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Job Posting Title: Intern Researcher

Salary: Grade 5, SP16 - 24,715

Length of contract: The post is full-time, on a fixed-term contract for one month

Heriot-Watt University has five campuses: three in the UK (Edinburgh, Scottish Borders, and Orkney), one in Dubai and one in Malaysia. The University offers a highly distinctive range of degree programmes in the specialist areas of science, engineering, design, business, and languages.

With a history dating back to 1821, Heriot-Watt University has established a reputation for world-class teaching and practical, leading-edge research, which has made it one of the top UK universities for business and industry. We connect with industry at every level and develop programmes to match their needs : so employers get work-ready industry-fit graduates.

The School of Social Sciences at Heriot-Watt University comprises of Edinburgh Business School, the Department of Languages and Intercultural Studies and the Department of Psychology. We are the largest academic school within Heriot-Watt University, and we specialise in research and industry-informed undergraduate and postgraduate teaching across our core disciplines:

Edinburgh Business School:

• Department of Accountancy, Economics, & Finance
• Department of Management
• Department of Marketing & Operations

Department of Languages & Intercultural Studies

Department of Psychology

The Centre for Research on Employment Work and the Professions is located within Edinburgh Business School, Heriot Watt University.

This is an exciting opportunity for an intern to undertake in research, to inform working practices and advance theoretical understandings of work and employment. The role will involve a combination of activities to support the ongoing and future research of CREWs, and may include supporting data collection and analysis, literature reviews and publication development. The successful candidate is likely to be pursuing an undergraduate degree in any relevant disciple and the role is suited to someone considering a career in research.

Key duties and responsibilities:

• We are seeking to appoint 1 full-time (4 week) intern to undertake the following key tasks:
• Work with CREWs centre members to undertake a small research project focussed on teamwork in healthcare
• It is expected that the researcher will take an active role in preliminary research activities such as literature search, database management and review
• Undertake any other reasonable duties delegated to them by their line manager
• To carry out research projects to a high standard
• Meeting planned milestones and deliverables.
• Reporting progress regularly to supervisors, both verbally and in written reports
• Keeping clear written records of work done, and storing data in accessible formats according to a system agreed with the project supervisor.
•  To collaborate with partners within the project and others as appropriate

Essential criteria

• Appointment aimed for those who are working towards a degree in social sciences e.g. business studies, human resource management, psychology, sociology, gender studies
• Experience of identifying and reviewing evidence e.g. reports and journal papers
• Ability to work with a range of stakeholders
• Demonstrated ability in writing e.g reports, essays
• Ability to work as part of a team within Heriot Watt University and across partners
• Desirable criteria
• Experience of collecting and analysing data
• Experiencing of presenting findings in written or verbal forms
  

For further information regarding the position, please contact Dr Andrew MacLaren, [email protected]

Applications, including a covering letter, CV (2 pages max.) and the names of two referees, should be submitted by 23:59 on 13th June 2023 with interviews in late June 2023.

At Heriot Watt we are passionate about our values and look to them to connect our people globally and to help us collaborate and celebrate our success through working together. Our research programmes can deliver real world impact which is achieved through the diversity of our international community and the recognition of creative talent that connects our global team.

Our flourishing community will give you the freedom to challenge and to bring your enterprising mind and to help our partners with solutions that can be applied now and in the future. Join us and Heriot Watt will provide you with a platform to thrive and work in a way that also helps you live your life in balance with well-being and inclusiveness at the heart of our global community.

Heriot-Watt University is committed to securing equality of opportunity in employment and to the creation of an environment in which individuals are selected, trained, promoted, appraised, and otherwise treated on the sole basis of their relevant merits and abilities. Equality and diversity are all about maximising potential and creating a culture of inclusion for all.

Heriot-Watt University values diversity across our university community and welcomes applications from all sectors of society, particularly from underrepresented groups. For more information, please see our website https://www.hw.ac.uk/uk/services/equality-diversity.htm and also our award-winning work in Disability Inclusive Science Careers https://disc.hw.ac.uk/ .

We welcome and will consider flexible working patterns e.g.; part-time working and job share options.

Use our total rewards calculator: https://www.hw.ac.uk/about/work/total-rewards-calculator.htm to see the value of benefits provided by Heriot-Watt University.