Research Assistant

Lloyd’s Register Foundation

Location: London - UK

Candidates must provide work authorization for the respective country.

About the Role:

The Research Assistant will assist the development and maintenance of high-quality primary evidence and analysis projects, working across a pipeline from design to evaluation. The role will have a particular focus on safety interventions, and quasi-experimental and trial methods. The Research Assistant will work within the Global Safety Evidence Centre to ensure that the Centre can provide clear, robust, relevant and timely evidence to inform policy and practice decision-making across sectors.

About the Global Safety Evidence Centre

Lloyd’s Register Foundation’s mission to engineer a safer world is underpinned by the use of robust and credible evidence to better understand the nature and scale of global safety challenges, and what is needed to address them. While we know this evidence is critical to informing decision-making and improving safety, it often does not yet exist or is not easily accessible. Responding to this need, the Foundation has established GSEC as a hub for anyone who needs to know ‘what works’ to make people safer, collating the best safety evidence from our partners and other sources and communicating it in an understandable and actionable form. GSEC also hosts the Foundation’s own evidence outputs, such as our flagship World Risk Poll.

What we offer you

• Part time - FTE of 0.5 hours
• Hybrid and flexible work schedules with an appreciation for work-life balance
• Working in a global company with the ability to work with different cultures and diverse people
• Excellent benefits package including 26 days holiday pro rata per annum, plus flexible bank holidays, buy/sell holidays, bonus scheme, company funded PMI, EAP, discount scheme & opportunities for learning & development (including financially supported part-time study)
• The opportunity to work for an organization that has a clear sense of purpose, is values-driven and helps colleagues to develop professionally and personally through our range of people development programs.

The Role

• Assist in the design, conduct and evaluation of internal and external research projects.
• Maintain full and accurate documentation and be responsible for the security and accuracy of data related to projects you are involved in.
• Contribute to the quality assurance of all research and trial projects.
• Support and assist the Research and Trial Manager and other colleagues in different aspects of research and trial work with flexibility.
• Support the development and delivery of capacity building for research methodology and knowledge translation.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of the Global Safety Evidence Centre’s research methods and standards and support regular review of the standards to incorporate learning and development in the fields.

What you bring

Education

• Bachelor’s or higher degree in a relevant field (e.g., engineering, public health, psychology, science) with a research methods element.
• Minimum of 2 years’ practical research experience.

Skills

• Professional Analytical Skills
  • Strong research methods skills (including qualitative and quantitative research designs).
  • Strong data manipulation skills, including understanding of data structure, data characteristics and relevant software.
  • Strong analytical and critical thinking skills.
  • Keen eye for detail and experience reviewing technical and/or scientific documentation.
• Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including ability to communicate clearly and appropriately with stakeholders when required.
• Project Management & Delivering Results: Ability to proactively identify risks or issues across a project life-course and communicate them effectively.
• Teamwork: Ability to work independently and as part of a team, seeking input from research leads and colleagues where required.

Desirable Attributes

• Experience working on intervention studies and/or evaluations.
• Experience working in an evidence generation team, Evidence Centre or similar evidence-based policy environment.
• Familiarity with occupational safety and health, and/or engineering and its decision-making contexts and processes across sectors.

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