School: Faculty of Business and Law Job title: Research Assistant – Part-time, 0.5FTE, Fixed-term from 1 September 2024 to 28 February 2026 Grade: RU05 Salary: £30,469 to £34,512 per annum inclusive of London Weighting Allowance pro rata (£15,234.5 to £17,256 per annum inclusive of London Weighting Allowance) The University of Roehampton is recruiting a Research assistant at 0.5FTE to join Professor Bryony Hoskins’ dynamic research team. The position arises from Professor Bryony Hoskins (PI) having won three prestigious projects; Two UKRI/EU Horizon funded research projects (1) Gender Empowerment through Politics in Classrooms (G-EPIC) Gender Empowerment Through Politics in the Classroom | G-EPIC and (2) Strategies for achieving equity and inclusion in education, training and learning in democratic Europe (STRIDE) Stride (stride-research.eu) and a UNICEF project supporting the development of Life Skills and Citizenship Education in Egypt, Tunisia, and the state of Palestine. The successful candidate will work across these three projects. Ideally, the successful candidate will have knowledge in the education field and/or early childhood education, experience in mixed methods research and policy research and good project management skills. They will need to have experience in working with policymakers and teachers. They would need to have a high level of communication skills, in written English. Their research interests should be in either or a combination of education, inequalities and political engagement. They need to be able to assist the Principal Investigator as required and independently where necessary. The successful candidate will have skills and experience in: • Masters or PhD in relevant field • Experience in undertaking mixed methods and policy research • Experience of working with policy makers • Experience of working with teachers • Experience of working in a team • Experience of working with a range of people from different countries, including non-governmental organizations and academics • Experience of project management • Excellent organisational, communication and interpersonal skills • Evidence of disseminating complex material both orally and in writing to a wide audience • Willingness to undertake continuing professional development and training as appropriate. • Methodical approach to work with attention to detail We are London’s Campus University, based on a beautiful 64 acre parkland campus. This short video will give you a taste of life at our wonderful campus and its excellent facilities. Academic staff have access to the Teachers’ Pension Scheme. Professional Services/Support staff up to Grade RU6 have access to the Local Government Pension Scheme; and on RU7 and above, have access to the University’s Retirement Savings Group Pension Plan, a defined contribution scheme, provided by Royal London. Our full range of benefits are available here. Further information can be found on the job description. If you would like to apply for this excellent opportunity, please click on ‘apply now’ or visit the working at Roehampton pages of our website and search Research Assistant. If you have any specific questions on the role, please contact Professor Bryony Hoskins [email protected]. The University is committed to promoting diversity and equality of opportunity and aims to create a culture and environment where students and staff are treated fairly. The University is an equal opportunities and ‘disability confident’ employer. The closing date for completed applications is noon on 14 August 2024. It is expected that interviews will be held on 29 August 2024. To enable us to respond to the market, we may interview before the closing date, so please don’t hesitate to get your application completed.