Research Assistant: EMPOWER Dementia Network

Join King’s College London as Research Assistant and Network Coordinator for the EMPOWER Dementia Network+, supporting inclusive, high-quality dementia care research.

This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated talented individual as a research assistant and network coordinator for the EMPOWER Dementia Network+ – Empowering a Meaningful Life for All. The Network aims to identify, promote and sustain high-quality care for people with dementia needing support, and their families, throughout the disease trajectory, including into end of life and bereavement.

The Network brings together strengths in dementia care, social care, primary care and palliative care, with lived experts and communities to realize sustained change to support and empower equalities in care for people living and dying with dementia, and their families. The network is funded by the UKRI Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).

This is an opportunity to join our team led by Professor Catherine Evans in the  Cicely Saunders Institute for Palliative Care, Policy & Rehabilitation working in collaboration with co-lead Professor Emma Wolverson, Geller Institute of Ageing and Memory, University of West London. The post holder will work within a multidisciplinary team across health and social care faculties at King’s College London and with our university and community partners, and lived experts.

You will support the co-creation and coordination of the Network with our partners and lived experts to build a springboard for high-quality dementia care for all needing support, harnessing inclusive approaches for meaningful engagement and collaboration, technologies to innovate care, and enthuse and foster talented researchers, practitioners and community partners. You will help to build, coordinate, and work closely with our lived experts and community partners to enable meaningful involvement and engagement, for them to drive priorities in the Network.

You will support the coordination and delivery of co-creation workshops with community partners, and ‘sand-pit’ events for small research project funding to innovate dementia care and engage the public and policy makers to realise and sustain change.

This is a full time (35 hours per week), and you will be offered a fixed term contract until 31st March 2028.

About You

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

Essential criteria

• A degree in health or social sciences or similar awarded to a high level (e.g. first or 2.1)
• Experience of facilitating research involvement for people living with dementia and their carers, and/or community partners
• Research or clinical experience in dementia care
• Ability to work flexibly, independently and effectively within a dynamic multidisciplinary team, managing multiple priorities and adapting quickly to shifting demands
• Strong organisational and planning skills with proven ability to coordinate, administrate, and deliver projects
• Experience of using social media and/or online platforms to engage and promote research activities
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, including the ability to adapt communication to the situation
• Excellent time management skills with the ability to multi-task and prioritise, and complete work within deadlines

Desirable criteria

• A postgraduate qualification in health or social sciences or similar e.g. MSc or PhD
• Experience in methods of inclusive co-production
• Experience of coordinating a network for research or public engagement or programme of work
• Publications, including blogs, reports, web content

The closing date: 22 July 2025