KINGS COLLEGE LONDON: Analysis Assistant within the Division of Social, Genetic & Dev Psychiatry

About us:

In regards to the School

The Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN) is devoted to discovering what causes psychological sickness and ailments of the mind. As well as, its intention is to assist establish new therapies for them and methods to forestall them within the first place. The affect of the Institute’s work was judged to be 100% ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally-excellent’ within the Analysis Excellence Framework 2014. The IoPPN has a wealthy historical past of pioneering research, enhancing patient care, influencing coverage change, elevating consciousness of situations affecting the mind or sharing data by way of education.  Go to right here for extra info: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/ioppn

In regards to the Division

The SGDP Centre’s mission is to undertake research on the affect and interaction between genetic, environmental and developmental elements, and their roles within the causal processes underlying the origins and course of multifactorial psychological problems; to contemplate the implications for medical apply and public health coverage; and to coach others within the methodologies concerned.

The SGDP Centre continues to make sure its place on the forefront of worldwide scientific research. The Centre makes main contributions to teaching, coaching and research by inspiring and nurturing collaborative research inside an interdisciplinary context. Go to right here for extra info: www.kcl.ac.uk/ioppn/depts/sgdp-centre/index

In regards to the Workforce

The Platforms for Longitudinal Psychological Well being Knowledge (PALM) crew, led by Professor Louise Arseneault, focuses on rising the discoverability and accessibility of longitudinal psychological health information. The crew works to maximise longitudinal information’s uptake and facilitate psychological health research by growing platforms that present quick access to details about longitudinal psychological health information. The crew’s initiatives embrace the Catalogue of Psychological Well being Measures and the Landscaping Worldwide Longitudinal Datasets venture.

In regards to the position:

In September 2022, our crew undertook a world seek for longitudinal datasets internationally to supply a springboard for growing new and progressive psychological health research whereas harnessing current information sources. In August 2023, we submitted our report on the Landscaping Worldwide Longitudinal Datasets venture to the venture funder, the Wellcome Belief. On this report, we supplied 1) an inventory of all longitudinal datasets we recognized worldwide; 2) a complete overview of the richness of these datasets for psychological health research; and three) an in-depth evaluation of a choice of the most important ongoing datasets to uncover progressive sources for researchers that may assist transformative psychological health research.

In furthering this purpose, the Wellcome Belief has funded the creation and improvement of a platform for longitudinal psychological health information to transform and broaden the knowledge included in our report (https://www.landscaping-longitudinal-research.com/what-we-found) into an internet searchable instrument that might be freely accessible.

We’re searching for a Analysis Assistant to be a part of an in-house crew at King’s Faculty London and work alongside a variety of companions together with a web developer and AI marketing consultant, transparency and engagement coordinators and Lived Expertise Specialists (LEEs). As a part of their position, the publish holders will assist the event of a brand new on-line platform that can maintain metadata for greater than 3,000 longitudinal datasets from internationally. The publish holders might be answerable for conducting opinions of details about longitudinal datasets and extracting related particulars for the brand new on-line platform, making certain that the knowledge is correct and updated, liaising with inside and exterior collaborators, collaborating within the evaluation of the metadata, trying to find further repositories of longitudinal datasets, pondering creatively about enlargement and enchancment of the platform, disseminating updates concerning the platform on social media and different channels and updating the pool of longitudinal datasets.

It is a full-time publish (35 Hours per week), and you may be supplied as a hard and fast time period contract till 31 July 2025.

About you:

To achieve success on this position, we’re on the lookout for candidates to have the next expertise and expertise:

Important standards

1.      Educated to diploma degree in psychology, computing, technology or associated disciplines

2.      Data or expertise in psychology, psychological health and associated disciplines

3.      Technical expertise together with proficiency in utilizing Microsoft Phrase, Excel, Entry, PowerPoint, Outlook and Canva

4.      Organisation expertise in submitting, doc management and common administrative expertise

5.      Data of longitudinal datasets

Fascinating standards

1.      Expertise in managing massive volumes of information

2.      Expertise utilizing statistical computing programmes equivalent to R or STATA

3.      Expertise managing a diverse workload with conflicting priorities

4.      Potential to work independently and in a crew

Downloading a replica of our Job Description

Full particulars of the position and the abilities, data and expertise required may be discovered within the Job Description doc, supplied on the backside of the following web page after you click on “Apply Now”. This doc will present info of what standards might be assessed at every stage of the recruitment course of.

Additional info

We satisfaction ourselves on being inclusive and welcoming. We embrace variety and need everybody to really feel that they belong and are linked to others in our community.

We’re dedicated to working with our employees and unions on these and different points, to proceed to assist our individuals and to develop a various and inclusive tradition at King’s.

We ask all candidates to submit a replica of their CV, and a supporting assertion, detailing how they meet the important standards listed within the advert. If we obtain a powerful discipline of candidates, we might use the fascinating standards to decide on our ultimate shortlist, so please embrace your proof in opposition to these the place potential.

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We aren’t capable of supply sponsorship for candidates who don’t at the moment possess the proper to work within the UK.