About the Role
We are seeking to appoint a highly motivated Postdoctoral Research Associate to work in the Centre for Protecting Women Online funded by Research England. The successful candidate will work closely with Professor Rose Capdevila and Professor Lisa Lazard who are based in the School of Psychology & Counselling. We are looking for a dynamic PDRA who would seek to play an active part in building the research culture in the centre. They will use their research knowledge, skills and grant bidding experience to provide support for research activities and bidding.
It is anticipated that a hybrid working pattern can be adopted for this role, where the successful candidate can work from home and the office. However, as this role is contractually aligned to our Milton Keynes office it is expected that some attendance in the office will be required when necessary and in response to business needs. We’d expect this to be approximately once per week.
Key Responsibilities
This is not intended as a comprehensive list of duties or a restrictive definition of the post but is rather a guide.
- Play an active part in building and supporting the Centre’s research culture.
- Initiate and contribute to innovative funding bids in collaboration with other researchers.
- Support the development and submission of funding bids in the Centre including working on systematic literature reviews, data and impact plans, networking with non-academic stakeholders and partners, working with internal research staff and scoping of potential funding sources.
- Assist with research outputs, including presentation and publication.
- Contribute and support current research related activities and projects in the Centre.
- Contribute to the delivery of the University’s strategy for research.
- Contribute to the development and maintenance of the University’s local, national and international academic and community networks related to Centre-related research.
- Work closely with key members of the Centre to support and enhance the Postgraduate Research culture.
Skills and Experience
Essential Requirements
- A PhD in Psychology or related field and familiarity with critical and feminist approaches to gendered violence.
- Expertise in qualitative and quantitative research methods.
- Knowledge and familiarity with research on online environments, in particular social media.
- Experience of grant bidding to external funders.
- Experience of authoring or co-authoring academic outputs (e.g., journal articles, books, research reports).
- Excellent data management skills.
- Excellent IT skills (e.g., NVivo, SPSS, Qualtrics or similar).
- Ability to work collaboratively as part of an interdisciplinary team.
- Ability to plan and organise own work.
- Ability to adapt to changing situations in a timely manner.
- A commitment to, and understanding of, equal opportunities.
- A commitment to own personal development.
Please see the full job description for more details: JD Link
To apply for this role please submit the following;
- Personal statement, up to 1,000 words, you should set out in your statement why you’re interested in this role and provide examples of where your skills and experience meet the required competencies for this role as detailed in the job description.
- CV
