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Research Assistant: Disability and Gender Inclusion
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Global Disability Innovation Hub (GDI Hub)
Hybrid- Career category: Advocacy/ Policy, Programme/ Project design & management, Research/ Data analysis
- Job type: Job
- Experience level: 0-5 years
- Organisation type: Research
- Remote option: Hybrid
- Right to work requirements: Right to work required in advance
- Remuneration: £32,000 GBP / yearly
- Work schedule: Full-time
- Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
- Deadline: 12/09/2024
- Location: United Kingdom, London
The Global Disability Innovation Hub (GDI Hub) is a research and practice centre driving disability innovation for a fairer world that has grown rapidly to now operate in 40+ countries with more than 70 partners. We are the WHO Global Collaborating Center on Assistive Technology, based at UCL.
Role Responsibilities
• Carrying out research to strengthen our data and evidence on the impacts of gender on access to assistive technology across the AT2030 programme.
• Support research projects focused on gender, reproductive and sexual health, and disability, including fieldwork/travel as needed.
• Support the research planning and delivery of projects regarding inclusive education, accessible healthcare and gendered design of AT including digital products and work with GDI Hub’s international partners.
• Contribute research support across the research and delivery team and Hub. Support the inclusion of gender in GDI Hub’s work and collate disaggregated data to make recommendations for future work for GDI and its partners.
RESEARCH PRIORITIES: Explore gender influences in access to AT and social justice.
• To liaise with local and international partners, travel will likely be involved.
• To carry out research activities – conducting, analysing, and reporting theoretical and empirical results.
• To gather qualitative data, i.e., interviews, workshops, co-design/participatory design.
• To support dissemination of the project outputs, through contributing to writing and compiling technical reports and academic papers.
• To plan and undertake quantitative data analysis of gender related data.
• Ensure all data is conducted in line with ethical conduct of research, including informed consent collection and appropriate data handling.
• To contribute to the creation of content for academic publications, publicity materials and social media.
Role Responsibilities
• Carrying out research to strengthen our data and evidence on the impacts of gender on access to assistive technology across the AT2030 programme.
• Support research projects focused on gender, reproductive and sexual health, and disability, including fieldwork/travel as needed.
• Support the research planning and delivery of projects regarding inclusive education, accessible healthcare and gendered design of AT including digital products and work with GDI Hub’s international partners.
• Contribute research support across the research and delivery team and Hub. Support the inclusion of gender in GDI Hub’s work and collate disaggregated data to make recommendations for future work for GDI and its partners.
RESEARCH PRIORITIES: Explore gender influences in access to AT and social justice.
• To liaise with local and international partners, travel will likely be involved.
• To carry out research activities – conducting, analysing, and reporting theoretical and empirical results.
• To gather qualitative data, i.e., interviews, workshops, co-design/participatory design.
• To support dissemination of the project outputs, through contributing to writing and compiling technical reports and academic papers.
• To plan and undertake quantitative data analysis of gender related data.
• Ensure all data is conducted in line with ethical conduct of research, including informed consent collection and appropriate data handling.
• To contribute to the creation of content for academic publications, publicity materials and social media.
Qualifications Essential:
• Masters in a relevant subject involving qualitative research methods or substantial relative work experience.
• Experience of working in disability or assistive technology.
• Knowledge of working in the thematic area of gender.
• Research planning and management of research projects.
• Good project management skills.
• Good communications skills.
• Experience of undertaking literature reviews.
• Conducting qualitative research, including data collection, management, and analysis.
• Experience in using quantitative data methods.
• Ability to write up findings for dissemination and publication.
• Experience in recruiting participants for research studies.
• Experience with working with and influencing diverse stakeholders, awareness of the need for inclusion and accessibility.
• Excellent communication skills, with an ability to convey key findings to technical and lay audiences alike.
• Excellent ICT skills (Office365, incl. Excel, SharePoint, Teams, etc.)
• Masters in a relevant subject involving qualitative research methods or substantial relative work experience.
• Experience of working in disability or assistive technology.
• Knowledge of working in the thematic area of gender.
• Research planning and management of research projects.
• Good project management skills.
• Good communications skills.
• Experience of undertaking literature reviews.
• Conducting qualitative research, including data collection, management, and analysis.
• Experience in using quantitative data methods.
• Ability to write up findings for dissemination and publication.
• Experience in recruiting participants for research studies.
• Experience with working with and influencing diverse stakeholders, awareness of the need for inclusion and accessibility.
• Excellent communication skills, with an ability to convey key findings to technical and lay audiences alike.
• Excellent ICT skills (Office365, incl. Excel, SharePoint, Teams, etc.)
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