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Research Assistant

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1093248


University of Surrey


03/03/2025


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This can be full time for 7 weeks or worked part time approximately 1.5 weeks per month.


Not Applicable

Pay


£18.09


£2.18

Description

Role
This role is for a temporary Research Assistant (RA) to support Dr Eleanor Ratcliffe, University of Surrey, in delivering outputs on the project ‘Measuring the Tranquil City’, funded by the British Academy. 

 
The role is for 7 weeks (full time), which can be undertaken on a part-time basis between March and July 2025 (approximately 1.5 weeks per month; this can be arranged flexibly based on project need and any other post-holder commitments). 
 
£18.09 per hour.
£2.18 per hour holiday pay.
 
The RA will be supervised by Dr. Ratcliffe and will work closely with Mr Grant Waters, CEO and Co-founder of Tranquil City Ltd.
 

Duties and responsibilities
Tranquil City is an environmental research and innovation company with a mission to connect people in towns and cities to nature. Dr Ratcliffe and Tranquil City are developing an Impact Assessment Toolkit (IAT) that can support the evaluation of nature-based solutions for wellbeing, human-nature connection, and/or pro-environmental behaviours.

 
The RA will support the pilot testing of this IAT among key stakeholders (e.g., landscape architects, developers, NGOs, and local communities). 
 
This will include preparation of materials, data collection and analysis, and reporting. 
 
The role may involve travel within London and/or around the UK.
 

Skills and experience

Essential

  • BSc level qualification in Psychology or a cognate social science, or equivalent professional experience
  • Experience of searching for, reviewing, and summarising academic literature
  • Experience of collecting qualitative and quantitative data using psychological research methods (e.g., surveys, experiments, field studies, interviews)
  • Experience of conducting and reporting inferential statistical analyses (e.g., t-tests, ANOVA, regression) and basic analyses of qualitative data (e.g., content analysis, thematic analysis)
  • Good interpersonal and communication skills
  • Good organisational and administration skills
  • Proven ability to work both independently and collaboratively
  • Willingness to travel within the UK
  • The ability to write and present scientific material for non-scientific audiences

Desirable

  • MSc level qualification in Psychology or a cognate social science
  • Knowledge of and interest in topics in environmental psychology or people-environment studies
  • Experience in using software for the social sciences to support quantitative and qualitative analyses (e.g. SPSS, Jamovi/R, NVivo, ATLAS.ti)
  • Experience in designing and implementing online surveys using, e.g., Qualtrics/SurveyMonkey/LimeSurvey

Location
University of Surrey

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