Job details

Job reference

23/111194

Date posted

21/08/2023

Application closing date

04/09/2023

Salary

£31,396 - £32,982 per annum

Job category/type

Research

Attachments

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Research Assistant

Job description

The School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work (SSESW) at Queen’s University Belfast is currently seeking to appoint an exceptional candidate to the post of part-time Research Assistant to be part of the research team working on the Migrant and Employer Strategies post-Brexit project. The project is a collaboration between Queen’s University Belfast (QUB) and Trinity College Dublin (TCD), funded under the HEA North-South Research Programme.

The successful candidate must have, and your application should clearly demonstrate you have:

Degree or equivalent in the social sciences or similar area
Obtained or be about to obtain a postgraduate qualification involving a significant element of social science research training
Experience in conducting literature reviews, quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis
Ability to organise events or meetings.

Please note the above are not an exhaustive list. For further information about the role including the essential and desirable criteria, please click on the Candiate Information link below.

This is a part time (0.5FTE) Fixed Term position available for 22 months, or until 30/08/2025, whichever is sooner. Fixed term contract posts are available for the stated period in the first instance but in particular circumstances may be renewed or made permanent subject to availability of funding.

At Queen’s our people are at the heart of everything we do. As a staff member you will become part of a vibrant organisational culture, which will provide you with the opportunity to achieve your full potential and enhance your career through a continuous focus on learning and development.

We offer an excellent employment package that includes:

Great terms & conditions
Pension schemes
Flexible working by enabling you to design your working week in collaboration with your manager through a blend of remote and office working
Family-friendly initiatives
Career development opportunities
Support for health & mental wellbeing
Generous holiday entitlement of 8.4 weeks a year (made up of 23 days annual leave, 10 closure days and 9 bank holidays)

Queen’s University is committed to promoting equality of opportunity to all. We have created an inclusive culture by establishing staff networks such as iRise (Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and International Staff Network) and PRISM (LGBTQ+) which help us progress equality.

We also subscribe to Equality Charter Marks such as the Diversity Charter Mark NI in addition to Athena Swan. For further information on our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, please visit: www.qub.ac.uk/diversity; www.qub.ac.uk/qgi and www.qub.ac.uk/sites/StaffGateway/StaffNetworks/

For information about the project grant, please visit here

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