Post-Doctoral Research Associate

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Company: Queen Mary University of London

Department: School of Geography

Salary: £32,956 to £36,677

Hours: Full Time

Contract type: Fixed-Term/Contract

Type / Role: Academic or Research

Phone: +44-117 7400909

Fax: +44-1324 7131469

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The School of Geography are looking to recruit a Postdoctoral Research Assistant to work on a Leverhulme Trust funded research project on London’s remittance marketplace, exploring a shifting regulatory and financial landscape, and the everyday financial practices these intermediaries work within. The post will be based at Queen Mary University of London and will entail engagement with remittance agencies, the wider payment industry and policy makers located in London.

You will be educated to PhD level or equivalent in human geography or a cognate discipline and have a developing reputation for research relating to one or more of the fields of development geography/studies, economic geography or migration studies. You will preferably have experience of researching transnational migration, remittances and the payment industry. As a highly organised individual, you will be able to: take the lead in organising events with a variety of stakeholders, prioritise your own workload and organise research within the project timetable. Good communication and IT skills, together with the ability to effectively use data analysis software, are also essential to the role.

Candidates must be able to demonstrate their eligibility to work in the UK in accordance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006. Where required this may include entry clearance or continued leave to remain under the Points Based Immigration Scheme.

This is a full-time, 18 months fixed-term contract. The salary range is £32,956 to £36,677 per annum. Benefits for this post includes generous annual leave allowance, pension and annual season-ticket loan. Deadline for receipt of applications: 12 September 2017. Interviews are likely to be held in the week commencing 25 September 2017.

Informal enquiries may be addressed to Professor Kavita Datta by email at: [email protected].

Information about the School is available from the website at: www.geog.qmul.ac.uk.

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