Community Research Assistant - 12 months

The post holder will be involved in all aspects of the day to day running of the Age of Wonder study. The daily duties include approaching, recruiting and consenting participants children, young people and their families) mainly in schools and possibly in other community settings, arranging and undertaking home visits; collecting data by conducting semi structured interviews; obtaining growth and health related measurements from participants . The community research will also be responsible for taking blood samples from children and young people as part of the data collection process. This is a required part of the study; full training or refresher training will be provided.