Job Description and Person Specification (HR5)
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Job Description
School/Department: / Centre for Population Change (CPC), Social Sciences
Post Title: / Research Fellow
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Posts Responsible to (and Level): / Prof Derek McGhee (Sociology & Social Policy), Level 7
Prof Jane Falkingham (Demography & Social Policy, Director CPC), Level 7
Posts Responsible for (and Level): / None
Job Purpose:
To undertake research as part of the Centre for Population Change (CPC) funded by the Economic and Social Research Council.
Key Accountabilities/Primary Responsibilities (6-10 bullet points maximum)
  • To carry out literature searches and prepare literature reviews
  • To assist in the ethics application and the design and implementation of the fieldwork.
  • To carry out individual interviews in 6 case study locations (3 in the UK and 3 in Poland).
  • To assist in the preparation, coding and analysis of fieldwork data.
  • To anonymize and archive the fieldwork data in the ESRC data store.
  • To assist in the writing of reports, journal articles and policy briefings.
  • To assist in the writing and delivery of presentations for conferences and workshops involving the academic, policy and user community.
  • To work collaboratively with other members of the Centre including contributing to internal research meetings and seminars and working with the CPC Knowledge Exchange team.
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Internal & External Relationships: (nature & purpose of relationships)
Internal: The post-holder will work under the day to day direction of McGhee and the overall direction of the Centre Director (Prof Jane Falkingham). As a member of CPC they will also liaise closely with other researchers within the Centre, including those in Scotland as necessary. The post holder will be expected, whenever possible, to contribute to the activities ofthe Centre, including seminar attendance, organisation of seminars, and attendance at team meetings..
External: The post-holder will need to make contact with and interview participants of the research. They will also need to engage with other academics and potential users of the research to disseminate findings.
Special Requirements:
50% of the fieldwork will take place in 3 research locations in Poland and 50% of the fieldwork will take place in 3 research locations in the UK away from Southampton. Fieldwork may take place outside usual office hours to fit with the working practices of the migrant workers being studied. It is therefore essential that the post holder is able to spend periods of time away from home and outside the UK. It is also essential that the post holder speaks both English and Polish to a high standard.
Person Specification
Criteria / Essential / Desirable / How to be assessed
Qualifications, Knowledge and Experience:
PhD in a relevant Social Science discipline.
Experience of conducting literature searches and reviews.
Experience of interview-based qualitative fieldwork with migrant groups.
Experience of conducting interview-based fieldwork in the UK and Poland.
Experience of computer assisted qualitative data analysis software (eg. NVivo, ATLAS-ti).
Specific language skills: fluency in English and Polish.
Other language skills: fluency in other Eastern and Central European languages (for example, Czechoslovakian, Estonian, Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Slovakian and Slovenian).
Research interests in European migration patterns; &/or migration and family and household formation; &/ormigration and inter-generational transfers. / X
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Planning and Organising:
Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
Ability to work to deadlines
Ability to take on day-to-day responsibility for fieldwork and data analysis / X
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Problem Solving and Initiative:
Ability to assist in theconceptualization of research themes and to carry out fieldwork and data analysis under own initiative. / X / Application and interview
Management and Teamwork:
Ability to work as part of a team / X / Application and interview
Communicating and Influencing:
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Ability to communicate with others in the research team and the wider Centre for Population Change
Ability to collaborate in writing research reports, policy briefings, abstracts and articles. / X
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Other Skills and Behaviours:
Word processing, internet and bibliographic search skills and bibliographic software (e.g. Endnote). / X / Application
Special Requirements:
Ability to work outside of the UK
Ability to undertake Fieldwork outside usual office hours to fit with the working practices of the migrant workers being studied.
Ability tospeak both English and Polish to a high standard.
Holds a current drivers licence. / X
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