22 Research Assistant jobs in the United Kingdom

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Crop Trials Research Assistant

• Are you passionate about agricultural research and ready to take your crop trials experience to the next level in a permanent, full-time role?

• Do you have a strong foundation in crop husbandry, field trials or agronomy, and a drive to contribute to agricultural innovation?

• Are you looking for a research-based role with a competitive salary, private healthcare, bonus scheme, and opportunities for technical growth - right here in the West Midlands?

Location of the Job:

West Midlands.

Salary and Benefits Package:

• Paying £26,000 - £29,000 salary depending on experience.
• Up to 10% bonus.
• Private health care.
• Company pension scheme.
• 25 days holiday plus public bank holidays.

Additional information:

• This is a permanent full-time position.
• Based at the research facility in the West Midlands.

About The Company:

Delivering innovative crop solutions to support the agricultural and farming industry.

The Job Role Details:

As Crop Trials Research Assistant you will be responsible for researching and developing a wide range of agricultural crops to support the Research Agronomists and Station Manager.

Key Responsibilities:
You will…

• Conduct R&D activities, including application, planting, sampling, assessment, recording, analysing and harvesting of crop commodities.
• Work on field and glasshouse studies on range of crops including cereals, potatoes, oilseed rape and vegetables.
• Prepare and handle seed stocks and chemical stocks for maintenance and treatments on field studies.
• Support the Research Agronomist with the effective execution and coordination of all research activities in your area of operations. Ensuring that high quality trials are implemented, maintained, assessed and the resulting data reported to stakeholders in a timely and efficient manner.
• Maintain good communication with the local team and regional / global stakeholders.
• Keep up to date and work within relevant field methodologies, including where appropriate EPPO and country testing guidelines.
• Within your area of operations, stay up to date with developments in agricultural best practices and act as a point of contact for any technical queries.
• Actively participate and contribute to the growth of the company portfolio.
• Ensure safe and compliant use and storage of all chemical products by maintaining a zero tolerance for any contaminations at and around the site.
• Analyse and present data utilising specialist software.
• Ensure that all activities at the site are compliant with corporate rules and that a safe working environment is maintained.

Ideal Person Skills & Qualifications:
You will have / be…

• At least 2 years' experience in a similar role - crop trials, R&D, crop husbandry, field trials or agronomy.
• Agriculture, Agronomy, Life science or similar (BSc, equivalent or higher).
• PA1 - NPTC Certificate.
• PA6 - NPTC Certificate.
• Full UK Drivers Licence.
• IT literate.
• Excellent communication skills and self-motivated.

Desirable skills but not essential or required:

• PA2, PA11, PA9, PA4.
• BASIS qualification in Crop Protection.

The above qualifications / certificates are desirable but not essential as training on this could be provided.

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We thank all applicants who apply for this role. However, please be advised that only those short listed for an interview will be contacted. Please be assured that your job application will be managed in complete confidence and your personal details will not be passed to any third party without your prior permission.

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Role Overv.

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We are seeking an experienced operations professional to manage critical data acquisition infrastructure supporting advanced AI model development. This contract role requires exceptional operational acumen, demonstrated ability to scale complex workflows, and meticulous attention to quality standards across high-volume data collection initiatives.

Strategic Operations Management

• Oversee end-to-end execution of multiple concurrent data acquisition programs encompassing speech, visual, textual, and audio content streams

• Develop and implement scalable operational frameworks ensuring consistent achievement of volumetric targets while maintaining stringent quality thresholds

• Drive continuous process improvement through systematic identification and elimination of operational inefficiencies

Stakeholder & Contributor Management

• Design comprehensive contributor engagement strategies optimizing recruitment, onboarding, retention, and successful task completion

• Establish robust support infrastructure delivering timely resolution of technical and procedural inquiries

• Cultivate productive relationships with internal stakeholders through transparent communication and data-driven insights

Quality Assurance & Compliance

• Implement rigorous quality control methodologies maintaining data acceptance rates exceeding 95%

• Ensure strict adherence to data governance protocols, consent management, and regulatory requirements

• Develop predictive quality indicators enabling proactive intervention and remediation

Performance Analytics & Reporting

• Generate comprehensive operational intelligence providing actionable insights for strategic decision-making

• Establish KPI frameworks measuring throughput, quality, efficiency, and contributor satisfaction

• Deliver regular executive summaries highlighting achievements, challenges, and optimization opportunities

This position offers complete location flexibility within European time zones. Candidates must maintain reliable high-speed internet connectivity and professional home office environment conducive to managing distributed operations.

