Research Assistant ( Internal Only )

City University London, Clerkenwell, Islington

Research Assistant ( Internal Only )

£39105

City University London, Clerkenwell, Islington

  • Part time
  • Temporary
  • Onsite working

Posted today, 26 Oct | Get your application in now to be one of the first to apply.

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: b287f3c2906d44ddb9c7db82f33d4fbc

Full Job Description

  • Assisting the team with the day-to-day running of the project by undertaking administrative tasks such as organising timesheets, meetings and progress reports, and monitoring the timetable for deliverables.
  • Undertaking research support activities for the team.
  • Working with other members of the team, and the consortium at large, on organisational, communication and dissemination activities.

    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.

    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.

    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.