CAMHRA Community Engagement Officer

The Centre for Anthropology and Mental Health Research in Action wishes to recruit a full-time community engagement officer, with a specialist interest in collaborative and participatory research methods, to join a collaborative mental health ethnographic research programme led by Dr. Nikita Simpson and Professor David Mosse (co-director and director) at the Department of Anthropology and Sociology. We seek an excellent candidate who has experience of working on public and particularly mental health research projects at community level with marginalised communities. We would strongly welcome applications from candidates with lived experience of mental health service use, and those from underrepresented groups.

The Community Engagement Officer will work with CAMHRA to advance its research, engagement, partnerships and educational offerings, particularly in the London area.

The post holder will co-design and deliver pilot ethnographic project with CAMHRA partners (community-based organisations, local authorities and NHS mental health service providers) focused on a variety of teams with concerns related to mental health inequality in London. This might involve facilitating workshops, developing relevant community governance structures, translating research findings for dissemination, developing continuing professional development programs, and co-designing relevant ethical research protocols. They will ensure lived experience participation in research development and co-design the lived experience fellowship program and provide mentorship and pastoral care to those who join as Fellows. They will be supervised by CAMHRA core academic staff and will be based in the Department of Anthropology at SOAS.