About the role The salary for the post will be £ 43, per annum, inclusive of London Allowance.
The research fellow will carry out research to address the objectives of the Economic and Social Research Council project grant held by Dr Jo Taylor in the Department of Language and Cognition.This will involve using behavioural and brain imaging measures to quantify how reading experience changes children's written word representations and how this relates to word spelling and understanding.
A job description and person specification can be accessed below.
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Applications should include a covering letter and CV.
Note to job applicant: copy and paste the criteria from the Person Specification into your "Statement in support of your application" and describe underneath each criteria how you meet it, giving examples.
You will be scored on how you meet each criteria.Interviews will be held between the 16th and 18th December .
If you require any reasonable adjustments to attend the interview please contact For informal queries about the position, please contact: Dr Jo Taylor - About you The candidate should have a PhD in Psychology or Cognitive Neuroscience.
They should have experience recruiting and testing participants for cognitive neuroscience experiments (, fMRI) and be skilled in using appropriate software packages to analyse behavioural and brain imaging data.
The candidate should have a track record of dissemination (published articles, conference presentations).
They should demonstrate intellectual curiosity about reading development and an ability to work effectively with children, parents, and schools.Appointment at Grade 7 is dependent upon having been awarded a PhD; if this is not the case, initial appointment will be at Research Assistant Grade 6B salary with payment at Grade 7 being backdated to the date of PhD award.
Please see the 'UCL Non-clinical grade structure with spinal points' for the current year here.A DBS clearance is required for this position.
What we offer As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below: 41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days) Additional 5 days' annual leave purchase scheme Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE) Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan Immigration loan Relocation scheme for certain posts On-Site nursery On-site gym Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service Discounted medical insurance