Support Worker For Mental Health - Psychological Therapies Student

The post holder will primarily manage activities relating to the randomisation service and electronic data capture (EDC) system,  such as taking responsibility for user access and password management, data export, circulating documents for signature, receiving and processing Serious Adverse Event (SAE) forms relating to a portfolio of trials, reviewing the content of such notifications and processing them according to regulatory requirements, co-ordinating of King?s Trials Partnership activities and managing document version control and tracking within the KCTU.

Degree level qualification or equivalent professional experience (a subject with either a major health related component e.g. biology, psychology, or of relevance to administration e.g. accounting, business management, NHS management would be desirable

To act as the main point of contact for approximately 100 clinical trial teams currently using the KCTU randomisation service and electronic data capture system (EDC)

• To process requests for user access to IT systems supporting the KCTU portfolio of trials accurately and promptly, with due care and attention
• Manage activities relating to randomisation and EDC system, keeping accurate auditable records
• To process Serious Adverse Event (SAE) reports in accordance with KCTU SOPs
• Occasionally, to process Emergency Code Break notifications in accordance with KCTU SOPs
• To receive and resolve queries relating to the above during the life of each project 
• To provide administrative support to the King?s Clinical Trials Unit Operational Director and Business Manager along with other KCTU staff as needed
• Manage activities of the KCTU in line with KCL policy and procedures and with the Standard Operating Procedures of the Clinical Trials Unit
•  To participate in inspections of the KCTU by sponsor auditors, regulatory authorities and others, ensuring key documents are readily available
• To ensure that the KCTU?s website is kept up to date and that the information is accurate
• Responsible for providing a professional, accurate and efficient service to a wide range of people including study teams, colleagues and external agencies
• Ensure compliance with GCP, regulatory legislation and ethical frameworks in respect of working practices
• Liaise with a wide range of internal and external clients to ensure requests for user access to KCTU IT systems are processed swiftly, which will involve explaining complicated procedures on how to obtain access
• Being mutually supportive and covering duties as necessary during colleagues absences and at time of additional pressure, as directed

The above list of responsibilities may not be exhaustive, and the post holder will be required to undertake such tasks and responsibilities as may reasonably be expected within the scope and grading of the post.

Job Description:

London Met's Communications Team is looking for talented student writers and content creators to contribute to our website and communications. This is a great opportunity to gain experience in journalism, content writing, and digital media while getting paid for your work.

Key Responsibilities:

• Write engaging news stories about university events, research, and student life
• Conduct interviews with staff, students, and alumni
• Attend events and produce written summaries
• Create video content for social media (if applicable)
• Assist in developing expert opinion pieces with academics

Who We're Looking For:

• Strong writing skills and an eye for storytelling
• Ability to write in a clear, engaging, and accurate style
• Interest in journalism, communications, or digital media
• Reliable and able to meet deadlines
• Basic video editing skills (desirable but not essential)

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This is for. journalism students

The Research Assistant will undertake a range of duties, including:

- Assisting in preparing and specific research materials.
- Assisting in data collection, data analysis, under supervision.
- Documenting results and contributing to publications as required.

This role requires a keen interest in qualitative research, data manipulation, and a spirit of pursuing precision in handling data.  

About this project:

The 20% Value Added Tax (VAT) on private schools have been introduced by the Labour government and taken effect since Jan. 2025. It has been argued that the change of sector for private school students to state schools may result in better social cohesion (Green, 2024).  

Through initial observations of many online discourses (e.g., mumsnet, reddit, comments under relevant news sections), despite the absence of formal studies, there is clear evidence that emotions are running high on both sides of the debate.  Discussions sparked by this policy have been more divisive than cohesive. 

Our study set to explore the online discourse in a systematic way, to investigate how this policy impacts social discourse. 

We are looking for one student research assistant, to help with preparing research materials, extracting data, analyzing data and contribute to writing up, under supervisions.   

About this role:

This project is a qualitative project, involves in webscraping, data clearning, content analysis, under supervision. Therefore, we look for someone who is interested in data manipulation, confident in content analysis, an understanding of care / precision needed in handling data. 

This role is funded at an hourly rate of ?13.85 / hour, for 25 hours.  

Application materials (please read carefully):

Please write a maximum 500 words personal statement on why you are suitable for this role. In addition, we?d like to see your overall grades, your grades for the following modules: cognitive & biological psychology, as well as research methods. 

Interested? 

Please email us:

Dr. Yanbo Hu: y.hu@londonmet.ac.uk

Dr. Sebastian Cordoba: s.cordoba@londonmet.ac.uk

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