme
• Access to the Employee Assistance Programme
• Flexible working
• Access to Blue Light Card scheme
• Death in Service Scheme
Plus many more.
How to apply:
To apply, send an up to date CV and covering letter to [email protected]
For further information about the role please contact Dominic Murphy, Head of Research on [email protected]
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Closing date: 19 March 2024
Interview date: 16 April 2024
Please note, we reserve the right to close this advert early, should we receive a sufficient amount of applicants
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All of the information you provide during the process will only be used for the purpose of progressing your application, or to fulfill legal or statutory requirements if necessary.
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We do not collect more information than we need to fulfill our recruitment process and will not retain it for longer than is necessary.
Applications sent speculatively will be retained for a maximum period of six months, unless you contact us and ask us to delete your application sooner.
To read Combat Stress’ Privacy Policy please see our website www.combatstress.org.uk.
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