Research Assistant

Job description for QWork Assignment

• Research Assistant in Management (up to a maximum of 4 hours per week for 30 weeks)
• This part-time role (up to a maximum of 4 hours per week for 30 weeks) will support Dr Sara Melo, Senior Lecturer in Management, in her leading impact project. Supporting the design, implementation, continuous improvement, and effective use of Business Intelligence systems in decision-making at Portuguese NHS hospitals.

The Research Assistant will be responsible for:

• Searching the Internet for examples of toolkits targeted at practitioners in general, and toolkits directly related with the design and implementation of Business Intelligence (BI) systems
• Preliminary scoping literature review on the models used to evaluate the readiness of hospitals to implement BI systems
• Collaborate in the graphical design of the paper-based versions of a toolkit (draft and final versions) to be targeted at hospital practitioners to support them in the design, implementation and continuous improvement of a hospital BI system.
• Identification of examples of activities that could be implemented at the different stages of the creation of a national network/community of practice of hospital staff
• Identification of examples of questionnaires to measure the impact of research dissemination workshops with practitioners

Applicants must be currently studying towards a PhD.  

• Applicants who have an interest in communicating research to non-academic stakeholders.
• This part-time role is intended for an individual who is currently a PhD student.
• Good written and verbal communication skills are essential. There is no need to know Portuguese as all the Research Assistant work will be in English.

Research Assistant in International Business, Entrepreneurship and Management (up to a maximum of 6.5 hours per week for 24 weeks)

This part-time role (up to a maximum of 6.5 hours per week) will support academics in the Department of International Business, Entrepreneurship and Management with their research.

Final-year student in an undergraduate management or international business programme.

We are seeking applicants who wish to gain first-hand experience in conducting research in international business, entrepreneurship and management and who are interested in communicating research to non-academic stakeholders.

This part-time role is intended for an individual who is currently enrolled in the BSc Management or BSc International Business programme and considering pursuing a PhD.

Strong written and verbal communication skills are essential. A solid understanding of the relevant discipline is required.

The Centre of European Law at King's College London is seeking a research assistant. 

The research assistant will help with completing a literature review, as well as background initial research (ECJ case law, EU institutions documents and reports, possibly national legislation) on the rule of law and independence of judiciary. They will help with contacting and liaising with various potential partners on the project, as well as organising several in-person events in London. They will collaborate with the grants and the events team at The Dickson Poon School of Law in carrying out their tasks.

PhD in relevant subject

The research assistant will be a doctoral or a postdoctoral researcher seeking to obtain experience with writing a large grant application. EU law knowledge is required, as well as experience in researching EU law databases. Knowledge in the area of the rule of law, independence of the judiciary, judicial politics is desirable. Working knowledge of one or more of the following languages is a plus: French, German, Polish, Italian.