About the role We are looking for a Research Associate to join our team working on perceived injustice of pain in children with cancer and their parents. This 3 year post is funded by the Medical Research Foundation, led by PI Dr Emma Fisher. The project aims to understand perceived injustice of pain related to cancer in children and adolescents, and their parents. We aim to understand unique aspects of perceived injustice, which was conceptualised and developed within musculoskeletal pain in adults, concordance between child and parent perceived injustice and how concordance might influence important outcomes, and how perceived injustice changes over time. The research will undertake a mixed methods design. The Research Associate will be responsible to conducting much of the research, coordinating with patient-, clinical-, and research-partners. You will join the internationally leading Centre for Pain Research within the Department for Health. This is a vibrant and collegiate research group that is leading in behavioural pain research. As a member of Research Staff at the University of Bath, you will be encouraged to take up a minimum of 10 days professional development pro rata per year. This role is offered on a full time (36.5 hours per week) fixed term basis with an expected end date of 29/02/2028. About you This role will ideally suit a health, developmental, or applied clinical psychologist who has an interest in paediatric pain. The candidate would ideally have experience in researching influences of pain, paediatric health conditions, or psychological factors that influence health conditions such as cancer. You will ideally have mixed methods experience, have published in high impact journals, and understand research integrity principles and how to implement them. What we can offer you: a very generous employer contributory pension scheme generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance we are a family-friendly University and with an increasingly agile workforce, are open to flexible working arrangements an excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce a wide range of personal and professional development opportunities a number of support options available for new and existing staff to help with the cost of some immigration expenses which you may be eligible for: Relocation allowance, Visa Reimbursement, Interest-Free Loan. Find out more about our benefits. 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, so we 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 are very proud to be an autism friendly university and are an accredited Disability Confident Leader ; committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff. Find out from our staff what makes the University of Bath a great place to work. Follow us UniofBath and UniofBathJobs on Twitter for more information. Closing Date: 06 Feb 2025 Department: Education & Research Salary: £37,999 to £45,163