Research Associate

We are seeking a suitably qualified, full-time Research Associate with mixed methods experience to undertake research activities and support patient & public involvement in a national trial of prostate cancer screening. The TRANSFORM trial is a UK-wide prostate cancer screening trial funded by Prostate Cancer UK and the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Health Technology Assessment (HTA) programme. The trial will recruit hundreds of thousands of men with the aim of generating robust evidence for an effective prostate cancer screening programme that could be rolled out across the NHS. The trial is a collaboration between leading UK institutions including the University of Manchester.

The post is due to start as soon as possible at 1.0 FTE for 36 months. Applicants will have (or about to submit) a PhD and have experience with mixed methods research and patient and public involvement in research. The candidate will have excellent communication and teamworking skills, and be able to work independently with support from the project team.

What you will get in return:

• Fantastic market leading Pension scheme
• Excellent employee health and wellbeing services including an Employee Assistance Programme
• Exceptional starting annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays
• Additional paid closure over the Christmas period
• Local and national discounts at a range of major retailers

As an equal opportunity employer we welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of age, sex, gender (or gender identity), ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and transgender status.  All appointments are made on merit.

Our University is positive about flexible working – you can find out more here

Hybrid working arrangements may be considered.           

Please note that we are unable to respond to enquiries, accept CVs or applications from Recruitment Agencies.

Any recruitment enquiries from recruitment agencies should be directed to People.Recruitment@manchester.ac.uk.

Any CV’s submitted by a recruitment agency will be considered a gift.

Enquiries about the vacancy, shortlisting and interviews:

Name: samuel.merriel@manchester.ac.uk

General enquiries:

Email: People.recruitment@manchester.ac.uk

Technical support:

https://jobseekersupport.jobtrain.co.uk/support/home

This vacancy will close for applications at midnight on the closing date.

Please see the link below for the Further Particulars document which contains the person specification criteria.