This is an exciting opportunity for a Research Project Coordinator to join the Tse Memory Lab in the Department of Psychology to design and conduct research on spatial navigation. We are seeking a dynamic and skilled research assistant with a strong background in using Unity, or other relevant programming skills in virtual reality, to enhance our understanding of human behavioral mechanism.
Your main duties will include conducting experiments and data collection; assist the research team to conduct advanced behavioral and collect data to investigate memory and spatial navigation. You will also process and analysis data in a virtual spatial navigation environment such as Unity or equivalent settings and contribute to the presentation of results to internal groups/PI by drafting reports through appropriate word processing and data presentation software.
About you
As Research Project Coordinator you will have:
- Qualifications to degree standard in relevant subject area
- Experience of development of research design and data collection using identified methods
- Experience of carrying out comprehensive literature reviews
Internal staff wishing to apply for a fixed term role as a secondment opportunity must discuss this with their existing line manager before applying.
At Edge Hill University we value the benefits a rich and diverse workforce brings to our community and therefore welcome applications from all sections of society.
Rewards & benefits
- A minimum of 36 days annual leave per annum, pro rata (inclusive of bank holiday and University closure days)
- Free foreign language evening classes
- Discounted membership to our onsite state-of-the-art sport and leisure facilities
- Staff benefits scheme, which provides you with discounts across the high street, supermarket shopping, cinema tickets, dining out and more.
- Employee assistance programme with access to free confidential counselling sessions, legal & financial advice, and as health & wellbeing resources
- A wide range of development programmes to enhance your career
- Beautiful award-winning on-campus working environment
- Automatic enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme with our employer contribution of 17.8%
About us
At Edge Hill University we believe in the life changing opportunities knowledge can create. Since 1885, we’ve been creating access to knowledge for those who may not have had the opportunity to before.
Today, the effect we have has a far-reaching impact, not just for those who come to study here but for those who work, invest in, and live in our local communities too. So, if you’ve ever wondered if one person can make a difference, simply speak to our alumni, students, and award-winning staff.
Because for us education isn’t about how much you take in. It’s about what you take out into the world.
Inspiring minds and changing futures since 1885, Edge Hill University is “A great success story… an institution that improves and impresses year after year” – Times Higher Education.
