Research Assistant London, England
Job description
About us
The UCL School of Management is home to UCL’s business and management research and education programmes. Our academic staff, comprised of 95 academic and education faculty, is organised around five research groups, Strategy & Entrepreneurship, Organisations & Innovation, Operations & Technology, Marketing & Analytics, and Finance, Accounting & Economics. We offer innovative undergraduate, postgraduate, PhD, MBA and executive programmes in Management, Entrepreneurship, Business Analytics, Information Management Systems, and Finance, designed to prepare students for leadership roles in the next generation of innovation-intensive organisations. The School is home to over 1,300 students, with more than 55% from outside the UK. The UCL School of Management takes full advantage of being part of a world-leading university through its interdisciplinary outlook and builds on close collaborations in both research and education with other UCL departments, including computer science, engineering, economics, psychology, public policy, statistics and medical sciences. Further information about the School can be found here: www.mgmt.ucl.ac.uk/
About the role
This position is associated to the “Italian Sustainability SME Observatory” (in Italian “Osservatorio Nazionale Sostenibilità PMI”) research activity led by Professor Paolo Taticchi (principal investigator) and sponsored by KPMG Italy and TECNO ESG. The position is for one (1 year) from the start of the contract.
About you
The post holder will have knowledge and experience in qualitative or quantitative research, in an academic / industry or consulting setting and excellent verbal/written communication skills in English and Italian with interest in the sustainable transformation of business.
What we offer
As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents we also offer some great benefits some of which are below: 41 Days holiday (including 27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days) Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE) Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan On-Site nursery On-site gym Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service Discounted medical insurance.
Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce. These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women. You can read more about our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion here : https://www.ucl.ac.uk/equality-diversity-inclusion.
