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Research Manager

£40,950 - £40,950
Higher Education
England-London
Temporary / Interim
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Job Description

Job description 

This role is open to applicants who have experience in collecting, analysing, and reporting primary qualitative and quantitative research data.

The project will be managed by the Schools of Chemistry at Imperial College London (Charlotte Sutherell), King?s College London (Helen Coulshed), University College London (Anna Roffey), University of Glasgow (Frances Docherty).You will be managing 2 student research assistants in a research project that aims to understand the main barriers and enablers to a successful transition from school onto a chemistry degree program and how staff and student opinions differ. 

Main duties and responsibilities:

 

  • Train student researchers on how to effectively review current literature on transition into university as it relates to lab-based degrees
  • Support student researchers to write copy advertising the opportunity to participate in research via survey completion.
  • Ensure all issues raised by paper.io are dealt with promptly.
  • Teach student researchers how to perform qualitative and quantitative data analysis 
    • choosing appropriate statistical tests, 
    • show them how to use relevant software e.g. SPSS and NVIVO
  • Facilitate discussion and collation of focus group themes.
  • Train student researchers on how to give effective and respectful interviews. 
  • Ensure that data collection and analysis is happening consistently and within the research project timeline. 
  • Ensure data collection and management is in accordance with GDPR guidelines and data transfer agreement.
  • Present findings to research group and key university stakeholders.
  • Co-create a toolkit to onboard chemistry students into university. 
  • Undertake any other reasonable duties as required by the team.

 

The role is fractional (0.1FTE January-July 2025). Hours of work will predominantly be scheduled remotely between Monday-Friday, 09.00-17.00 with some on campus meetings as needed and with prior agreement. There will be flexibility in how your hours are spread and you will be expected to manage your own workload depending on activity.

Any questions about the role please email helen.coulshed@kcl.ac.uk 



Qualifications

Physical science or lab based degree.



Skills

Experience/Skills required

  • Strong interpersonal skills. 
  • Ability to build relationships with a wide range of people from different backgrounds.
  • Experience in managing own workload, planning, and organising projects or activities independently.
  • Excellent communication skills and able to present ideas clearly.
  • Ability to adhere to GDPR and ethical guidelines and to follow data storage security protocols.
  • Experience of literature searching.
  • Experience of reference management software.
  • Experience conducting focus groups (in person or online)
  • Experience of statistical analysis software (e.g. SPSS)
  • Experience using qualitative data analysis software (e.g. NVIVO).
  • Knowledge and experience of analysing primary qualitative data using reflexive or inductive thematic analysis. 
  • Experience of audio recording and transcription software.
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