Job Description

Research Assistant, Centre for Optometry and Vision Science

Role

: Research Assistant, Centre for Optometry and Vision Science

Department:

School of Biomedical Sciences

Grade:

Research Grade 6 (32,564 per annum)

Responsible to:

Principal Investigator

Campus:

Coleraine

(Fixed-Term until 31st October 2025 / Full-time)

Job Purpose

:

The post holder will work work with the co-investigators to deliver the research outcomes related to a large MRC project, in collaboration with Cardiff University and UCL. The post-holder will conduct research in clinical visual psychophysics, contribute to data analysis and assist with the dissemination of findings leading to high-quality scientific publications. They will also contribute to the overall research work and outputs of the Centre for Optometry and Vision Sciences (COVS).

The School of Biomedical Sciences holds a Bronze Athena SWAN Award in recognition of our commitment to advancing Gender equality. You can read more about what this means at www.ecu.ac.uk/equality-charters/athena-swan and on our University website https://www.ulster.ac.uk/peopleandculture/employee-benefits/equality-diversity/athena-swan. The University has a range of initiatives to support a family friendly working environment, including flexible working.

Due to the short-term nature of this post, the successful candidate will be required to hold proof of right to work in the UK at the time of application and for the duration of the post. If you have any queries regarding your eligibility to work in the UK, our Resourcing Compliance team resourcing.compliance@ulster.ac.uk may be able to help.

If you have any specific queries regarding this post, please contact the named email address for the vacancy, as listed on the main current vacancies landing page.

Closing date: 2nd June 2025 at 23:30

Job ID :

036007

Location :

Coleraine

Close Date :

02-Jun-2025