Location : Oxford Road, Manchester
Closing Date : 28/01/2019
Salary : £27,025 to £31,302 per annum (pro rata) according to experience
Employment Type : Fixed Term
Faculty / Organisational Unit : Biology, Medicine & Health
Division : Informatics, Imaging & Data Sciences
Hours Per week : 7 hours per week 0.2 FTE
Contract Duration : Starting as soon as possible until 31 August 2019

We are seeking a research assistant with experience of quantitative data collection and analysis to contribute to the IRRITATE study. It is a research project funded by Kidney Research UK and aims to ImpRove Reporting of ITch using AcceleRomeTErs in people on haemodialysis.

The work will include supporting and monitoring collection of accelerometer and questionnaire data; processing raw accelerometer data using an existing algorithm; creating a data set containing questionnaire responses; contributing to statistical analysis of processed accelerometer and questionnaire data; and contributing to producing academic outputs following from the work.

You will be talented and self-motivated, with the ability to work largely independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team. You will be based at Centre for Health Informatics (University of Manchester).

The School is strongly committed to promoting equality and diversity, including the Athena SWAN charter for gender equality in higher education. The School holds a Silver Award which recognises their good practice in relation to gender; including flexible working arrangements, family-friendly policies, and support to allow staff achieve a good work-life balance. We particularly welcome applications from women for this post. Appointment will always be made on merit. For further information, please visit:

https://www.bmh.manchester.ac.uk/about/equality/

Please note that we are unable to respond to enquiries, accept CVs or applications from Recruitment Agencies

Enquiries about vacancy shortlisting and interviews:

Name: Dr Sabine van der Veer

Email: sabine.vanderveer@manchester.ac.uk

Technical support:

Email: universityofmanchester@helpmeapply.co.uk

Tel: 0161 850 2004

General enquiries:

Email: hrservices@manchester.ac.uk

Tel: 0161 275 4499

This vacancy will close for applications at midnight on the closing date

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