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Research Assistant Literature Review
Job Description
This new project 'Preventing Public Value Destruction through Common Standards in Co-production and Community Engagement in the Public Sector' aims to scale up, at national level, the existing work-stream on Social Integration and Regeneration at LondonMet, by building the partnership structure and knowledge base of a collaborative bid to the Nuffield Foundation (submission in March / September 2023).
In order to support this project, we will need a research assistant to help with the following tasks:
o Conduct research - Outputs: Systematic literature review
o Utilise and deploy basic research techniques under the supervision of Prof. Stirbu.
o Assist in the planning and implementation of specific research activities, as directed.
o Undertake literature searches, and organisation evidence as appropriate.
o Assist in the collection of data as appropriate (for this project: gathering organisation evidence)
o Assist in the analysis of qualitative and quantitative data, as directed.
o Contribute to the solution of problems encountered in the research context, referring issues as appropriate to the senior staff.
o Presentation of findings ? (Additional outputs: Presentation, Zotero references library)
o Assist with the presentation of findings.
o Participate in the documentation of the results arising from research activity.
o Contribute towards the publication of research findings in suitable publications.
o Planning and managing resources
o Work to deadlines and manage competing priorities, with direction as appropriate from Prof. Stirbu.
o University/school profile
o As appropriate, liaise with relevant internal and external contacts/organisations in related areas of study.
This is a great opportunity for a graduate student or PGR student who want to further develop skills around academic research and writing, with a particular emphasis on conducting systematic literature reviews, project management and stakeholder engagement.
No teaching is required for this role.
Qualifications
graduate or postgraduate student
a social science background is much desirable for this.
Skills
You will need to have a good knowledge of conducting literature reviews in a systematic manner
You will need. a good ability to identify appropriate sources
Good theoretical and practical anchoring of the main working concepts
You will need to enjoy writing and have good writing skills
You need to be a confident user of any one of the academic referencing tools (Zotero, Mandalay etc)
In order to support this project, we will need a research assistant to help with the following tasks:
o Conduct research - Outputs: Systematic literature review
o Utilise and deploy basic research techniques under the supervision of Prof. Stirbu.
o Assist in the planning and implementation of specific research activities, as directed.
o Undertake literature searches, and organisation evidence as appropriate.
o Assist in the collection of data as appropriate (for this project: gathering organisation evidence)
o Assist in the analysis of qualitative and quantitative data, as directed.
o Contribute to the solution of problems encountered in the research context, referring issues as appropriate to the senior staff.
o Presentation of findings ? (Additional outputs: Presentation, Zotero references library)
o Assist with the presentation of findings.
o Participate in the documentation of the results arising from research activity.
o Contribute towards the publication of research findings in suitable publications.
o Planning and managing resources
o Work to deadlines and manage competing priorities, with direction as appropriate from Prof. Stirbu.
o University/school profile
o As appropriate, liaise with relevant internal and external contacts/organisations in related areas of study.
This is a great opportunity for a graduate student or PGR student who want to further develop skills around academic research and writing, with a particular emphasis on conducting systematic literature reviews, project management and stakeholder engagement.
No teaching is required for this role.
Qualifications
graduate or postgraduate student
a social science background is much desirable for this.
Skills
You will need to have a good knowledge of conducting literature reviews in a systematic manner
You will need. a good ability to identify appropriate sources
Good theoretical and practical anchoring of the main working concepts
You will need to enjoy writing and have good writing skills
You need to be a confident user of any one of the academic referencing tools (Zotero, Mandalay etc)
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Thank you for your interest. This job has already been offered and accepted, unfortunately King's Talent Bank will not remove the ad until 7th October which is why it still appears as live.
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Thank you for your interest. This job has already been offered and accepted, unfortunately King's Talent Bank will not remove the ad until 7th October which is why it still appears as live.
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