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About the Role
We are seeking a motivated and organised Research Assistant to join the Academic Centre for Healthy Ageing (ACHA), a £7 million collaboration between Barts Health NHS Trust and Queen Mary University of London.
This post will support an international study delivered in partnership with the Healthy Longevity (HELO) Consortium, involving collaborators at the National University of Singapore and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. The project will adapt and implement the 149-item HELO survey in North East London to explore how demographic, socioeconomic, cultural and structural factors shape perspectives on healthy ageing, motivation, and perceived access to care.
Findings will directly inform service design, practice and policy to improve equity in ageing across our diverse local communities.
The postholder will act as both researcher and project co-ordinator, leading recruitment, survey implementation, data collection, management and analysis, working closely with multidisciplinary colleagues across ACHA.
About You
We are seeking a collaborative researcher with a degree in a relevant discipline, with a postgraduate qualification desirable. The ideal candidate will have experience in questionnaire-based survey research and in qualitative and/or quantitative research methods, including study design, data collection, and analysis. A strong understanding of ethical research practice is essential, along with excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong organisational abilities, and the capacity to manage timelines effectively. The successful applicant should be able to work both independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team. Experience working with older people, diverse communities, or multinational research collaborations would be advantageous. A clear commitment to equity, anti-racism, and inclusive research practice is essential.
About the School/Department/Institute/Project
ACHA is based at Whipps Cross Hospital and aims to transform care for older people through applied research in frailty prevention, rehabilitation, dementia and mental health. It embeds research within frontline services and is supported by powerful linked electronic health data resources across North East London.
The Wolfson Institute of Population Health is a leading multidisciplinary centre for research and education in population health, primary care, psychiatry and preventive medicine. Together, these partnerships create an exceptional environment for impactful, equity-focused ageing research.
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.
Benefits
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.