Research Assistant London, England
Job description
Founded in 1894, City, University of London is a global university committed to academic excellence with a focus on business and the professions and an enviable central London location.
City attracts around 20,000 students (over 40% postgraduate level) from more than 150 countries and staff from over 75 countries.
In the last decade, City has almost tripled the proportion of its total academic staff producing world-leading or internationally excellent research. During this period, City has made significant investments in its academic staff, its estate and its infrastructure and continues to work towards realizing its vision of being a leading global university.
Background
The new Department of Media, Culture and Creative Industries draws together academic staff specialising in Media and Communication; English, Publishing and Creative Writing; Information and Library Science; as well as Cultural and Creative Industries. The department is committed to maintaining the high quality of our teaching. For more information on the courses and modules we currently provide please see our website: https://www.city.ac.uk/about/schools/communication-creativity/media-cultural-creative-industries
We are seeking to appoint 5 part-time Research Assistants (0.6 FTE) to join a new project based in the Department of Media, Culture and Creative Industries. The “London Lab” of CIRCE is concerned with intersectional inequalities in the cultural and creative industries, and is part of a wider cross-European project concerned with the cultural sector, funded from Berlin by u-Institut GmbH https://creativeimpact.eu/en/. The project team includes Toby Bennett, Rosalind Gill, Jenny MBaye, Diana Yeh, Anubha Sarkar and Andy Pratt.
Responsibilities
The Research Assistants will undertake desk research to find, collate and organise relevant literature and secondary data sources; assist with the organisation of workshops, events and final conferences; conduct and report on empirical qualitative research with industry stakeholders; produce blogposts and other external communication materials; contribute to reports and working papers and co-author conference presentations or scholarly papers.
Person Specification
Candidates should possess a degree in a social science or humanities discipline with a research component (preferably also a Masters); background knowledge and interest in culture, media and creative industries; understanding of theories and challenges associated with diversity, representation, inequality and intersectionality; experience of conducting research; excellent verbal and written communication skills and familiarity with standard software packages.
Additional Information
City offers a sector-leading salary, pension scheme and benefits including a comprehensive package of staff training and development.
These positions are part-time (0.6 FTE). The salary will be £36,386 per annum pro-rata.
Closing date for applications: 28th March 2023 at 11:59pm.
City, University of London is committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion in all its activities, processes, and culture for our whole community, including staff, students and visitors.
We welcome applications regardless of age, caring responsibilities, disability, gender identity, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, pregnancy, race and ethnic origin, religion and belief, sex, sexual orientation and socio-economic background. City operates a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants.
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