Qualified candidates should demonstrate clear alignment with outlined competencies and provide specific examples of operational excellence in similar environments. We value diverse perspectives and encourage applications from candidates with non-traditional backgrounds who possess relevant transferable skills.

Professional Experience

• Minimum 1-3 years operational management experience within data-intensive environments (crowdsourcing platforms, research operations, content moderation, or similar domains)

• Demonstrated success managing distributed contributor networks (100+ simultaneous participants)

• Proven ability to meet aggressive performance targets while maintaining exceptional quality standards

Technical & Analytical Competencies

• Proficiency in operational tools and platforms for workflow management, data tracking, and process automation

• Strong analytical capabilities with experience translating complex data into actionable operational strategies

• Familiarity with quality assurance methodologies and statistical sampling techniques

Communication & Leadership

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills in English (additional languages highly valued)

• Experience delivering technical support through multiple channels (email, chat, ticketing systems)

• Ability to influence without authority and drive results through collaborative partnerships

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Health Psychology Section, part of the School of Mental Health & Psychological Sciences at King’s College London based at Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience (IoPPN). The IoPPN promotes cutting-edge research and translation into practice, addressing a wide range of mental health challenges.

The Health Psychology Section is home to pioneering research in health behaviours, patient outcomes, and interventions to improve mental and physical health. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work alongside leading academics and researchers in the field, contributing to impactful studies aimed at enhancing the psychological care of patients across different health settings.

We are looking to appoint a Research Assistant to join the Health Psychology Group within the Department of Psychology at King’s College London.

The successful candidate will join Dr Lauren Heathcote’s team, situated in the Health Psychology Section within Guy’s Hospital. The Heathcote Lab conducts innovative research aimed at understanding mind-body mechanisms of mental and physical health, including developing and testing mind-body interventions for cancer survivors.

The successful candidate will primarily support a Randomised Controlled Trial of ADIE (‘Aligning Dimensions of Interoceptive Experience’) Therapy, which aims to reduce anxiety in breast cancer survivors. ADIE Therapy involves combining biofeedback-based training using heartbeat-sensing equipment with psychological support to re-establish a healthy mind-body connection and reduce anxiety after breast cancer. The RA will primarily support the following activities:

• Patient recruitment for the clinical trial via breast cancer clinics, charities, and community settings. This will include finding and establishing new recruitment pathways.
• Delivering ADIE Therapy to breast cancer survivors. This will include both handling the heartbeat-sensing equipment and providing psychological support to help breast cancer survivors re-establish an adaptive mind-body connection.
• Data collection, data management, and secure data storage for questionnaire, psychophysiology, and biomarker data.
• Accompanying patients to undergo fMRI brain imaging scans before and after ADIE Therapy (these will be done at the KCL Denmark Hill campus). (Note: the MRI scans will be overseen by a Postdoc specialising in neuroimaging and so the RA does not need familiarity with neuroimaging methods).
• Trial-related paperwork including NHS and KCL ethics submissions and amendments, tracking and reporting safety and adverse events to the PI, sponsor, and regulators.
• Data cleaning and analysis, presentation of findings at scientific conferences, and write-up of papers for publication (these activities will be in year 3 of the position, dependent upon contract extension).
• Supporting public engagement and science communication activities to share the importance of mental health care for cancer survivors and the role of mind-body science.

This role also offers the opportunity to engage in co-design activities with lived experience partners and charities.

The ADIE trial is funded through a large Wellcome Mental Health Award, ‘When your body betrays you: interoceptive mechanisms of anxiety after cancer’. This is a large-scale collaborative research programme between KCL, UCL, Stanford University, and the National Cancer Institute (NIH). As such, the successful candidate will be part of multidisciplinary team that includes world experts in psychology, clinical neuroscience, statistics, patient-clinician communication, and cancer survivorship care.

The position will be full time (100% FTE) and appointed for a fixed duration of 2 years, with the possibility of extension up to 3 years for the full duration of the trial. 

The role will involve working 35 hours per week, and this may include working out of office hours and weekends, as needed, to support patient therapy delivery and data collection on the project. This position will require in-person work at least four days per week, but this will be up to five days per week during busy testing periods.

Interviews are scheduled to take place in August 2025. The successful applicant will be expected to start the position in September or October 2025.

