Research Assistant

**About the role**





The Department of Education is looking to appoint two Research Assistants to
join a program of research led by Professor Cristina McKean.



Two Research Assistant posts will join the international collaborative
research study Maximising the benefits of intervention research to support
language and communication in children. These posts are offered on a full-time
basis and are fixed term for 36 months.





Specifically, the postholders will support the conduct of a systematic review
to identify the nature of participant characteristics reported within
intervention studies for children with or at risk of Developmental Language
Disorder and/or will collect stakeholder views through qualitative and
consensus methods on reporting guidelines internationally and develop novel
methods to elicit the views of children and young people with communication
disabilities.





The posts provide an exciting opportunity to participate in an important
programme of work, which ultimately aims to improve the experiences and
outcomes of children with communication needs and address issues of equity and
representation in research; while gaining excellent research experience and
opportunities to collaborate with national and international researchers
across seven countries.





Applications for these vacancies should be made online and you will be
required to upload a CV and supporting statement as part of your application.
Applicants are asked to organise the supporting statement by subheadings,
explaining how they meet the criteria for this post.



For further details of the role, please see the job descriptions below. The
closing date for applications is midday on the 25 November 2024, and only
applications received by this deadline will be considered. Interviews will be
held soon after the closing date.