Job Description
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Social Sciences Faculty
The Social Sciences Faculty are recruiting (on casual basis) up to four Impact Research Assistants at G6 for up to 10 weeks from w/c 25th May. The role will support Impact Case Study leads deliver scoping and evidencing tasks to support indicators of impact and evidence relevant to their case study. This is likely to involve: structured web searches, interviewing beneficiaries or partners, collating evidence from documents and websites and producing a final report.
The below role descriptor seeks to capture the main requirements of the role consistently, providing a summary of the key duties of the flexible role to help in setting expectations for applicants, flexible workers and line managers. They are not intended to cover all duties which may be required.
Role | Responsibilities |
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Research Assistant/Associate Casual Grade 6 | Under instruction and following appropriate training:
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Further desirable criteria includes:
A master's level qualification or equivalent experience in PhD programme in the social sciences
Working knowledge of relevant methods for analysing & interpreting qualitative data.
Interest in or knowledge of the ways in which research can have social, economic or policy impact
Demonstrable ability to work both in a team and independently.
Demonstrable ability to write material of publishable quality to specified deadline
Demonstrable ability to produce outputs for non-academic audiences
Excellent communication and organisational skills
To apply for the role please complete the online application process, uploading a short (500 word) letter of application, setting out how you meet the key criteria, confirming you have availability to work in the period (including agreement with your PhD supervisor or similar) and a copy of your CV (2-page max).