Research Assistant and Project Co-ordinator (NATSAL)

The post holder will have a pivotal role within the Natsal team, helping to manage and support all aspects of Natsal, and assisting the PIs to ensure all components of Natsal-4 are delivered within the project timescales. The post holder will work with colleagues from the wider Natsal team across all institutions to support the smooth running and delivery of Natsal-4, contribute to presentations and other outputs, and be responsible for external communications including the study website and Twitter account.

This role is available from 1st October 2024, for 12 months in the first instance.

This post is available full-time (i.e. 36.5 hours per week) but Part-time applications (for a minimum of 26 hours per week) are also considered. Please specify your preference in your application.

The post holder will be expected to be on-site for at least 2 days of the week, based at the Mortimer Market Centre on the Bloomsbury Campus.

Ideal candidates will be proactive with excellent project management skills, experience in public health and working in multi-disciplinary teams, and experience in conducting literature reviews, and preparing reports and presentations.

Applicants must have excellent written and verbal communication skills, and the ability to solve problems to manage their workload and work to planned deadlines.

The UCL Institute for Global Health (IGH) is at the heart of UCL's Grand Challenge of Global Health. The Institute's vision is for a world where international policy on global health is informed by world-class research. IGH aims to support the development of robust solutions to aspects of the world's major global health challenges through scholarly outputs, education, public engagement, translational research, and ultimately by influencing public policy and professional practice.

We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic Research Assistant and Project Co-ordinator to join our interdisciplinary team, working on the National Surveys of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (Natsal). Natsal are large bio-behavioural surveys, representative of the British population. Together, Natsal-1 (1990-1991), Natsal-2 (1999-2001) and Natsal-3 (2010-2012) have interviewed >45,000 men and women, spanning those born through much of the 20th Century. Natsal-4 is currently underway and entering the analysis and dissemination phase.

Natsal's repeated cross-sectional design enables a contemporary picture to be presented, while its longitudinal nature captures generational changes and broad societal shifts through the measurement of both period and birth cohort effects. Natsal provides evidence of the context, influences, and consequences of sexual lifestyles. Many scientific papers have been published using Natsal data (see https://www.natsal.ac.uk/publications), and it is the primary data source underpinning key national and international sexual health interventions., Our department holds an Athena SWAN Silver award, in recognition of our commitment and demonstrable impact in advancing gender equality.

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:

• 41 Days of holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holidays and 6 closure days)


• Additional 5 days' annual leave purchase scheme


• Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)


• Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan


• Immigration loan


• Relocation scheme for certain posts


• On-Site nursery


• On-site gym


• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay


• Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service


• Discounted medical insurance