Research Associate (Quantitative Methods) - Strand, London, WC2R 2LSAbout the roleThis is an exciting opportunity to come and work with us in the Centre for Society and Mental Health (KCL), across the Department for Psychological Medicine (IOPPN campus) and in partnership with the Centre for Longitudinal Studies (CLS) at UCL.About the roleYou will work closely with Professor Jayati Das-Munshi (KCL) and Professor George Ploubidis and Dr Dario Moreno-Agostino (UCL) in this partnership, to lead the work of the ‘ Maximising the Value of Existing Cohorts’ or data hub, in the CSMH. In this role you will lead research using longitudinal datasets (cohorts) housed at CLS, UCL and elsewhere, to understand the antecedents and consequences of mental health over the life course, with a focus on inequalities. In particular, this is an exciting opportunity to work with novel data linkages (for example, population cohorts linked to health records or administrative data) and to extend the work of this hub which had previously explored intersectional and intergenerational differences in long-term psychological distress trajectories. You will be encouraged to consider the impact of your work by engaging with policy makers. In addition you will be supported to work with people with lived experience to inform your research. You will be encouraged to develop projects using cohort linkages to health and administrative data to examine population mental health inequalities You will be supported to take a lead in the development of grant applications for external funding, to support the development of the research programme, and supported to contribute to the supervision of research students and to CSMH and KCL teaching, workshops and training events. This is a full time post (35 hours per week), and you will be offered a fixed term contract for 2 years. Applicants needs to be able to be based on location (Denmark Hill campus, IOPPN), London and willing to travel/ work at UCL, CLS (Institute of Education) and KCL CSMH (Strand Campus) (Central London), UK. Research staff at King’s are entitled to at least 10 days per year (pro-rata) for professional development. This entitlement, from the Concordat to Support the Career Development of Researchers, applies to Postdocs, Research Assistants, Research and Teaching Technicians, Teaching Fellows and AEP equivalent up to and including grade 7. Visit the Centre for Research Staff Development for more information.About youTo be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience: Essential criteriaPhD in a relevant discipline (epidemiology, statistics etc.)Experience in at least two of the following: Mental health epidemiology, Social Epidemiology, Social determinants of health, Working with data linkage/ linked dataExperience of working with large-scale, longitudinal data (eg. population cohorts, health records, etc)Proficiency in statistical analyses and use of relevant statistical packages (Stata, R, MPLUS etc.)Experience in leading design of research programmesResearch expertise in population mental health and health inequalitiesA record of teaching related to mental health and/or quantitative methodsDesirable criteriaTrack record of publications in peer reviewed scientific journalsStrong written and verbal communication skills including the ability to write clearly and concisely, and to present to both academic and non-academic audiences.Ability to present information on research progress and outcomes to supervisory teamAbility to prioritise a varied workload to meet deadlines while maintaining a high level of accuracyDownloading a copy of our Job DescriptionFull details of the role and the skills, knowledge and experience required can be found in the Job Description document, provided at the bottom of the page. This document will provide information of what criteria will be assessed at each stage of the recruitment process. *Please note that this is a PhD level role but candidates who have submitted their thesis and are awaiting award of their PhDs will be considered. In these circumstances the appointment will be made at Grade 5, spine point 30 with the title of Research Assistant. Upon confirmation of the award of the PhD, the job title will become Research Associate and the salary will increase to Grade 6.*