Research Assistant

The research assistant will have several roles including leading engagement and co-design activities with healthcare professionals, patients, and stakeholders such as public health leaders and policy makers in Thailand; delivering training and support to facilitators and healthcare teams involved in the delivery of the intervention; working with data scientists to review the quality and completeness of clinical data used in the tools and dashboards developed as part of this intervention; iterating the tools, training, and engagement activities as the project progresses.

The post would be ideally suited to a mixed-methods researcher with experience of leading engagement activities with patients, the public, and healthcare system stakeholders, and with experience of applying qualitative and quantitative approaches to the design and evaluation of quality improvement interventions in primary care settings.

The Wolfson Institute of Population Health harnesses expertise across a wide range of population-based research and education activities and aims to be an internationally recognised centre of excellence in population health, primary care and preventive medicine. The postholder will work in the Clinical Effectiveness Group, within the Centre for Primary Care. The group turns electronic health record data into actionable insight and innovation and produces internationally significant research and work with local and international partners teams to support GP practices on the ground.

About Queen Mary

At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we've fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it's simply 'the right thing to do' but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days' leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities.

Queen Mary's commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.
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