Temporary Research Assistant – Factors Driving Procrastination – part time jobs in bristol

Website University of the West of England

Job description

• This role is available to UWE students only*

About This Role

The Psychological Sciences Research Group (PSRG) at the University of the West of England, Bristol is seeking a Research Assistant on a part-time (2 days per week), fixed term basis for 6 months.

Applicants should have an undergraduate degree (or foreign equivalent) in Psychology or currently be in their third-year of their undergraduate Psychology degree (BSc Honors or Psych w/Crim) at UWE. Experience conducting face-to-face research with human participants is highly desirable. Additional essential and desirable criteria can be found on the job description for this role.

About You

You will provide support for a research project in the School of Social Sciences investigating the factors that drive procrastination. You will recruit and collect data from participants, as well as help process face image data. You will be willing to learn and develop your skills in research.

Where is this role based?

This post is based at our lively Frenchay campus where we have invested in the latest facilities and resources to give both our staff and students access to everything they need to succeed.

Why UWE Bristol?

We are one of the largest providers of Higher Education in the South West with 38,000 students and 4,000 staff from right across the globe. Based in Bristol , one of the UK’s most exciting and forward-thinking cities, we are regionally embedded and globally connected, with an established network of employer and academic partners.

We offer a wide range of employee benefits including progressive pay rates, generous annual leave and career average pension schemes as well as retail savings, onsite nursery and opportunities for training and personal development.

Add your individuality to ours

UWE Bristol recognises the power of a truly diverse university community .

We are proud to be part of a vibrant, multicultural city that celebrates diversity, we’re always looking for talented people from all backgrounds to join us. Our people are our strength, and diversity enhances our creativity and leads to better decision-making and problem-solving. Bring your talent and ambition to our growing community and find yourself in a stimulating and supportive environment where you’ll thrive.

As a Disability Confident employer, we welcome applications from those who identify as having a disability.

Further information

For an informal discussion about this role, please contact the Principal Investigator, Dr Iris Holzleitner at iris.holzleitner@uwe.ac.uk .

Interviews are scheduled to take place at our Frenchay Campus or online via Teams. Please note that early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to close the advert should we feel able to appoint appropriate candidates.

This is a part-time, fixed-term post, working 15 hours per week.

This post is not available on a job share basis.

UWE Bristol is a campus-based University and it is vital to our success and the delivery of an outstanding experience for our students that our campuses are dynamic and vibrant places to learn and spend time. This role is therefore campus based for all of your time.

To ensure fairness and equity all salary offers will be made in line with the University’s salary assessment guidelines and will be based on your relevant skills and experience.

We are unable to provide sponsorship for this role under the Home Office Skilled Worker visa route. As we are unable to sponsor anyone requiring a visa for this role candidates must therefore be able to provide their own right to work in the UK.

Should you be shortlisted you will be asked to provide your right to work documents at your interview. Please refer to the Home Office Right to Work Checklist which provides details of which documents are acceptable.

Please note that UWE does not cover any visa or health surcharge costs.

Advice to applicants

We’d love to hear from you – if you are excited about joining us at UWE please complete our application form as soon as possible.

Tell us about how your skills and experience relate to the requirements of this role by describing how you meet each of the essential and desirable criteria listed in the Person Specification section of the Job Description, and include specific examples wherever possible.

Once we have completed shortlisting we will let you know the outcome of your application by email, so please check your inbox for updates.

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