About the Role:
We wish to appoint a Research Assistant to join the Division of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work and also working alongside colleagues within the Healthy Ageing Research Group (HARG), based at the University of Manchester. The post holder will assist on a National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) funded project focused on the implementation and evaluation of a strength and balance platform in care homes in Greater Manchester. The successful candidate will work directly with care home staff and residents, and will assist with research delivery, and data collection.
The role requires experience of working with care homes or adult social care settings and applied knowledge of physiotherapy, rehabilitation, or falls prevention, supporting the translation of research into real-world care environments under the supervision of senior academic staff.
The successful applicant will work with Dr Charlotte Eost-Telling and Professor Emma Stanmore as well as other members of the Healthy Ageing Research Theme and will be based in the School of Health Sciences in the Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health.
The post is available part-time (2 days a week), from 1 March 2026 for 10 months.
What you will get in return:
* Fantastic market leading Pension scheme
* Excellent employee health and wellbeing services including an Employee Assistance Programme
* Exceptional starting annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays
* Additional paid closure over the Christmas period
* Local and national discounts at a range of major retailers, and more.
As an equal opportunities employer we welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of age, sex, gender (or gender identity), ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and transgender status. All appointments are made on merit. Our University is positive about flexible working and you can find out more here .
Hybrid working arrangements may be considered. Travel to care homes will be required.
Please note that we are unable to respond to enquiries, accept CVs or applications from Recruitment Agencies.
Any recruitment enquiries from recruitment agencies should be directed to recruitmentservices.people@manchester.ac.uk .
Any CV’s submitted by a recruitment agency will be considered a gift.
For enquiries on vacancy, shortlisting and interviews:
Name: Dr Charlotte Eost-Telling
Email: charlotte.eost-telling@manchester.ac.uk
Telephone: 0161 306 1247
General enquiries:
Email: recruitmentservices.people@manchester.ac.uk
Technical support:
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Please quote reference BMH-030874
This vacancy will close for applications at midnight on the closing date.
Please see the link below for the Further Particulars document which contains the person specification criteria.