The closing date for this job has now passed.

Job reference: HUM-018856
Salary: £42,149- £44,706 pro rate per annum depending on experience.
Faculty/Organisational Unit: Humanities
Location: Oxford Road, Manchester
Employment type: Fixed Term
Division/Team: Geography
Hours Per Week: (0.8FTE/ 4 days a week)
Closing date (DD/MM/YYYY): 18/05/2022
Contract Duration: Fixed term from 1st June 2022 until 31st August 2023 (15 months)
School/Directorate: School of Environment, Education & Development

Job Description

The Methods for Change team are seeking an outstanding Research Fellow to join our thriving and dynamic research community. Social scientists are developing methodologies that are useful beyond academia. Methods for Change Phase 1 developed an online platform to showcase the value of social sciences methodologies to the wider world and demonstrate to industry the benefits that social sciences research can bring to their organisations (see https://aspect.ac.uk/about/aspect-funded-projects/methods-for-change/ for details and outputs from Phase 1).

We have been funded by Research England and the wider Aspect Network for a Phase 2 of the project across 2022 and 2023. You will work to lift the profile of your own, and other academics’, research methods within the School of Environment, Education and Development and the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Manchester and allied researchers at partner institutions (Cardiff, Glasgow, Sheffield, Sussex, Bristol, York, Kings College London, Oxford, London School of Economics and others see: https://aspect.ac.uk).

As an equal opportunities employer we welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of age, sex, gender (or gender identity), ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and transgender status.  All appointments are made on merit.

Our University is positive about flexible working – you can find out more here​​​​​​​

Blended working arrangements may be considered       

Please note that we are unable to respond to enquiries, accept CVs or applications from Recruitment Agencies.

Enquiries about the vacancy, shortlisting and interviews:

Manager: Dr Alison Browne

Email: Alison.Browne@manchester.ac.uk

General enquiries:

Email: People.recruitment@manchester.ac.uk

Technical support:

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This vacancy will close for applications at midnight on the closing date.

Please see the link below for the Further Particulars document which contains the person specification criteria.

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