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Research Assistant
Job Description
Project: Microaggression and HR Practices
About the Project
The research project aims to understand the experience of microaggressions at workplace and the HR initiatives taken to address and mitigate such behaviours. It would explore current best HR policies and, practices enacted by HR Professionals and provide insights into creating more inclusive environments, addressing underlying biases and promoting equity at workplace.
Role and Responsibilities
As a Research Assistant, you will:
- Assist the researchers with literature reviews, data collection, and analysis as necessary for the project.
- Support the researchers with qualitative interviews, surveys, or other research tasks as needed
- In conjunction with the researchers, collaborate on developing research findings and project updates
- Help prepare reports, presentations, and project documentation as instructed by the Researchers
Benefits
This role offers:
- Pay as per the standards
- Practical research experience in HRM, which is useful preparation for a Dissertation.
- Mentorship and professional development
- An opportunity to contribute to impactful research with real-world applications
However none of the research can be reproduced without the permission of the Researchers
Qualifications
Currently pursuing a Master degree with a dissertation component in London Met
Skills
Who would be an ideal candidate?
We are looking for students who can:
- Demonstrate an interest in the research, e.g., microaggression, which are situated in organizational behaviour, and HRM fields including HR initiatives, application of HRM initiatives
- Can evidence a high commitment level and a desire to work in research
- Work independently and, manage their time ( including study time) to meet project deadlines
- Good communication skills
- Accept feedback and direction as necessary
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If successful you will support the IoPPN CEDI Team in preparing our next Athena Swan Silver Award due in Spring 2025. Working with the Senior CEDI Manager, Vice-Dean (CEDI) and Self-Assessment Team, you will be responsible for analysing all relevant data including student and staff diversity, student degree attainment, staff recruitment and progression and recent survey responses. Along with analysing data, you will hold responsibility for data visualisation and presenting findings from the required datasets. You will also support drafting the application and creating an action plan that builds on insights from the data.
The IoPPN CEDI team is co-led by the Vice-Dean (CEDI), Professor Stephani Hatch and Senior CEDI Manager, Zoe Kennedy. Our approach is shaped by a co-production ethos reflecting the diversity and needs of IoPPN. We have over 100 staff and students involved in CEDI through School leadership positions, goal champions, department and team representatives and Task and Finish Groups. Together, we have led two Athena Swan Silver Awards, improved leadership CEDI engagement and accountability, increased transparency and accountability of progression processes and addressed poor representation in senior leadership positions.
Please note that due to annual leave and tight project timeframes, we will be interviewing on the afternoon of the 7th of January. If you are shortlisted, you will receive an invitation to interview on the 6th of January.
Qualifications
NONE
Skills
- Experience conducting quantitative data analysis including describing or summarising data and modelling data to examine associations
- Experience using PowerBI to access data and where possible familiarity with dedicated statistical software like Stata, R or Python
- Experience with data visualisation and the ability to present complex data in easy to interpret ways such as data tables, plots and graphs.
- Experience leading or working on large and / or complex projects that have competing demands and tight deadlines
- Understanding of culture, equality, diversity and inclusion within Higher Education
Job Description:
London Met's Communications Team is looking for talented student writers and content creators to contribute to our website and communications. This is a great opportunity to gain experience in journalism, content writing, and digital media while getting paid for your work.
Key Responsibilities:
- Write engaging news stories about university events, research, and student life
- Conduct interviews with staff, students, and alumni
- Attend events and produce written summaries
- Create video content for social media (if applicable)
- Assist in developing expert opinion pieces with academics
Who We're Looking For:
- Strong writing skills and an eye for storytelling
- Ability to write in a clear, engaging, and accurate style
- Interest in journalism, communications, or digital media
- Reliable and able to meet deadlines
- Basic video editing skills (desirable but not essential)
Qualifications
N/a
Skills
This is for. journalism students
Wildfires are almost inevitably portrayed as disasters, ignited through carelessness or arson with a massive impact on people?s lives, fauna and flora, and the global carbon budget. Yet recent research, including by the ?Just Fires? group of the Leverhulme Centre for Wildfires, Environment and Society (e.g. Smith et al., 2024), highlights the important role of traditional fire management in supporting people?s livelihoods and creating a patchy biodiverse landscape which mitigates against unintentional and disastrous fires. The project aims to explore the framing of landscape fire in international conventions and agreements as a first step to understanding how these affect national- and local-level fire governance. The study will focus on key international policy frameworks, including the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and other relevant agreements, to analyse how fire is positioned in relation to climate, biodiversity, and land use governance. This will be achieved by:
The successful applicant will contribute to this study by:
Depending on the outcomes of the research, there may be an opportunity to contribute to a publication on international fire policy. The successful applicant will join the Leverhulme Wildfires Centre and be supervised by Professor Kate Schreckenberg (Geography, KCL) and Dr Will Hayes (Geography, RHUL). The total number of hours for this job = 100 hours |
Qualifications
Master-level quealification in Geography, Political Science, Natural Resource, Governance and related subjects.
Applicants should provide a 2-page CV and a cover letter explaining how they meet the essential and desirable skills.
Skills
Essential skills:
- Ability to undertake independent research
- Experience of carrying out a literature review
- Use of NVivo, Excel or other software for thematic
- Good writing skills in English
Desirable skills:
- Experience of policy analysis
- Interest in and work on wildfires
- Interest in climate change, land use and conservation policy
- Collaborative research
- Familiarity with international environmental agreements
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