Salary range: £30,738
FTE: 0.8 (28 hours/week)
Term: Fixed (until 31/03/2017)
Closing date: 23/05/2016
The University of
Strathclyde is inviting applications for a Research Associate to work on a Scottish
Government funded pilot project to implement Equally Safe, the Scottish Government’s strategy for preventing and
eradicating violence against women and girls. This
is an ambitious two year project which involves a number of work streams
and methodologies and will work with
students, staff, senior university managers, University of Strathclyde
Students’ Association (USSA) and external partners such as the Violence
Reduction Unit, Police Scotland and Glasgow City
Council to maintain a safe campus environment for all staff, students and
visitors. The project has the overall aim of generating new data on attitudes
to gender-based violence within Scottish HEIs and producing a toolkit
for challenging gender based violence (GBV) on University campuses. The
project is co-directed by Anni Donaldson, Dr Melanie McCarry, Roisin
McGoldrick and Kevin Pilkington.
This is one of two
Research Associate appointments to be made to the research work-stream which Dr
McCarry will oversee; this post requires a range of skills and experience in
quantitative research methods as a key function of the post is to conduct a
university wide survey. This is an
excellent opportunity for two early career researchers to work on a Scottish
Government funded project based in the University of Strathclyde within a Faculty
with a thriving teaching and research culture.
This post is specifically to work on the research element that will
conduct a whole campus based online survey involving all staff and
undergraduate, postgraduate, full-time and part-time students. It may
potentially involve students and staff from other Higher Education
Institutions. The post holder will design and develop, implement and administer
the quantitative methodology (on-line survey) and conduct all analysis and
synthesis of data. As part of the project, a range of knowledge exchange
activities are planned, including workshops, conferences and seminars for a
range of audiences including, university staff, students, prospective students,
and other policy makers, practitioners and academics in the field.
We are looking for an enthusiastic researcher who is committed to high
standards of academic work, as required by Scottish Government research. The
successful candidate will have a PhD in a Social Science subject and/or
equivalent research experience. Advanced knowledge of issues relating to gender
based violence is desirable. Experience of undertaking academic research, using
quantitative methods, writing for publication and presenting research to a wide
range of audiences is also expected. The post is based at the University of
Strathclyde but the successful candidate may occasionally be expected to work
non-standard hours to accommodate meetings across Scotland. The successful
candidate will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Scotland check.
Initial Interviews have been scheduled for 02/06/2016.
For informal enquiries, please contact Melanie
McCarry, Lecturer in Social Policy at melanie.mccarry@strath.ac.uk.
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