Research Project Administrator

The current opportunity is available for current Manchester Met students, to apply you must be based in the UK for the duration of the role.
 
The Department of Life Sciences are seeking to appoint students from Manchester Metropolitan University to assist on the project: A clinical tool for real-time visualization and analysis of neck muscles for cervical dystonia.
 
Everyday activities such as looking around, balance and posture or any use of our arms and hands, relies on us having good control of our head and neck muscles. However, adults with a neurological condition such as cervical dystonia often experience unwanted involuntary contractions in the neck muscles associated with abnormal and often painful postures of the head and neck. This condition inevitably impacts on everyday life and functional ability.
 
This project is recruiting adults with cervical dystonia and without cervical dystonia to participate in ultrasound, MRI and questionnaire-based data collection at the Institute of Sport, MMU.
 
As part of this project, the department requires a Project Administrator to assist recruitment, management of participants, administration and data collection.
 
Main duties/responsibilities

• Work independently and proactively to contribute to the project
• To take responsibility for own work , whilst working flexibly to achieve team results by assisting others, covering for other members of the team when required, and working collaboratively to complete tasks and projects.
  
• Call and screen the potential participant through email and phone calls.
• Manage the appointment booking process of the participant.
• Escort and assist the participant during data collection.
• Assist the data acquisition process.
• Maintain all recruitment and data collection records and forms. 
• Assist the annotation of data process

Dates: Between October 2024 and January 2025 (can be flexible and can be extended).

Times: Flexible working hours, dependent on student availability. The work will be for 8 or 16 hours per week depending on the number of administrators hired.

Location: Institute of Sport Building, Manchester Metropolitan University

This role is only open to current Manchester Met students who meet the following criteria -

• Have excellent attention to detail and organisational skills.
• Experience in dealing with participants in lab based and questionnaire studies
• Can communicate effectively in English.
• Caring and patience towards people in need of assistance.

Desirable criteria

• The role is aimed at post-graduate students (studying for PhD or Masters) or those with experience equivalent to a graduate degree
• Experience in experimental studies with human participants.

Interview

Successful applicants will be expected to attend an interview which will likely take place during week commencing 30 September 2024.

The interview will be on-site.