York Health Economics Consortium (YHEC) is recruiting a Research Assistant - Medical Writer to support with writing and editing activities across a wide range of client projects and proposals, including technical reports, manuscripts and expert opinion elicitation work. The successful candidate will join our expanding Medical Communications service and will have the opportunity to work with colleagues in the Health Economic and Outcomes Research (HEOR), Review and Evidence Synthesis (RES), Digital Health Technologies (DHT), and Public Health / NHS services/sectors. The role will support projects in all services/sectors. The role would be suitable for permanent remote working with agreed visits to the office. We are a health economics contract research and consulting company owned by, and based at, the University of York. YHEC provides consultancy and research to a wide range of public and private sector bodies.

Main Purpose of the Job

The Research Assistant - Medical Writer will support high-quality writing activities at YHEC. This will include a broad range of medical communications projects and will involve the writing/editing of sections of project reports, journal articles, slide decks and digital media. You will be contributing to a variety of client projects and non-chargeable tasks across all YHEC sectors.

Main Duties

The Research Assistant - Medical Writer will contribute to the performance and profitability of YHEC Ltd in the following areas:

· Provide support for a range of written deliverables, such as technical reports, protocols and slide decks (e.g. undertaking background research, drafting specific sections, formatting and referencing).

· Review slide decks and develop graphics to improve visual communication.

· Support with preparing, formatting and submitting manuscripts to peer-review journals and developing conference deliverables (e.g. abstracts and posters).

· Provide administrative support in qualitative research projects, including recruitment tasks, coordination with stakeholders, and organisation of interviews / workshops.

· Contribute to preparing research proposals (e.g. gathering literature, drafting / collating standard sections of proposals, formatting).

· Work with in-house technical staff (e.g. health economists and systematic reviewers) as well as external associates on projects.

· Liaise with colleagues, clients and co-authors in person and via email / videoconference.

· Conform to house styles and processes (including project tracking and timekeeping).

· Contribute to marketing at YHEC (e.g. writing blogs, drafting and posting LinkedIn posts, and updating sections of the website).

· Prepare meeting agendas, minutes and related project correspondence.

Personal Specification

· Educated to degree level (in a scientific discipline or English language / linguistics).

· Good educational background (including English and Mathematics GCSE grade B or equivalent).

· Excellent writing and editing skills as well as high attention to detail.

· Experience in different types of scientific/academic writing (e.g. preparing reports, slide decks, posters) and undertaking research projects.

· Skilled with Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and EndNote (or other referencing software).

· Experience using Excel and Canva (or other software for creating figures/graphics) is desirable.

· Excellent communication and organisational skills.

· Ability to work as part of a team and on own initiative with a high degree of self-motivation and proactivity.

· Ability to maintain confidentiality and use tact and discretion.

· Willingness to engage in professional development.

Terms of Employment

Posts at YHEC are permanent and subject to regular review of performance. Staff are appointed for a trial period of six months, following which employment will be confirmed, subject to successful performance.

For further information on the role, YHEC and how to apply please see our website www.yhec.co.uk, under YHEC Careers.

To apply please complete the application form on our website, details above.

Please note: If you are not a British or Irish citizen, from 1 January 2021 you will require permission to work in the UK. This will normally be in the form of a visa but, if you are an EEA/Swiss citizen and resident in the UK before 31 December 2020, this may be your passport or status under the EU Settlement Scheme. Please can you confirm that you have the required permissions on the application form. If your application does not include this, it will not be eligible for consideration.

This post is covered by The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent, Graduate

Pay: From £28,408.00 per year

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