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Civic Mission
Location: Wrexham, St Asaph or Bangor
Salary: £32,981 to £38,206 per annum, pro rata
Closing Date: Sunday 07 January 2024
Reference: 2324484
Fixed Term until 31/12/2024 - 0.8 FTE
Do you want to be part of ambitious and ground-breaking projects to build and create skills, learning and wellbeing opportunities across North Wales?
Wrexham University’s civic mission is focused on working with a wide range of partners across North Wales to tackle the collective challenge of ending social inequality in the region by 2030. Our Civic Mission Partnership Strategy sets out a clear plan to achieve this around three key objectives – Leadership and whole system working, building community resilience and keeping well.
The University wishes to appoint a Post-Doctoral Research Assistant to deliver research against our ambitious mission. The post holder will create capacity to embed a culture of positive and inclusive research, to deliver research outputs that evidence the impact of our work and develop citizens-informed research across the Civic Mission project portfolio.
The post holder will work with a small team, lead the research impact case studies from the Leadership Learning and Storytelling (LLS) project to engage 3 cohorts of Children and Young People, from Early Years, Looked After Children and CYP with Additional Learning Needs. The post holder will focus on maximising sustainable funding opportunities and pooled resources to develop research outputs and capture impact that drives whole systems change and shape policy.
The Post-Doctoral Research Assistant will provide expert research assistance within the project, through robust data collection, contributing to and steering research activities, you will liaise with a range of people at different levels of authority, networking in the wider academic community to raise the profile of the research and increase the potential impact of the findings. They will be responsible for maintaining confidential information throughout the project and will support the research lead throughout.
The post holder will ensure the smooth progress of the project, working collaboratively to keep all involved in the project informed of progress and meeting the planned schedule.
Wrexham University is a signatory to the Researcher Development Concordat and Research Integrity Concordat. The University is committed to the principles of these concordats and is dedicated to the development of researchers in all posts and upholding the highest standards of rigour and integrity in all aspects of research.
Welsh language skills are desirable for this post.
If you require further details please contact Nina Ruddle, Head of Public Policy Engagement [email protected]
Wrexham University is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates and will ensure applicants will not be discriminated against due to their protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010. The University will make all efforts to meet your access requirements, please contact our Human Resources Team as soon as possible to discuss any adjustments you may need.
We welcome applications in Welsh and English. Any applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than applications submitted in English.
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