Research assistant in the research group CIRCLE – Complex Intervention Research in Health and Care

The position is within the research group CIRCLE – Complex Intervention Research in Health and Care, Department of Women’s and Children’s Health. The research group is host for the transdisciplinary research program U-CARE (http://www.u-care.uu.se). Within U-CARE we are experts in in developing, testing and evaluating complex interventions together with those affected by the research. 

Duties
The person we are looking for will work as a research assistant and support ongoing research within the research group CIRCLE and U-CARE. The research projects will focus on developing, testing, evaluating and implementing complex interventions for patients and/or their relatives. 

An example of a possible research project the person we are looking for may work with is GuardiansCan. The overall aim of GuardiansCan is to develop and test an SMS-intervention to increase guardians’ adherence to children’s treatment for leukemia in Tanzania and thereby increase the children’s chances of survival.

• Assist researchers with preparing, writing, and compiling funding applications.
• Organize and take minutes at project meetings with international partners.
• Synthesize quantitative (meta-analyses) and/or qualitative (meta-syntheses) data.
• Manage and store research data.
• Recruit people to research studies and communicate with participants in research studies.
• Collect data in research studies.
• Input data in databases.
• Summarize results from research studies.
• Analyze and report data from research studies.

The position may also include other tasks.

Qualification requirements

• Masters’ education in public health or a related discipline.
• Proficiency in MS Office, citation manager systems and statistics program like SPSS, R or STATA.
• Experience in administering and coordinating research projects, and writing applications to the Ethical Review Authority.
• Experience of supporting the preparation of research funding applications.
• Formal training and experience of working with public contribution in research.
• Experience of analysing qualitative data using content analysis.
• Experience in synthesizing quantitative (meta-analyses) and/or qualitative (meta-syntheses) data.
• Experience of systematic review and meta-analysis software programs like Comprehensive Meta-Analysis software and Covidence.
• Knowledge of and interest in research with informal caregiver populations (e.g., relatives providing informal care to adults and/or children with physical health conditions).
• Very good oral and written skills in the English language.

You should find it easy to collaborate with others and feel comfortable working independently as well as in smaller groups. Great importance is placed on personal suitability, such as flexibility, problem-solving ability, and quality awareness. Taking initiatives and being structured are important for this position. We want you to be efficient, be able to prioritize among different work tasks, adapt to quick changes in work tasks, be meticulous, and interested in supporting and contributing to development of the research group.    

Meriting skills

The applicant should have great interest in, and possess good prior knowledge in, relevant areas for the projects. Previous experience of working with planning and conducting clinical research, and documented experience of working in interventional research is a strong merit.

Experience of research communication is a merit.

Experience of writing scientific articles and knowledge in how to manage research data is also a merit. 

About the employment
The employment is a permanent position (probationary period may be applied). Scope of employment 100 %. Starting date 1 September 2025 or as agreed. Placement: Uppsala.

For further information about the position, please contact: Research group leader for CIRCLE and Program Director for U-CARE: Louise von Essen, louise-von.essen@uu.se; Assistant research group leader for CIRCLE: Joanne Woodford, joanne.woodford@uu.se

Application

In this recruitment we have replaced the cover letter with questions that you are asked to answer when making your application. The answers will be used as a part of the selection process.

The application should be written in English. It should contain a Curriculum Vitae, grades, and contact information to at least two references. Selection will be carried out according to above mentioned requirements and qualifications as well as personal suitability. The selection will be made by research group leader and employees in the research group.

Please submit your application by 28 August 2025, UFV-PA 2025/2440.

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