Postdoctoral Researcher

Salary range

£40,348 rising to £46,118 per annum

Business Unit (dept)

Department of Psychological Sciences

This is a full time, fixed term appointment (1FTE). 50% of the time will be dedicated to a Leverhulme-funded project and 50% will be dedicated to a second project funded by the Waterloo Foundation.

Are you a postdoctoral researcher interested in the neurodevelopment of cognitive functions? Are you eager to work with children in a brand-new cutting edge lab facility?

The Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development, (CBCD), Department of Psychological Sciences, is seeking a postdoctoral scientist to play a key role in delivering two research projects.

The first project investigates the emergence of brain-to-brain synchrony during preschoolers’ collaborative problem solving, using behavioural, optical motion tracking, eye-tracking and fNIRS-EEG methods.

The second project examines the effects of physical activity on executive function in children with ADHD using behavioural, eye-tracking, motion-tracking, and EEG methods in a Cave (Virtual Reality) environment.

This position will give you the opportunity to engage in continuous professional development by improving or developing experimental skills in behavioral and neuroimaging testing in toddlers, preschoolers  and school-aged children, in managing and organising research projects as well as contributing to developmental psychology research.

Candidates should have experience running research within a university lab setting as well as experience of developmental experimental methods. These include knowledge of behavioural and/or neuroimaging experimental testing particularly on children, analytical and statistical methods to analyze behavioural and/or neuroimaging data.Experience of other methods and programming skills (e.g., Matlab) would be an advantage but is not necessary as training will be provided.

This post will require working with young children and liaising with parents and teachers and therefore requires excellent interpersonal skills, oral and written communications, attention to detail, and good numeracy skills. Willingness to work flexibly including weekends and school holidays is required due to the availability of participant groups.

Remuneration:

Grade 7 of the College’s London Pay Scale which is £40,348 rising to £46,118 per annum

The salary quoted is on the College’s London Pay Scale which includes a consolidated Weighting/Allowance which applies only to staff whose normal contractual place of work is in the London area.

Enquiries:

If you would like to know more about the role please click on apply below or contact Dr Paola Pinti, Co-I on the project, via [email protected] or Dr. Ori Ossmy  via [email protected].

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While we are happy to respond to all informal enquiries, only formal applications through the online system will be considered.

Birkbeck offers a competitive salary and pension scheme, 31 days paid leave, flexible working arrangements and some of the most generous benefits in the HE sector, all while being located right in the heart of Central London.

We welcome applicants from all sections of the community. The College is committed to improving the gender and cultural diversity of its workforce, holding an Athena SWAN award, membership of WISE, operating Disability Confident & Mindful Employer schemes.