Research Officer
Politics and Government,Languages, Literature and Culture,Education Studies (inc. TEFL),Research Methods,Cultural Studies
Short info about job
Company: London School of Economics and Political Science
Department: Firoz Lalji Centre for Africa (IGA)
Salary: £34,156 to £41,317 pa inclusive with potential to progress to £44,456 pa inclusive
Hours: Full Time
Contract type: Fixed-Term/Contract
Type / Role: Academic or Research
Phone: +44-1435 5253082
Fax: +44-1577 8644287
E-mail: N\A
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Detail information about job Research Officer. Terms and conditions vacancy
The Centre for Public Authority and International Development (CPAID) is a newly established School Research Centre based at LSE’s new Firoz Lalji Centre for Africa. The centre’s role is to answer critical questions that have bedevilled international engagements with fragile, conflict-affected, marginal, and impoverished places. Our fieldwork focus is orientated toward Africa, but the global challenges we address are far from regionally specific - as concerns about migration to Europe, illicit financial flows, and international terrorism underline.
CPAID is seeking to appoint a dynamic individual to the position of full-time Research Officer to start in November, 2017 to support the study and contribute to research primarily focused on public authority and inclusive growth in Africa. This post will involve undertaking field research, developing, and applying qualitative methods and administering surveys for investigating how forms of public authority coalesce to shape patterns of governance and conflict over resources across spaces and temporal scales.
The position offers an opportunity for a motivated researcher to develop a research career in International Development or a related discipline, such as Anthropology or Political Science.
You will have completed a PhD, or be close to the completion of a PhD by the start date. You will have experience in designing and conducting qualitative studies, good knowledge of qualitative methodologies and theory, and have the ability to engage with current debates on social life in African countries, international development, and/or public policy. You will also have excellent written and verbal communication skills, and the ability to communicate research findings effectively. You will also have the ability to manage your own workload and work to tight timescales.
We offer an occupational pension scheme, generous annual leave and excellent training and development opportunities.
For further information about the post, please see the how to apply document, job description and the person specification.
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