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 illnesses of the mind. As well as, its intention is to assist establish new remedies 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 circumstances affecting the mind or sharing information by education.  Go to right here for extra data: 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 scientific 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 data: www.kcl.ac.uk/ioppn/depts/sgdp-centre/index

In regards to the Workforce

The Platforms for Longitudinal Psychological Well being Information (PALM) workforce, led by Professor Louise Arseneault, focuses on rising the discoverability and accessibility of longitudinal psychological health information. The workforce works to maximise longitudinal information’s uptake and facilitate psychological health research by growing platforms that present easy accessibility to details about longitudinal psychological health information. The workforce’s tasks embody the Catalogue of Psychological Well being Measures and the Landscaping Worldwide Longitudinal Datasets mission.

In regards to the position:

In September 2022, our workforce undertook a world seek for longitudinal datasets internationally to supply a springboard for growing new and revolutionary psychological health research whereas harnessing present information sources. In August 2023, we submitted our report on the Landscaping Worldwide Longitudinal Datasets mission to the mission funder, the Wellcome Belief. On this report, we supplied 1) a listing 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 collection of the biggest ongoing datasets to uncover revolutionary sources for researchers that may assist transformative psychological health research.

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

We’re searching for a Analysis Assistant to be a part of an in-house workforce at King’s School London and work alongside a variety of companions together with a web developer and AI guide, transparency and engagement coordinators and Lived Expertise Specialists (LEEs). As a part of their position, the put up holders will assist the event of a brand new on-line platform that may maintain metadata for greater than 3,000 longitudinal datasets from internationally. The put up holders can be accountable for conducting critiques of details about longitudinal datasets and extracting related particulars for the brand new on-line platform, guaranteeing that the knowledge is correct and updated, liaising with inside and exterior collaborators, taking part within the evaluation of the metadata, looking for extra repositories of longitudinal datasets, pondering creatively about growth and enchancment of the platform, disseminating updates in regards to the platform on social media and different channels and updating the pool of longitudinal datasets.

This can be a full-time put up (35 Hours per week), and you’ll be provided as a hard and fast time period contract till 31 July 2025.

About you:

To achieve success on this position, we’re in search of candidates to have the next expertise and expertise:

Important standards

1.      Educated to diploma stage 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 basic administrative expertise

5.      Data of longitudinal datasets

Fascinating standards

1.      Expertise in managing massive volumes of knowledge

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

3.      Expertise managing a assorted workload with conflicting priorities

4.      Capability to work independently and in a workforce

Downloading a duplicate of our Job Description

Full particulars of the position and the talents, information and expertise required will 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 data of what standards can be assessed at every stage of the recruitment course of.

Additional data

We pleasure ourselves on being inclusive and welcoming. We embrace variety and wish everybody to really feel that they belong and are related to others in our community.

We’re dedicated to working with our workers 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 duplicate 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 remaining shortlist, so please embody your proof in opposition to these the place doable.

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