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Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Social Sciences

Employer
Global Academy Jobs
Location
United Kingdom
Closing date
Jan 4, 2018

Job Details

Job Purpose

To create and contribute to the creation of knowledge by undertaking a specified range of activities within an established research programme and/or specific research project.

 

Person Specification

Main Responsibilities:

The responsibilities may include some but not all of the responsibilities outlined below.

  • Assist Professor Pervez Ghauri in his research activities
  • Contribute to writing bids for research funding in collaboration with the Professor
  • Analyse and interpret data
  • Apply knowledge in a way which develops new intellectual understanding
  • Disseminate research findings for publication, research seminars etc
  • Assist the Professor in editorial work for a journal he is editing in respect to management of the review process and follow ups
  • Contribute to developing new techniques and methods for data analysis
  • Undertake management/administration arising from research activities
  • Contribute to Departmental/School research-related activities and research-related administration as directed by the Professor
  • Contribute to enterprise, business development and/or public engagement activities of manifest benefit to the College and the University, under supervision of the Professor
  • Collect research data; this may be through a variety of research methods, such as surveys, literature reviews, and research interviews *
  • Prepare and present research outputs, including drafting academic publications or parts thereof*
  • Provide guidance, as required, to support staff and any students who may be assisting with the research *
  • Deal with problems that may affect the achievement of research objectives and deadlines*

 

Scope of the Role:

  • Work within specified research grants and projects and contribute to writing bids
  • Operate within area of specialism
  • Analyse and interpret research findings and results
  • Contribute assist to generating funding
  • Assist the Professor in the journal editorships activities and review process

 

Skills and Experience:

  • A PhD or equivalent in a relevant subject area
  • High level analytical capability and statistical methods
  • Ability to communicate complex information clearly
  • Fluency in relevant models, techniques or methods and ability to contribute to developing new ones
  • Ability to assess resource requirements and use resources effectively
  • Understanding of and ability to contribute to broader management/administration processes

 

Planning and Organising:

  • Contribute to the planning and organising of the research programme and/or specific research project
  • Co-ordinate own work with others to avoid conflict or duplication of effort

 

Decision Making:

  • Decide in consultation with the Professor, on the most appropriate way of undertaking the specified research activities
  • Decide in consultation with the Professor, how to analyse and interpret the data from the specified research activities
  • Decide in consultation with the Professor, what knowledge to draw on and how to apply it to develop new intellectual understanding
  • Contribute to deciding what information to include in a bid for research funding and how to present the bid to maximise the likelihood of securing the funding
  • Decide in collaboration with co-authors which aspects of the research findings to include in a presentation or a publication and how to convey the findings
  • Give guidance, support and advice to students on research related work including PhD students and decide the most appropriate method of providing this supervision.

 

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