Research Fellow opportunity on domestic abuse and rape
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The Open University is the UK’s largest university, a world leader in flexible education combining a mission to widen access to higher education with research excellence, transforming lives through education.
The Centre for Policing Research and Learning (CPRL) seeks to appoint a Research Fellow for a 12-month post on an exciting new research project on Victim (Dis) Engagement From Criminal Justice In Domestic Abuse and Rape Cases. This project is funded by CPRL and is led by Principal Investigator Dr Lis Bates: http://www.open.ac.uk/people/lb27747.
The role
The Research Fellow will be a key member of the project team, working across different project workstreams. Working alongside the Principal Investigator, the Research Fellow will review relevant literature, conduct research, analysis and writing across all the project workstreams. This is an exciting opportunity for a researcher with knowledge of domestic abuse and/or sexual violence and a track record of academic research to help deliver a project with significant national and international impact.
The successful candidate will help build a dynamic team at the formative stages of a project which has already generated substantial interest from police and academic audiences and has significant potential for research impact. The research environment in the Centre and the OU more generally is very supportive, with opportunities for wider research training and learning, for presenting work at national and international academic conferences, and for generating publications.
Skills and Experience
The successful candidate will have a Masters’ Degree in research methods (or equivalent professional experience) including training on qualitative and quantitative methods and literature reviewing as well A PhD (completed or very close to completion) in a relevant social research topic, preferably domestic abuse, sexual violence or other forms of gendered violence.
You will have experience of researching domestic abuse and/or sexual violence and an understanding of policing and criminal justice processes and challenges for policing and criminal justice in responding to domestic abuse and/or sexual violence.
Strong Excel skills are required to manage, code and manipulate quantitative datasets, and to run simple statistical tests in SPSS or equivalent.
There will be a requirement to travel (Covid-permitting) to research sites for data collection (principally Manchester and Bristol), possibly with some overnight stays and you must be willing to undergo police vetting.
The full summary of duties and person specification can be found within the Job Description attached on our website. If you have any specific questions around the role please email Dr Lis Bates on lis.bates@open.ac.uk.
Closing date: Monday 21st September 12:00 Noon
Interview date: Friday 2nd October
Email : Resourcing-Hub@open.ac.uk
How to apply
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