MAPSS Research Assistant (Fixed term for 41 months)

Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) is a distinctive, unique institution, rooted in the Liverpool City Region and with a global presence. Our students and staff, past, present, and future, are the beating heart of our city and can be found in every corner of every industry and community. We couldn’t exist anywhere else and have shaped the city in which we belong. Working with the people of Liverpool to improve lives and support communities is at the heart of why we were founded and why we exist today.

We are recruiting 2 graduate Research Assistants to work on a randomised controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of the Multimodal Approach to Preventing Suicide in Schools (MAPSS) intervention for Year 9 students in 36 schools across England. The role will involve supporting day-to-day trial administration, participant recruitment, liaison with schools, and quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis with young people and professionals.

Tasks include working within specified research grants and/or projects; to undertake research, conducting and recording the outcome of experiments and fieldwork and conducting literature and database surveys; to contribute to the analysis and presentation of results to internal/external audiences.

You will require a minimum Honours degree (2:1 or above) in either Psychology or equivalent discipline and be able to demonstrate an ability to run empirical research with little supervision.

The positions will be full time for 41 months, beginning January 2027. 

In return, we offer an excellent benefits package including generous annual leave entitlement, pension scheme, induction and development support as well as family-friendly policies.

This is an exciting time to join the university as we deliver the LJMU Strategy 2030 and its vision of LJMU as an inclusive civic university transforming lives and futures, by placing students at the heart of everything we do.

If you feel that this is the role you have been looking for and your skills and experience can make a real difference at LJMU, we look forward to hearing from you.

LJMU values diversity and provides a supportive and inclusive environment where everyone can fulfil their potential.

Please note all of our vacancies will be closed to applications at midnight on the advertised closing date, unless otherwise stated.

LJMU are committed to adhering to the Principles set out in the Researcher Development Concordat; in line with this all fixed-term researchers will be supported to complete 10 days professional development activities per year (pro-rata).