The time commitment for this position is a minimum of 2 years, and so this role is not appropriate for individuals planning to apply for clinical doctorate programs that start in 2026.

*We have the right to close the advert earlier than advertised if we receive a sufficient number of applications.

The Tobacco Control Research Group, part of the Centre for 21^st Century Public Health, is seeking a Research Assistant to join their friendly and dynamic team of multi-disciplinary researchers, working at the cutting edge of public health research.

About the role

As a Research Assistant for TobaccoTactics, you will work with academics, researchers and professional colleagues to:

• Investigate topics and themes relevant to the group’s research and TobaccoTactics publication plans
• Help to maintain and update content and databases published on the TobaccoTactics site
• Share knowledge with and provide support to external partners and contribute to training programmes run by the Tobacco Control Research Group

Our ideal candidate will be:

• Skilled at crafting clear, accurate and compelling writing to complement the existing TobaccoTactics content
• Experienced in preparing, conducting and recording research
• Motivated to update your knowledge and understanding in the field of work
• Will not have any conflicts of interest in the forms of past work or close relationships with those who work for the tobacco industry

Additional information

The role is based on the University of Bath campus and offered on a full-time, fixed term basis until 31 August 2026. 

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Karin Silver ( ), or Raouf Alebshehy ( ). 

We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students and encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.

We're very proud to be a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant. an accredited Disability Confident Leader ; autism friendly university , committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff . 

We're continually expanding our benefits package to better support you and enhance your experience with us and the below is just an example of some of the many great benefits we offer:

• Free counselling services through Health Assured
• Cycle to work scheme
• Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
• Staff discount at Team Bath gym
• Staff discounts on postgraduate tuition fees
• Staff discount on language courses
• Generous employer contributory pension schemes
• Generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
• A wide range of personal and professional development opportunities including Apprenticeships, LinkedIn Learning and more
• Free entry to the Holburne Museum in Bath
• Local discounts and more
• A family-friendly workplace  
• An excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
• Relocation allowance
• Visa reimbursement and Interest-Free Loan to help with the cost of some immigration expenses

Find out more about our benefits and watch the video to hear from our staff about what makes the University of Bath a great place to work as well as following us X and LinkedIn .

Closing Date: 05 Aug 2025

Department: Education & Research

Salary: £30,805 to £37,174

 King’s College London is a leading University with nine Faculties. As part of  King’s Health Partners , we have an excellent environment for health care interaction and a strong focus on mentoring and career development.

The 2021 Research Excellence Framework (REF2021) placed King’s applied and allied health research 1st for: overall proportion of research rated 4* (world-leading, the best mark possible), research papers rated 4*, impact rated 4*, environment rated 4*(joint), Grade Point Average and Power.  REF2021 rated as world-leading: 100% of our environment, 86% of our impact and 70% of our research overall. Over 95% of our research overall was rated as world-leading or internationally excellent.

As of 2025, our Faculty is number 1 in the world for Nursing (QS world rankings). King’s produces more highly cited research outputs (top 1% citations) on palliative care than any other centre internationally (SciVal), and is second in the world on the same metric for nursing and midwifery. King’s is the largest provider of health care education in Europe.

The  Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care (NMPC) is based in the heart of central and south London. It includes the  Cicely Saunders Institute for Palliative Care, Policy & Rehabilitation , the premier Institute for Palliative Care, bringing together clinical, research and education teams.

Our applied clinical and health multidisciplinary research transforms therapies, the healthcare experience and outcomes for patients and those important to them, wherever they are cared for. Our award-winning NMPC education programmes span pre-registration nursing and midwifery, and multidisciplinary post-graduate taught and research programmes.

We are committed to staff development, and offer opportunities to identify and access appropriate training and professional growth.  

We are delighted to invite applications for a Research Assistant to join the PALLDEM-Homecare research team at King’s College London. This is a joint project between the Cicely Saunders Institute and the Health and Social Care Workforce Research Unit, integrating health and social care for people with dementia.

The PALLDEM-Homecare project aims to explore, as a proof of concept, the implementation of a complex intervention to support homecare practitioners provide person-centred care to people with dementia.

With regular supervision, the postholder will lead the day-to-day management of the project, contributing to high-quality research and ensuring key milestones at met. This will involve close liaison with homecare agencies and practitioners, data collection and analysis, and contributing to broad stakeholder engagement and dissemination activities.

