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. The School has forged a reputation for world-leading research and teaching and now has an ambitious agenda to grow its staff and student numbers. Further information about the School can be found here: www.mgmt.ucl.ac.uk/
About the role
The UCL School of Management is seeking a research assistant who can provide support to researchers working on projects within the subject areas of Organisation & Innovation, Strategy & Entrepreneurship, Marketing & Analytics, Operations & Technology and Finance, Accounting & Economics. The post will initially be offered for a period of 12 months starting from September 2023 until August 2024 with the intent to extend this for a further 12 months thereafter if the postholder has successfully met the requirements of the role. The start date is flexible. The postholder will assist professors at various stages of research projects. General duties and responsibilities of the post include: • In collaboration with faculty members, develop and manage project timelines and action steps to ensure that deadlines are met • Maintaining a strict adherence to data protection protocols • Actively following and promoting UCL policies, including Equal Opportunities. • Maintaining an awareness and observation of fire and health and safety regulations. • Carrying out any other duties commensurate with the grade and purpose of the job. For particular duties in each subject area, please refer to the below Job Description.
About you
For each subject area, the ideal candidate will have the following: Finance, Accounting & Economics - The post holder will have a MSc in a social science, economics, engineering, statistics, and/or computer science. They will have the ability to programme in one language, have mathematical training in order to check proofs and a motivation to pursue a PhD or academic career in the future. Marketing & Analytics and Operations & Technology - The post holder will have an undergraduate degree in a social science, economics, engineering, statistics, and/or computer science. They will have experience with either R or Python programming language and experience with large database management and academic research. The post holder will have knowledge in Econometrics, including OLS, Instrumental Variable, Fixed Effects models. Organisation & Innovation – The post holder will have an undergraduate degree in a social science, engineering, statistics, and/or computer science. They will have experience with either Python (preferred) or R programming language, and packages related to the collection and processing of data (e.g. Requests, BeautifulSoup, Pandas, etc). The post holder will have experience with web development programming (e.g. Javascript) and with large data management. Strategy & Entrepreneurship – The post holder will have an undergraduate degree in a social science, engineering, statistics, and/or computer science. They will have experience with either Python or R programming language, and packages related to the collection and processing of data (e.g. Requests, BeautifulSoup, Pandas, etc). The post holder will have experience with web development programming (e.g. Javascript) and with data management and academic research. Please state in your application which subject area you are applying for.
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/
