Senior Research Officer

The Department of Government at the University of Essex is a top-6 department for research excellence (REF2021) and hosts more than 45 internationally renowned scholars in political science and international relations.

Applications are encouraged from those who identify as female or non-binary and from minority ethnic candidates, who are currently under-represented in academic posts at Essex.

Duties of the Role

The postholders will work in the context of Dr Federica Genovese’s “Varieties of Climate Vulnerabilities” Leverhulme Trust Research Leadership award. The duties include:

• delivering the research objectives defined by the Leverhulme Trust-funded project led by Dr Federica Genovese.

• undertaking practical elements of research such as setting up and conducting experiments, developing questionnaires and conducting fieldwork, recording data and identifying trends or patterns.

• producing research outputs for publication at acceptable levels of volume and academic excellence and disseminate the result of research and scholarship through appropriate Knowledge Exchange activities (such as at relevant national and international conferences and scholarly publications not intended for the REF).

• contributing to the development and maintenance or research resources (examples of which include household surveys, databases, specialist equipment and infrastructure, software packages and computer models) used within the Department or wider user community external to the Department.

• supervising postgraduate research students at Essex as appropriate to the departmental context to generate meaningful connections between research and education at Essex.

• raising the public profile of the project and increasing the visibility and impact of the underlying research, for example by preparing green papers and divulgation pieces and attending impact events.

A full list of duties and responsibilities can be found within the attached job pack.

Qualifications and Skills required

The ideal candidates will have a doctoral level degree in political science or bordering social science discipline (e.g., economics, sociology) or be close to completion of PhD studies.

In addition, you will possess evidence of a developing research agenda, engagement in high-quality research activity and a developing research profile coupled with a developing record of publications in internationally recognised, reputable journals or evidence of research outputs such as reports and briefings.

You will have experience of working with developing and/or maintaining research resources used within a Department or wider user community external to the Department, coupled with demonstrable expertise in data collection and data management, including the ability to design, carry out and write up empirical research designs.

These posts are fixed-term, full-time until 30 September 2027 due to temporary funding.

At the University of Essex, internationalism and diversity is central to who we are and what we do. We are committed to being a cosmopolitan, internationally oriented university that is welcoming to staff and students from all countries, faiths and backgrounds, where you can find the world in one place.

Please use the 'Apply' button to read further information about this role including the full job description and person specification which outlines the full duties, skills, qualifications and experience needed for this role. You will also find details of how to make your application here. Our website http://www.essex.ac.uk contains more information about the University of Essex. If you have a disability and would like information in a different format, please email resourcing@essex.ac.uk.

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