The postholder will develop core research skills in integrated health and social care research and benefit from experienced colleagues and regular development activities at the Cicely Saunders Institute.

We welcome applications from self-motivated and highly organised team players, who are motivated to advance research on the care of people affected by dementia and those supporting them.

The postholder will have demonstrable commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion in all activities.

This is a full time post (35 hours per week), and you will be offered a fixed term contract until 31/08/2027.

 King’s College London is a leading University with nine Faculties. As part of  King’s Health Partners , we have an excellent environment for health care interaction and a strong focus on mentoring and career development.

The 2021 Research Excellence Framework (REF2021) placed King’s applied and allied health research 1st for: overall proportion of research rated 4* (world-leading, the best mark possible), research papers rated 4*, impact rated 4*, environment rated 4*(joint), Grade Point Average and Power.  REF2021 rated as world-leading: 100% of our environment, 86% of our impact and 70% of our research overall. Over 95% of our research overall was rated as world-leading or internationally excellent.

As of 2025, our Faculty is number 1 in the world for Nursing (QS world rankings). King’s produces more highly cited research outputs (top 1% citations) on palliative care than any other centre internationally (SciVal), and is second in the world on the same metric for nursing and midwifery. King’s is the largest provider of health care education in Europe.

The  Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care (NMPC) is based in the heart of central and south London. It includes the  Cicely Saunders Institute for Palliative Care, Policy & Rehabilitation , the premier Institute for Palliative Care, bringing together clinical, research and education teams.

Our applied clinical and health multidisciplinary research transforms therapies, the healthcare experience and outcomes for patients and those important to them, wherever they are cared for. Our award-winning NMPC education programmes span pre-registration nursing and midwifery, and multidisciplinary post-graduate taught and research programmes.

We are committed to staff development, and offer opportunities to identify and access appropriate training and professional growth.

We are looking for a Research Assistant, based at the Cicely Saunders Institute, King’s College London, to join a newly funded Centre of Excellence in Paediatric Palliative Care, funded by Kentown Support charity.

Kentown Support are a new independent charity with the goal of improving the provision of community palliative care for children and families across the UK. This Centre of Excellence will undertake and disseminate high quality research and provide evidenced-based education and training for health and social care professionals and family members caring for children and young people with life-limiting conditions. The centre will inform policy and drive innovations in care delivery and organisation to enable all children and young people to have access to the care they require, including palliative care, when and where they need it.

The research assistant will work closely with Dr Bethan Page (Lecturer in Child Health & Palliative Care) on a project to explore priorities for improving social care for children with life-limiting conditions and their families. The project involves focus groups with professionals, interviews with parents and consensus-building workshops with stakeholders. They will also help administer and analyse a survey with parents on the education and training provision for parent-carers looking after children with life-limiting conditions.

The awardee will develop a diverse set of research skills in health services and social care research and gain experience in collaborative research of national and international significance. We are seeking an innovative, well-organised, dynamic and promising individual who is motivated to further develop their career. This is an outstanding development opportunity for a talented individual who wishes to advance excellent and innovative research on improving care for children and young people with life limiting conditions.

This is a part time post (21 hours per week), and you will be offered a fixed term contract until 31st August 2027.

King’s College London is an internationally renowned university delivering exceptional education and world-leading research. The university is dedicated to driving positive and sustainable change in society and realising our vision of making the world a better place.  Through its commitment to exceptional education, impactful research and genuine service to society, King’s College London is creating positive change in its communities, both in London and on the world stage.

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across Southwest England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond.

This is an exciting opportunity to work in clinical research and service evaluation with a world-leading team of scientists and clinicians. The role is a composite 1.0 FTE role funded 50% by King’s College London (KCL) and 50% by University Hospital Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW), employed by both organisations and subject to terms and conditions of both.

The post-holder will be a key researcher/assistant psychologist on a new, high-profile programme on children and young people attending the UK Gender Services because of gender incongruence. PATHWAYS is a research programme with multiple workstreams whose aim is to understand young people with gender incongruence and assess the risks and benefits of interventions.

The post-holder will divide their time between research activities, primarily on the observational study and clinical trial, and supporting the clinical service in service evaluation and related activities. Research and clinically-facing activities are closely integrated and all activities in this role will involve the same cohort of patients.

The post-holder will play a key role in recruiting young people and their families into the studies, and in the retention for longer-term follow-up, alongside ensuring clinical measures are completed by patients, parents/carers and, where appropriate, by clinicians.

