Research Assistant (Digital Information Officer)

Application closing date: 18/03/2024
Salary: £32,024 per annum
Job category/type: Research

The Centre for Public Health. School of Medicine, Dentistry & Biomedical Sciences at Queen’s University Belfast, is currently seeking to recruit a Research Assistant.   

This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the development of a registry for inherited cardiac conditions across Northern Ireland.  The successful appointee will be an active member of our Molecular epidemiology and Public Health team, working with colleagues in the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Northern Ireland’s Digital Health and Social Care Team, the Department of Health, and local community groups.  They will assist in the planning and delivery of developing a new registry, provide data and statistical reports, and support the route to diagnosis and treatment for patients.

The successful candidate must have, and your application should clearly demonstrate that you meet the following criteria: 

• Degree or equivalent in Public Health, Data Science, (Bio)statistics, (Bio)informatics or relevant subject area in which quantitative skills are evident.
• Relevant experience to include:

• • Experience of stakeholder engagement
  • Experience of data management
  • Experience of analysing and interrogating large datasets 

Please note the above are not an exhaustive list. For further information about the role including the essential and desirable criteria please click on the Candidate Information link below.

This post is available on a fixed term contract until 31/01/2025, whichever is sooner. Fixed term contract posts are available for the stated period in the first instance but in particular circumstances may be renewed or made permanent subject to availability of funding.

At Queen’s our people are at the heart of everything we do. As a staff member you will become part of a vibrant organisational culture, which will provide you with the opportunity to achieve your full potential and enhance your career through a continuous focus on learning and development.

We offer an excellent employment package that includes:

• Great terms & conditions
• Pension schemes
• Flexible working by enabling you to design your working week in collaboration with your manager through a blend of remote and office working
• Family-friendly initiatives
• Career development opportunities
• Support for health & mental wellbeing
• Generous holiday entitlement of 8.4 weeks a year (made up of 23 days annual leave, 10 closure days and 9 bank holidays)

Queen’s University is committed to promoting equality of opportunity to all. We have created an inclusive culture by establishing staff networks such as iRise (Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and International Staff Network) and PRISM (LGBTQ+) which help us progress equality.

We also subscribe to Equality Charter Marks such as the Diversity Charter Mark NI in addition to Athena Swan. For further information on our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, please visit:  www.qub.ac.uk/diversity; www.qub.ac.uk/qgi and www.qub.ac.uk/sites/StaffGateway/StaffNetworks/

Informal enquiries may be directed to Jill Kilner j.kilner@qub.ac.uk

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