Research Associate - ICICLE

Organisation/Company: KINGS COLLEGE LONDON

Research Field: Psychological sciences

Researcher Profile: Recognised Researcher (R2), Established Researcher (R3)

Country: United Kingdom

Application Deadline: 17 Apr 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

King’s College London is a leading University with nine Faculties. As part of King’s Health Partners, we have an excellent environment for health care interaction and a strong focus on mentoring and career development.

This is an outstanding development opportunity for a talented individual who wishes to advance excellent and innovative research on the care and support of children and young people with life limiting conditions and their families.

This research post will be working with our Chair of Palliative Care and Child Health, Lorna Fraser on an NIHR funded programme - Improving Care for children with life-limiting Conditions: developing, adapting, implementing and Evaluating interventions (ICICLE).

The post holder will be responsible for protocol development, study setup activities (i.e. obtaining ethical approval) and conducting data collection, and evaluation across several studies within this programme. They will conduct the following tasks: lead PPI activities; recruit for and conduct semi-structured qualitative interviews with children with life-limiting conditions and their parents and health, social care and education professionals; undertake qualitative data analysis; facilitate co-production workshops; disseminate findings.

Expertise, knowledge, and experience of children with life-limiting conditions, complex medical or palliative care needs are necessary, and qualitative research experience is essential. Enthusiasm in developing a career in palliative care or child health research will be beneficial and we are a supportive team that can assist with developing future grants and fellowship applications.

This is a full-time post and you will be offered a fixed term contract from 1/9/2025 until 31/08/28.

About You

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

• First Degree in relevant health related discipline
• PhD qualified in relevant subject area i.e. including but not restricted to health services research, palliative care, child health, psychology
• Qualitative or mixed methods research experience, including skills to undertake evidence synthesis, qualitative interviews and data analysis
• Ability to use initiative and work independently, with support from the wider team, and willingness to travel, if necessary, for interviews, conferences, and so on
• Experience of contributing to formal processes of study development, such as writing the protocol, developing interview materials, applying for ethical approval (or amendments) and writing up reports and academic papers
• Excellent presentation and communication skills (written & verbal)
• Being self-motivated and willing to work independently, as well as part of a larger interdisciplinary team
• Committed to equality, diversity and inclusion, actively addressing areas of potential bias

* Please note that this is a PhD level role but candidates who have submitted their thesis and are awaiting award of their PhDs will be considered. In these circumstances the appointment will be made at Grade 5, spine point 30 with the title of Research Assistant. Upon confirmation of the award of the PhD, the job title will become Research Associate and the salary will increase to Grade 6.

Additional Skills and Experience:

• Previous experience of working with parents and young people with life-limiting conditions
• Engaging in multidisciplinary research projects
• Strong publication record
• Previous experience of intervention development

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 next page after you click “Apply Now”. 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.

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.

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

Grade and Salary: £44,355 - £46,671 per annum, including London Weighting Allowance

Job ID: 110745

Close Date: 17-Apr-2025

Contact Person: Professor Lorna Fraser

Contact Details: Lorna.fraser@kcl.ac.uk