Post-Doctoral Fellow, Sociology

Te Kura Mātāpuna Tangata | School of Language, Social & Political Sciences

Located in Ōtautahi | Christchurch, Aotearoa | New Zealand

• Full-time 37.5 hours per week (1.0 FTE)
• Fixed-term position (2 years)
• A competitive salary range - $70k - $75k

Kia hiwa rā, kia hiwa rā!

Nāia te pōwhiri nā Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha kia tono mai i te tūranga nei.

Āu Mahi | What You Will Do
We have an opportunity for a post-doctoral fellow to support the 'Greening of Death in Aotearoa: Co-Designing Sustainability Adaptations in Body Disposal' project. This project aims to co-design sustainable death practices in Aotearoa. We seek a researcher with a PhD Sociology or other social science discipline and ideally someone with an existing interest in and experience of research in a death related topic or sustainability issues, including at local authority level.

This role will contribute to a 3 year Marsden funded project, which runs until to April 2025. The postdoctoral researcher will play a key role in each stage of the research process.

Please note: this Marsden project is run through the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, NZ. However, there is no stipulation that the recipient must reside in Christchurch, as long as the recipient has stable internet and effective computer access and is willing to travel to project sites and for project team meetings when called to do so.

Mōu | Who You Are
To be successful in this role, you will have research-level knowledge in one or more of the specified areas, a record of research productivity, or clear potential, and have:

• a PhD Sociology or other social science discipline
• knowledge of relevant social science and methodological literature, including an appreciation of death studies debates and issues, and an interest in sustainability
• working knowledge of qualitative and digital research methods that will enable the researcher to contribute to developing, populating, coding and analysing a materiality matrix and using mapping software to develop an Actor Network assemblage (ANT)
• skills in any of the following: community consultation, research on sensitive topics, working across languages and cultures
• experience with participatory and community-based social research.

You will work well within diverse cultural environments, as well as provide a positive contribution to the administration of the Faculty and the University more generally.

Mahi Ngātahi | Who You Will Work With
The Faculty of Arts is academically vibrant and culturally diverse, comprising of Aotahi: the School of Maori and Indigenous Studies; the School of Humanities and Creative Arts; and the School of Language, Social and Political Sciences. The College has a very broad research base including ten research centres and offers a wide range of undergraduate and post graduate degrees, diplomas and certificates. Members of the Faculty have won University awards in both research and teaching and have won a number of prestigious international research awards.

For more information about our team, please visit us @ School of Language, Social & Political Sciences

Te Kura Mātāpuna Tangata

Ngā Painga o UC | Why UC
Tangata Tū, Tangata Ora - Engaged, Empowered, Making a Difference.

Our values are manaakitanga, whanaungatanga and tiakitanga at Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha and these uara (values) guide our decisions and behaviour. Our values provide a roadmap for how we do things, affirming our commitment to the oranga (health, safety and wellbeing) of our students through mana-enhancing pastoral care and support. Ngā Uara (our values) challenge and inspire us to be the best we can be. They make UC a great place to work and study. For more on our Ngā Uara | Our Values visit https://www.canterbury.ac.nz/about/values/

We offer a range of benefits, for more information, please visit us: https://www.canterbury.ac.nz/joinus/benefits/

The closing date for this position is: Friday 10th March 2023 (midnight NZ time)

Please note, applications will be reviewed as they are received, and interviews may take place prior to the close date.

Pēhea te tono mai | How You Apply

Applications for this position must be submitted on our careers website and should include a cover letter and resume.

Please note, we do not accept applications by email, however we are happy to answer your queries in relation to the application process, please forward these to [email protected]

For further information about the role, including information of the research proposal, please contact: Associate Professor Ruth McManus ([email protected] ).

Job Details

Reference #	14428
Posted on	27 Feb 2023
Closes on	10 Mar 2023 23:55
Location(s)	Christchurch
Expertise	Education & Training
Job level(s)	Academic
Work type(s)	Fixed term full-time
More details (document)	Post Doctoral Fellow Position Description.pdf
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