Research Associate (Care Trajectories and Constraints)

Are you an experienced qualitative researcher, with a strong dedication to co-production and impactful social science research? If that sounds like you, we have a short-term opportunity to join the Centre for Care Team, exploring the topic of care and its intersection with migration, borders and bordering, including a focus on the care workforce in (re)bordered Britain.

The Centre’s focus includes experiences of providing and receiving care across the life course; the networks, communities and systems that affect people who need care and support; the causes and consequences of inequalities in care; and the workforce changes needed to secure quality care for the future.

In this role, you will work closely with Professor Majella Kilkey in our Care Trajectories and Constraints research group. We put lived experience centre stage to explore the relational, affective and temporal nature of care in different parts of the care ecosystem. We are committed to using our work to influence care policy and practice and support ‘recognition’ of care in people’s daily lives. Our research is co-produced with people who require, receive and provide care in participatory and, we hope, empowering ways.

We are looking for someone with:

• A PhD in a social science subject (or equivalent experience), with experience conducting and communicating research within the area of migration, borders and bordering.
• Evidence of strong qualitative research methods expertise to include in-depth interviewing, coding and analysis of qualitative data.
• Can work independently and as part of a multi-disciplinary team, with a commitment to co-production, involving users in research and working in collaboration with community partners.

The University of Sheffield is a remarkable place to work. Our people are at the heart of everything we do. Their diverse backgrounds, abilities and beliefs make Sheffield a world-class university.

We offer a fantastic range of benefits including a highly competitive annual leave entitlement (with the ability to purchase more), a generous pensions scheme, flexible working opportunities, a commitment to your development and wellbeing, a wide range of retail discounts, and much more.

Find out more at www.sheffield.ac.uk/benefits and join us to become part of something special.

We build teams of people from different heritages and lifestyles from across the world, whose talent and contributions complement each other to greatest effect. We believe diversity in all its forms delivers greater impact through research, teaching and student experience.

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