Research Support Assistant (14.5 hours per week)

Brighton, England, United Kingdom

6/23/2025

School of Education, Sport and Health Sciences

Location: Brighton - Falmer Salary: £26,942 to £29,959 pro rata Fixed Term End Date: 30/05/2026 Closing Date: Sunday 06 July 2025 Interview Date: To be confirmed Reference: EH4014-25-126

Explore the science of fatigue. Empower lives.

The School of Education, Sport and Health Sciences at the University of Brighton is seeking a dedicated Research Assistant to contribute to an exciting, Sussex Cancer Fund-funded project exploring sensory abilities and their relationship to cancer-related and exercise-induced fatigue.

This is a part-time fixed-term role for 9 months, ideal for someone with a background in psychology, physiology, health sciences or a related field, looking to expand their applied research experience—particularly within a clinical population, where you will have an opportunity to work on a project with direct clinical and societal impact.

About The Role

You will play a key role in achieving the research project’s objectives by leading on participant recruitment and coordinating laboratory visits and preparing equipment and supporting the smooth running of testing sessions.

Part of your role will be collecting data using a range of sensory, physiological and psychological assessments (including interoceptive/proprioceptive tasks, handgrip exercise, and questionnaires on fatigue, sleep and physical activity). You will then conduct initial data processing and analysis. This role supports wider research activities and collaboration within the Sussex Cancer Research Centre Fatigue Interest Group.

We Welcome Applications From Individuals Who

• Have experience in human participant research, particularly involving physiological or psychological assessments.
• Are organised, communicative and able to manage logistics in a lab-based setting.
• Can demonstrate sensitivity and professionalism when working with clinical or vulnerable populations.
• Are enthusiastic about interdisciplinary research and working as part of a collaborative team.
  
  

We provide a supportive, inclusive working environment that values diversity and well-being. You will have access to professional development opportunities and research networks, including the Sussex Cancer Research Centre.

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The University is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive environment for all staff regardless of age, disability, family or caring responsibilities, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief (including non-belief), sex and sexual orientation. We embrace equality and diversity in our working, learning, research and teaching environment and are committed to maintaining a supportive and inclusive community. We particularly encourage applicants from Minority Ethnic backgrounds because the University is under-represented by Minority Ethnic staff.

For the vast majority of our roles we operate an agile working system with time split between working on campus and at the employee's home. It is the University's expectation that home working will take place within the UK.

Further information about working for us, as well as the wide range of benefits we offer, can be found in the working with us section of our vacancies page.

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