research assistant Edinburgh, Scotland
Job description
UE06: £30,619.00 – £35,308.00 Per Annum
College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences / School of Law
Full Time - 35 Hours per Week
Fixed Term Contract, from Summer 2023 to March 31, 2026
We are looking for a Research Associate in Interactive Data Visualisation to contribute to the development, operation, and support of research for the FCDO-funded and Peace and Conflict Resolution Evidence Platform (PeaceRep) at the University of Edinburgh Law School.
The Opportunity:
The award-winning PeaceRep team at the University of Edinburgh Law School is seeking to hire a Research Associate in Interactive Data Visualisation, to support the development of PeaceTech capacity within the research programme. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work with an international and interdisciplinary team of researchers and data analysts and will be focusing on developing data visualisations in the field of peace and conflict studies, working with newly collected data on peace processes and peace mediation. The post-holder will both design visualizations and work to customise and adapt other existing visual tools. The position will involve close collaboration with Prof Christine Bell, Dr Sanja Badanjak, the PeaceRep visualisation team, and the wider PeaceRep programme, particularly Dr Mateja Peter and the PeaceRep data team at St Andrews School of International Relations.
Your skills and attributes for success:
- MA degree or equivalent in practical experience in data visualisation or a related discipline; or equivalent research/academic experience undertaken.
- Proven track record of using interactive methods to display datasets to high finished quality, including data visualisations.
- Excellent programming and software development skills for web and visualization development, particularly in tools such as D3.js, Vega-lite, Python vis library, Tableau, or Power BI, to support the development of timelines, maps, and network plots.
- Excellent visual and visualization design skills, including with reference to interactive design and ability to perform basic data manipulation and transformation techniques to prepare data for visualisations.
- Ability to work independently and cooperate with a team, excellent organisational skills, and a flexible approach to working;
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Application information:
Please include a CV and cover letter with your application. Candidates should use the cover letter to highlight previous experience that is relevant to role. The recruitment panel will take submitted documents into account when assessing applications in line with listed criteria, including acknowledging areas of potential impact such as caring responsibilities, family leave and health related matters.
As a valued member of our team you can expect:
An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success. You will benefit from a competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits, which includes a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme , staff discounts, family friendly initiatives , flexible working and much more. Access our staff benefits page for further information and use our reward calculator to find out the total value of pay and benefits provided.
The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.
Interviews will be held in the week of July 10, 2023.
If invited for interview you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our right to work webpages.
The University may be able to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. This will depend on a number of factors specific to the successful applicant.
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