UE07: £40,247- £ 47,874
College of Arts, Humanities and Social Science
School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences
Full time: 35 hours per week
Fixed Term (30th June 2025 initially, with the possibility of further extension for an additional 4 years thereafter)
The Lothian Birth Cohorts Group within the Psychology Department, School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences is seeking a PDRA on a full time, fixed term contract until 30th of June 2025 initially (with the possibility of a further 4-year extension). This post is expected to commence in March 2025.
We are recruiting a PDRA to contribute to a National Institutes of Health (NiH) funded project alongside Principal Investigator Dr Sarah Harris. The post holder will work with new longitudinal data in the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936, one of the best-characterised longitudinal studies in the world, and will also combine data from other world-class prospective studies of cognitive, and brain aging to create the largest study of protein biomarkers and longitudinal cognitive and brain changes, prior to clinical Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis, to date.
The role shall be based within the Psychology Building, 7 George Square. Opportunities for discussion on informal hybrid workplace arrangements can be discussed at the time of offer, however please note that some on campus working is required.
Your skills and attributes for success:
Full job description can be found here.
As a valued member of our team you can expect:
Championing equality, diversity and inclusion:
The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.
We particularly welcome applications from eligible candidates from under-represented groups, including racially minoritised individuals and all gender identities.
Key dates to note:
The closing date for applications is Monday 13th of January 2025.
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Interviews are anticipated to be held in Late January/Early February 2025.
Application information:
We ask you to include a current CV and cover letter with names of three referees who may be contacted at a later date (please note if you do not wish for anyone to be contacted until after an offer has been made). If you are currently in the process of completing your studies/PhD programme please note any relevant timescales in your cover letter and/or CV.
As a School we acknowledge that people’s career paths are rarely linear and welcome applicants to expand on their professional and personal journeys where appropriate.
Prior to any employment commencing with the University you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our right to work webpages. The University is able to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. If successful, an international applicant requiring sponsorship to work in the UK will need to satisfy the UK Home Office’s English Language requirements and apply for and secure a Skilled Worker Visa.
More information on how to submit your application can be found here.
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