"Research Assistant"

About Us

We are part of the Department of Early Life Imaging & Health and Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

About The Role

The successful candidate will work with research psychologists, clinical and academic staff, helping with remote recruitment and assessments of paediatric samples at the Department of Early Life Imaging & Health and Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

The primary role is to recruit and arrange the online assessments with parents of children aged between 5 and 12 years who have previously taken part in longitudinal studies at King’s College London. This role also involves scoring assessments, entering data into electronic databases, data analysis and writing research papers.

This is a full-time post and you will be offered a fixed term contract until 18/12/2026 in the first instance.

About The Role

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

Essential criteria

1. A first degree or equivalent
2. Experience of working with children and their families in research, clinical or other settings.
3. Knowledge of research methods and statistical procedures.
4. Ability to work in a multidisciplinary team.
5. Proactive, motivated and enthusiastic, bringing novel ideas to group discussions and demonstrating a desire to go beyond comfort zones.
6. Excellent oral and written communication skills.
7. Good knowledge of different computer programs (SPSS, R, Python, etc.) and some experience in quantitative data analysis.
8. Ability to interact appropriately with colleagues and research participants in a patient, diplomatic, professional manner.

Desirable criteria

1. Practical experience of working in a research and academic environment.
2. Experience working in the NHS.
3. Experience of presenting results to large audiences.
4. Previous publication of research articles.
5. Some experience in analyzing quantitative data.

Further Information

We pride ourselves on being inclusive and welcoming. We embrace diversity and want everyone to feel that they belong and are connected to others in our community.

We are committed to working with our staff and unions on these and other issues, to continue to support our people and to develop a diverse and inclusive culture at King's.

As part of this commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion and through this appointment process, it is our aim to develop candidate pools that include applicants from all backgrounds and communities.

We ask all candidates to submit a copy of their CV, and a supporting statement, detailing how they meet the essential criteria listed in the advert. If we receive a strong field of candidates, we may use the desirable criteria to choose our final shortlist, so please include your evidence against these where possible.

To find out how our managers will review your application, please take a look at our 'How we Recruit' pages.

Interviews are due to be held throughout November.

We are not able to offer sponsorship for candidates who do not currently possess the right to work in the UK.

Grade and Salary: £39,076 - £43,909 per annum inclusive of London Weighting Allowance

Job ID: 127765

Close Date: 02-Nov-2025

Contact Person: Chiara Nosarti

Contact Details: Chiara.nosarti@kcl.ac.uk