Research Assistant ( Internal Only )

Job number

 SPGA00084

School / Service

 School of Policy & Global Affairs

Department

 Department of Sociology & Criminology

Location

 Rhind Building

Contract type

 Permanent and Fixed Term

Job category

 Research

Hours

 Part-time

Salary min

 £39,105

Salary max

 £39,105

Publication date

 25-Oct-2024

Closing date

 08-Nov-2024

City St George's, University of London is the University of business, practice and the professions and brings together the expertise and excellence of City, University of London and St George's, University of London into one institution.

The combined university is one of the largest suppliers of the health workforce in the capital, as well as one of the largest higher education destinations for London students.

Combining a breadth of disciplines across health, business, law, creativity, communications, science and technology, we are creating a ‘health powerhouse' for students, researchers, the NHS and partners in uniting a world-leading specialist health university. We are now one of the UK's largest health educators, where staff and students have access to an expanded team of brilliant academic and professional services colleagues, combined resources and facilities and more interdisciplinary opportunities.

The merger creates opportunities to generate significant change in the world of healthcare including changes to treatment, population health monitoring, workforce development and leadership, policy, and advocacy.

The Department of Sociology and Criminology has established an international reputation as a centre of excellence in the research and education. The Department has been ranked 5th nationally and 1st in London in the 2021 REF. It offers an exceptional and varied programme of study at undergraduate and postgraduate levels and runs a well-established PhD programme. The Department is home to high-profile research centres including: the Centre for Justice Reform; the European Social Survey (ESS) centre, the Violence and Society Centre, the Work and Society Centre, and the new Centre for Online-Safety, Safeguarding, Privacy and Identity (COSPI). For more information on the courses and modules we currently provide please see our website.

The job purpose: 'INTERFACED- Interfaces for Democratic Participation: Deliberation, Mobilization and Contestation Since the Onset of the Covid-19 Pandemic' is a three-year Horizion Europe project that seeks to reinvigorate democratic governance and empower active and inclusive citizenship. By distinguishing participation interfaces between citizens and representative institutions, it examines their capacity to include citizens within decision- making and governance.

The key responsibilities of the role will include:

Candidates will need to have a degree, a Master's degree in a relevant discipline, experience of desk research and experience of undertaking an independent research project.

Closing date for applications: 8th November 2024 at 11:59pm

Part time (0.31 FTE) Research Assistant until 31 December 2027

City St George's offers a sector-leading salary, pension scheme and benefits including a comprehensive package of staff training and development.

City St George's, University of London is committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion in all its activities, processes, and culture for our whole community, including staff, students and visitors.

We welcome applications regardless of age, caring responsibilities, disability, gender identity, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, pregnancy, race and ethnic origin, religion and belief, sex, sexual orientation and socio-economic background.

City St George's operates a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants.

The University of business, practice and the professions