Research Assistant

Job Description

Dr Ciara Hackett is seeking to appoint an exceptional candidate to the post of Research Assistant. 

The successful candidate will contribute to a project for the Athena Swan Committee on perimenopause and menopause: specifically, on the impact of menopause/perimenopause on academic and professional service careers. This research comes in the context of the university?s recent policy on Menopause. Dr. Hackett is looking to commission this research in her capacity as SWAN Champion so that we, via the school Athena Swan Committee, might develop specific law school support across research, service and teaching.

The successful candidate will assist in: 

1) Preparing a review of menopause literature as it relates to career impacts for academic and professional services staff. 

What you?ll get in return 

The successful candidate will receive a contract for 50 hours of research assistance at the rate of ?16.60 per hour. This will likely be completed between February - May 2025, with 5 hours of work per week currently allocated. The successful candidate will receive written credit for their contribution to this research in any outputs that result from this role. 

How to apply 

If you are interested, please send your CV (max 2 pages) + covering /motivational statement (max 1 page) to Dr Ciara Hackett (c.hackett@qub.ac.uk) by specifying ?Application for the Research Assistant position? in the subject line. 

Deadline: 31st January 2025 at 5pm.



Qualifications

Essential Criteria 

  • Currently undertaking a PhD within the School of Law. 
  • Strong organisational skills and the ability to work independently and to deadlines. 
  • Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to develop good working relations with colleagues. 

 

Desirable criteria 

        -  Knowledge of menopause/women?s health literature

Further enquiries about the position may be directed to Dr Ciara Hackett (c.hackett@qub.ac.uk) 



Skills

Currently undertaking a PhD within the School of Law. 

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