Research Assistant In Data Management (Infection And Sexual Health)

About us

The UCL Institute for Global Health (IGH) is at the heart of UCL’s Grand Challenge of Global Health. The Institute’s vision is for a world where international policy on global health is informed by world-class research. IGH aims to support the development of robust solutions to aspects of the world’s major global health challenges through scholarly outputs, education, public engagement, translational research, and ultimately by influencing public policy and professional practice.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Research Assistant with a particular interest in Data Management to join our busy clinical research team working in Infection and Sexual Health research. This role provides an excellent opportunity for the post holder to develop their career in Data Management within a mixed NHS-university clinical research setting.

About the role

The Research Assistant in Data Management (Infection and Sexual Health) will be responsible for a range of Data Management tasks, acting as a key point of contact for study teams and external partners in designing data collection tools, managing data queries, and uploading and cleaning data. The post holder will work closely with the principal investigators and other members of the research team, as well as with those working with data in partner organisations.

This role provides an excellent opportunity for the post holder to develop their career in Data Management within a mixed NHS-university clinical research setting. Previous experience in research database management would be an advantage.

This is 100% an on-site position, and the post holder will be based at the Mortimer Market Centre on the Bloomsbury Campus.

This post is available immediately for 12 months in the first instance, renewable subject to continued funding.

An acceptable DBS check is required to carry out this role.
Salary range: £37,332 to £39,980 per annum (including London Allowance), depending on experience.

A job description and person specification can be accessed at the bottom of this page.

If you have any queries about the role, please contact Dr Emmi Suonperä, on e.suonpera@ucl.ac.uk

If you need reasonable adjustments or a more accessible format to apply for this job online or have any queries about the application process, please contact the IGH HR Team on IGH.HR@ucl.ac.uk.

About you

The candidate must have excellent communication, organisational and time-management skills and demonstrate a strong teamwork ethic, while also being able to work on their own initiative.

This role is an excellent opportunity for someone with:

• Experience in electronic Data Management and curation
• Meticulous and organised approach to work with a high standard of accuracy
• Understanding of information governance, privacy, and security issues regarding the management of datasets
• Understanding of the principles and practice of medical research
• Excellent IT skills and experience in the advanced use of Microsoft applications such as Excel and Access and a willingness to learn new database packages.
• Preferably experience with at least one statistical analysis package, such as STATA, R, or SPSS.

What we offer

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:

• 41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)
• Additional 5 days’ annual leave purchase scheme
• Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)
• Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
• Immigration loan
• Relocation scheme for certain posts
• On-Site nursery
• On-site gym
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
• Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service
• Discounted medical insurance

Visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/reward-and-benefits to find out more.

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong.

We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce.

These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.

Our department holds an Athena SWAN Silver award, in recognition of our commitment and demonstrable impact in advancing gender equality.