Research Associate - Menstruation and Menstrual Disorders in the Workplace

Contract: Full-time (35 hours per week) until 31^st December 2025

Start Date: ASAP

Heriot-Watt University has established a reputation for world-class teaching and leading-edge, relevant research, which has made it one of the top UK universities for innovation, business and industry.

Heriot-Watt University has five campuses: three in the UK (Edinburgh, Scottish Borders and Orkney), one in Dubai and one in Malaysia. The University offers a highly distinctive range of degree programmes in the specialist areas of science, engineering, design, business and languages. Heriot-Watt is also Scotland's most international university, boasting the largest international student cohort.

About the team

The team is led Professor Kate Sang as the Centre Director, alongside The successful candidate will be part of a wider team of 5 PDRAs, a project manager, project support officer and a finance manager.

Detailed description

This is an exciting opportunity for a postdoctoral researcher to engage in participatory action research, to inform working practices across the participating organisations. The role will involve a combination of activities to support funded projects looking at EDI in the workplace with a specific focus on menstrual health in the workplace. The successful candidate will hold or expect to obtain a PhD in sociology, social policy, psychology, geography or a business related discipline. Strong grounding in empirical research (particularly qualitative) demonstrated by published (or accepted) research papers in academic journals, with evaluation judged relative to career stage and a knowledge of the broadly defined subject area would be of benefit.

Key duties and responsibilities

We are seeking to appoint 1 full time post doctoral research associate;

• To undertake data collection (qualitative) to understand the barriers and facilitators to equity across the career life cycle for those working in the research and innovation system.
• To work with stakeholder engagement groups and research participants (e.g. interviews, focus groups) to co-design workplace interventions to improve the working lives of researchers and innovators living with menstrual disorders and/or perimenopause.
• To work with key stakeholders and the caucus team to implement, refine and evaluate workplace interventions to improve the working lives of those living with menstrual disorders and/or peri-menopause.
• To produce research outputs including blogs, conference papers, journal papers.

To carry out the research project to a high standard;

• Meeting planned milestones and deliverables.
• Reporting progress regularly to supervisors, both verbally and in written reports
• Keeping clear written records of work done, and storing data in accessible formats according to a system agreed with the project supervisor.
• To collaborate with partners within the project and others as appropriate

Education, qualifications and experience

The successful candidate should hold a social sciences PhD or those soon expected to complete one and have the ability to demonstrate an understanding of equality and diversity in the workplace.

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How to Apply 

Applications can be submitted until midnight on the 19th of February 2023. 

Please submit via the Heriot-Watt on-line recruitment system

For further information regarding the position, please contact Professor Kate Sang, Director of the centre for Research on Employment, Work and the Professions k.sang@hw.ac.uk 

Applications are particularly welcome from women and black and ethnic minority ethnic candidates, who are under-represented in academic posts at Heriot-Watt.

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