Please note a full application including a covering letter detailing your experience alongside a CV is required for applications to be considered. Please be advised applications made without providing a cover letter will not be accepted.

Fixed term for 4 years

An excellent opportunity for a Research Associate in Sleep and Mental Health to join an award-winning team contributing to a new programme grant funded by the Wellcome Trust, ‘Sleep and circadian health disturbances in psychosis and depression: the cascading impacts of impairments in cognitive control.’ A summary of the project can be found here: https://wellcome.org/grant-funding/people-and-projects/grants-awarded/sleep-and-circadian-health-disturbances-psychosis

Working under the supervision of Professor Teresa C. D’Oliveira, the Research Associate in Sleep and Mental Health will support key activities of the project. Main duties include organising research activities, coordinating ethical approval, piloting stages of the project, leading in participant recruitment, analysing wearables data, disseminating research and contributing to creative outputs.

The successful applicant will hold a PhD in Neuroscience, Psychology or a related subject. Candidates in the final stages of completing their degree are encouraged to apply provided they can provide a reference attesting that their PhD viva will be held by the start date of this role.

For additional details, please refer to the job description and person specification.

We are committed to supporting flexible methods of working wherever possible. This role is based on our North Holmes Campus in Canterbury and will include some off-site travel.

Campus attendance will vary on a day-to-day basis and across the year but must purposefully align to the service being delivered and to the needs of the research team, the project activities, and stakeholders. It is expected that most of your working time will be spent on campus.

For further information about the School and Section please use the following links:

https://www.canterbury.ac.uk/about-us/faculties-schools-and-departments/faculty-of-science-engineering-and-social-sciences/school-of-psychology-and-life-sciences


How to apply

Start date for applications: 28th of June 2024
Closing date for applications: 12th of July 2024
Interviews are to be held: w/c 22nd of July 2024

If you require further information regarding the post please feel free to contact Yvonne Bryant at pls@canterbury.ac.uk (strictly no agencies, thank you) quoting reference number REQ05089.

Please note, Canterbury Christ Church University reserve the right to bring the closing date of this position forward where a high volume of applications is received.


Additional Information

Canterbury Christ Church University truly welcomes fresh perspectives and new voices. We want you to bring the real you to work, so we are committed to building a genuinely inclusive working environment where everyone is welcomed and where everyone can have a true sense of belonging. Our spirit of community will help us to eliminate discrimination and will enable us all to thrive in a culture that is underpinned by fairness and justice. We therefore seek people to join us who will proactively support and shape this aim and contribute in their own unique way. If this is you, then we are waiting to hear from you.

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Employment Visa Clarification: According to the UK Government Points Based System, this position does not fulfil the requirements for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker Route application.

Please ensure you include contact details of two employment referees in your application, one of which must be your current/ most recent line manager.

Please note applications must be made online via the University website; details sent directly via email cannot be considered.

Prior consideration will be given to applicants in the University’s redeployment pool. No agencies, thank you