Lecturer in Quantitative Political Science

Ref: 22/110375

Duration: Permanent

Hours: Full-time

Salary: £38,592 - £53,353 per annum

The School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy, and Politics at Queen’s University, Belfast, is one of the UK’s leaders in internationally recognised research and teaching in Politics and International Relations. The School seeks to appoint a Lecturer in Quantitative Political Science, to support research and teaching at all levels of the field including quantitative research methods. We welcome applicants with substantive research interests in any area of quantitative political science, including elections, voting, political parties, public opinion, and deliberation.

The person appointed will play a central role in all the School’s research and teaching activities, with a specific focus on helping to:

1. strengthen and consolidate our undergraduate degrees in Politics and International Relations;
2. advance our MA degree in Politics; and
3. contribute to the University’s Q-Step Programme.

The successful candidate must have, and your application should clearly demonstrate you have:

• A PhD (or very close to completion) in Political Science.
• Record of publication of high quality research outputs appropriate to stage of career.
• Evidence of independent contribution in research projects and outputs.
• Teaching experience commensurate with career stage, including undergraduate or postgraduate teaching, project supervision, assessment and feedback experience.
• Ability to teach across Political Science including quantitative research methods.
• Evidence of administrative and academic leadership activities as appropriate to norms for Lecturer.

Please note the above are not an exhaustive list.

Key Dates

Closing Date: 09/01/2023

Anticipated Interview Date: Presentations – Thursday 26 January 2023 / Interviews – Friday 27 January 2023

Further Information

Informal enquiries may be directed to Dr Stefan Andreasson (s.andreasson@qub.ac.uk) or Dr Viviane Gravey (v.gravey@qub.ac.uk).

Information about the school can be found at www.qub.ac.uk/schools/happ/

At Queen’s our people are at the heart of everything we do. As a staff member you will become part of a vibrant organisational culture, which will provide you with the opportunity to achieve your full potential and enhance your career through a continuous focus on learning and development.

We offer an excellent employment package that includes:

• Great terms & conditions
• Pension schemes
• Flexible working by enabling you to design your working week in collaboration with your manager through a blend of remote and office working
• Family-friendly initiatives
• Career development opportunities
• Support for health & mental wellbeing
• Generous holiday entitlement of 8 weeks a year (made up of 23 days annual leave, 10 closure days and 9 bank holidays)

Further information on our attractive package can be found at www.qub.ac.uk/directorates/HumanResources/pay-reward-and-benefits/

Queen’s University is committed to promoting equality of opportunity to all. We have created an inclusive culture by establishing staff networks such as iRise (Race) and PRISM (LGBTQ+) which help us progress equality.

We also subscribe to Equality Charter Marks such as the Diversity Charter Mark NI in addition to Athena Swan. For further information on our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, please visit: www.qub.ac.uk/diversity; https://www.qub.ac.uk/sites/QueensGenderInitiative/ and www.qub.ac.uk/sites/StaffGateway/StaffNetworks/  

For further information about the role including the essential and desirable criteria please visit www.qub.ac.uk/jobs or click to Apply.

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