Healthwatch Greenwich is offering a great learning opportunity for an undergraduate or postgraduate student to work with a small and dedicated team, supporting our community research and insight programme.
You will be working closely with the Social Research Manager to:
- Support research activities, such as writing information sheets and FAQs, speaking with potential participants and organising fieldwork activities.
- Support with collecting qualitative and/or quantitative data.
- Conduct desktop research in preparation for projects.
- General administrative tasks, including recording findings and taking written notes.
- Upload data onto electronic databases.
- Undergo training as required.
- Protect any confidential information at all times.
- Participate in meetings as required.
- Comply with all health and safety and ethics requirements for research activities.
This is an opportunity to support a variety of interesting research projects, to engage with organisations and bodies involved in the provision of publicly funded healthcare and to make a difference to your local community. Much of our work is focused on the health inequalities experienced by different communities or on underresearched groups of people; for example, we work on projects around maternal outcomes and migrant communities, the experiences of informal carers, and young people's sexual health and wellbeing.
- How to develop research project plans.
- How to manage research projects.
- Identifying research questions.
- How to build relationships with partner organisations.
- How to conduct literature reviews.
- How to conduct interviews.
- Research methodologies, ethics.
- How to maintain confidentiality.
- Data protection management.
- Collecting survey data.
- Organising data on Excel, Survey Monkey and Smart Survey.
- Conducting thematic and systematic analysis.
- Experience conducting or supporting research projects (interviewing, carrying out surveys, analysing data, writing reports, etc.). This could be through work you’ve completed for your university studies or work/volunteering experiences.
- Strong organisational skills and ability to manage own time.
- Ability to work on own initiative and as part of team.
- Good verbal and written skills.
- Reliable and committed to the role.
Similar Opportunities
A chance for you to inspire children and their families to take action on climate change by reducing their carbon footprints and leading a more climate-friendly lifestyle. All resources and training provided.
Be an inspiration for girls and young women. Help girls to realise their full potential and share some unforgettable moments along the way.
The Literacy Pirates is an educational, pirate themed charity that takes children aged between 9 and 13 on voyages as readers and writers. Our after-school programmes, led by teachers, offer one to one small group attention from trained volunteers.
