Research Assistant/Fellow

3 weeks ago

Dublin, Dublin City, Ireland RCSI Full time
Post Date : 30-May-2024Close Date : 09-Jun-2024 Title: Research Assistant/Fellow

Reporting to:
Dr Jolanta Burke and

Dr Mary Collins Department:
Faculty of Centre for
Positive Health Sciences Tenure: 1 year

Full Time Location: 121 St Stephens Green RCSI is a community of academic, research and professional staff working collaboratively to lead the world to better health.

Here, you will thrive in an innovative and inclusive atmosphere and your personal development and wellbeing will be supported.

We invite you to join us to help deliver on our exciting mission "To educate, nurture and discover for the benefit of human health".

We seek candidates whose experience to date has prepared them to contribute to our commitment to the "Race Equality Action Plan " at RCSI.

The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) was founded in 1784, originally to train surgeons and oversee the standards of surgical practice in Ireland.

Over a period of almost 240 years, RCSI has grown to become a multidisciplinary healthcare University.

In addition to being the accredited training body for Surgery and Emergency Medicine, RCSI also has an undergraduate medical school, schools of Pharmacy and Physiotherapy and faculties of Nursing, Dentistry, Radiology and Sports Medicine.

The RCSI Centre for Positive Health Sciences (CPHS) was established in 2019 in response to the increasing prevalence of diseases associated with lifestyle and the growing evidence of the role of psychological factors in optimising health and well-being.

The centre's mission is to enhance health and well-being through the application of positive psychology, positive organisational scholarship, and lifestyle, integrative and precision medicine.

The CPPH provides evidence-based resources to help enhance understanding of the critical role that our behaviour plays in optimising our health.

In particular, we are very interested in how the mind, brain and body interact in the context of maintaining health and wellness.

This is an exciting position for anyone passionate about psychological research relating to positive psychology, health and wellbeing. The successful candidate will be working on several funded research projects exploring nature-based wellbeing interventions, sustainable wellbeing and others. The position is ideal for anyone who has studied wellbeing (e.g. positive psychology) and is interested in developing a career in academia.

It will allow a successful candidate to collaborate with academics worldwide, liaise with the research participants and make a significant difference in people's lives.

Specific duties include:

  • Support the work of the Centre
  • Collaborate closely with an interdisciplinary research team, and research partners
  • Support grant applications
  • Conduct literature reviews
  • Draft research proposals and ethics applications
  • Collaborate on writing for publications
  • Conduct research and summarize findings
  • Organise and attend project meetings, agendas and minute
  • Prepare progress reports
  • Liaise with research participants
  • Support researchers in conducting research (e.g. transcriptions, coding, etc)
  • Perform administrative duties relating to all projects, as required
  • Perform other duties as necessary for the successful implementation of the research projects Qualifications and skills required:
  • A Master's degree in Psychology relating to wellbeing, or positive psychology
  • PhD or degree would be advantageous, but not necessary
Knowledge & Experience:

  • Some knowledge of wellbeing research
  • Evidence of effective prioritizing workload and working to exacting deadlines
  • Capacity for independent decision-making and taking initiative
  • Excellent communication and organizational skills
  • Effective communication style – excellent English
  • Proficiency in Computer/Presentation skills
  • Knowledge of research methods and skills in quantitative and/or qualitative data analysis. We are all too aware that imposter syndrome and the confidence gap can sometimes stop fantastic candidates putting themselves forward, so please do submit an application — we'd love to hear from you

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