The research programme is multi-centre across the UK; although the role will be based in Bristol, the post-holder will need to work closely across centres and may need to visit other centres and/or participants at home or in clinics. This is a six-year programme. The post-holder will be appointed initially for 3 years with the possibility of extension and will have significant opportunity to shape the implementation and success of the project.

This is a full time post.

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.

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

Essential criteria

1. 1st or Upper 2nd Honours degree in Psychology with graduate basis for registration to the British Psychological Society
2. Experience in quantitative methods research including analytical techniques and/or qualitative methods
3. High level of computer literacy and be familiar and competent in the use of word processing, database, power point and statistical packages for the social sciences, including Microsoft Excel and SPSS.
4. Relevant experience working/volunteering in health, care or education settings with children or adults.
5. Relevant experience working in or undertaking research.
6. The ability to work effectively as part of a team, with the ability to liaise with staff of all levels, patients and members of the public.
7. Excellent oral and interpersonal communication skills that can be applied to communication with professional colleagues, with senior colleagues within the health service and with patients and their families or carers.
8. Excellent organisational, time management and task management skills in order to respond to the demands of the post.

Desirable criteria

1. Experience of using qualitative interviewing methods.
2. Experience working on clinical trials and or directly with clinicians
3. Trained in psychometric testing.
4. Further post graduate training in relevant areas of professional psychology and / or research design and analysis.
5. Experience in writing and publishing research papers in high-quality journal.

Downloading a copy of our Job Description

Full 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.

 King’s College London is a leading University with nine Faculties. As part of  King’s Health Partners , we have an excellent environment for health care interaction and a strong focus on mentoring and career development.

The 2021 Research Excellence Framework (REF2021) placed King’s applied and allied health research 1st for: overall proportion of research rated 4* (world-leading, the best mark possible), research papers rated 4*, impact rated 4*, environment rated 4*(joint), Grade Point Average and Power.  REF2021 rated as world-leading: 100% of our environment, 86% of our impact and 70% of our research overall. Over 95% of our research overall was rated as world-leading or internationally excellent. 

As of 2025, our Faculty is number 1 in the world for Nursing (QS world rankings). King’s produces more highly cited research outputs (top 1% citations) on palliative care than any other centre internationally (SciVal), and is second in the world on the same metric for nursing and midwifery. King’s is the largest provider of health care education in Europe.

The  Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care (NMPC) is based in the heart of central and south London. It includes the  Cicely Saunders Institute for Palliative Care, Policy & Rehabilitation , the premier Institute for Palliative Care, bringing together clinical, research and education teams.

Our applied clinical and health multidisciplinary research transforms therapies, the healthcare experience and outcomes for patients and those important to them, wherever they are cared for. Our award-winning NMPC education programmes span pre-registration nursing and midwifery, and multidisciplinary post-graduate taught and research programmes.

We are committed to staff development, and offer opportunities to identify and access appropriate training and professional growth.

This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated talented individual as a research assistant and network coordinator for the  EMPOWER Dementia Network+ - Empowering a Meaningful Life for All . The Network aims to identify, promote and sustain high-quality care for people with dementia needing support, and their families, throughout the disease trajectory, including into end of life and bereavement.

The Network brings together strengths in dementia care, social care, primary care and palliative care, with lived experts and communities to realize sustained change to support and empower equalities in care for people living and dying with dementia, and their families. The network is funded by the UKRI Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).

This is an opportunity to join our team led by Professor Catherine Evans in the  Cicely Saunders Institute for Palliative Care, Policy & Rehabilitation working in collaboration with co-lead Professor Emma Wolverson,  Geller Institute of Ageing and Memory ,  University of West London. The post holder will work within a multidisciplinary team across health and social care faculties at King’s College London and with our university and community partners, and lived experts.  

You will support the co-creation and coordination of the Network with our partners and lived experts to build a springboard for high-quality dementia care for all needing support, harnessing inclusive approaches for meaningful engagement and collaboration, technologies to innovate care, and enthuse and foster talented researchers, practitioners and community partners. You will help to build, coordinate, and work closely with our lived experts and community partners to enable meaningful involvement and engagement, for them to drive priorities in the Network.

You will support the coordination and delivery of co-creation workshops with community partners, and ‘sand-pit’ events for small research project funding to innovate dementia care and engage the public and policy makers to realise and sustain change.

This is a full time (35 hours per week), and you will be offered a fixed term contract until 31st March 2028.