King's College London

About us:

The Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) is a School of King's College London and the largest academic community in Europe devoted to the study and prevention of mental illness and brain disease.

The IoPPN pioneers research into new and improved ways of understanding and treating mental ill health ( http://www.kcl.ac.uk/ioppn/). The research role is based in the Psychology Department, one of the world’s largest academic groupings of clinical and health psychologists. It is one of four departments in the School of Mental Health & Psychological Sciences. (https://www.kcl.ac.uk/psychology).

About the role:

This is an exciting opportunity to be the site Research Coordinator in the CONNECT study. This is a multi-site Wellcome Trust funded project that will identify relapse signatures using active and passive digital monitoring. The post holder will manage all aspects of the project for the study site; liaise with the local and national project leads, researchers, patient and public contributors, and the co-ordinating centre; as well as managing three research assistants. Candidates with an interest in digital mental health and serious mental health problems are particularly encouraged to apply.

Candidates should have research management experience, be able to fit into an established team, have demonstrable project management skills, excellent interpersonal and communication skills as well as skills in psychological assessment. The successful applicant will join the Psychology Department.

This is a full-time post on a fixed term contract in the first instance until 31st March 2027, but there is an expectation of extending this. Candidates should consider a start date in March or April 2026.

Research staff at King’s are entitled to professional development through the Centre for Research Staff Development. This entitlement applies to this post.

About you:

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

Essential criteria

1. PhD qualified in Psychology field or PhD near completion*
2. Demonstrable project management skills applied to health or mental health research
3. Ability to use initiative to efficiently plan, optimise and progress projects and demonstrate initiative
4. Proven ability to work effectively as a team member
5. Skills in psychological assessment, administration and scoring
6. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and ability to work with colleagues at all levels
7. Understanding of confidentiality and protocols for ethics and data protection

Desirable criteria

1. Experience of developing research
2. Experience with, and commitment to, patient and public engagement and non-academic dissemination of research study findings
3. Excellent IT skills (SPSS or equivalent statistical package, Nvivo qualitative data software)
4. Experience with mixed-methods studies in a mental health setting

Downloading a copy of our Job Description

Full details of the role and the skills, knowledge and experience required can be found in the Job Description document, provided at the bottom of the page. This document will provide information of what criteria will be assessed at each stage of the recruitment process.

*Please note that this is a PhD level role but candidates who have submitted their thesis and are awaiting award of their PhDs will be considered. In these circumstances the appointment will be made at Grade 5, spine point 30 with the title of Research Assistant. Upon confirmation of the award of the PhD, the job title will become Research Associate and the salary will increase to Grade 6.

Further information:

At King’s, we believe that the diversity of our community and a culture that is welcoming, open, inclusive and collaborative, are great strengths of the university. The Equality Act of 2010 protects the rights of our students and staff and provides a framework to fulfil our duties to eliminate unlawful discrimination, harassment and victimisation and in addition, to advance equality of opportunity and foster good relations between those who share a protected characteristic and those who do not. At times, this will include balancing rights and beliefs that can feel in tension. We are committed to free speech and to academic freedom, believing that our foundational purpose as a university, is to create spaces where a wide range of ideas, including ideas that are controversial, can be discussed and debated, and where members of our community can express lawful views without fear of intimidation, harassment or discrimination.

When engaging in the robust exchange of ideas, we ask that our community is mindful of our Dignity at King’s guidance.

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 person specification section of the job description. 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.

We reserve the right to close adverts early due to the volume of applications we receive. While the closing date may change, all adverts will close at 23:59 to allow sufficient time for applications to be submitted on that day. We encourage you to apply at the earliest opportunity to avoid disappointment as once we have closed a vacancy you will be unable to submit your application.

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 on Thursday 5th March.