Research Fellow

**Unit**: Faculty of Business and Law (FBL)
**Salary**: £28,762 - £34,308
**Location**: Milton Keynes
**Please quote reference**: 20805
1 x Part Time, Fixed Term until 30 Jun 2026 - 32 hrs/week approx (0.86 FTE)
**Closing Date**: 6 April, 2023 - 12:00

**Change your career, change lives**

The Open University is the UK’s largest university, a world leader in flexible part-time education combining a mission to widen access to higher education with research excellence, transforming lives through education.

**The role**

Applications are invited for a Research Fellow to work on the Horizon Europe-funded project ICAERUS (Innovations and Capacity Building in Agricultural Environmental and Rural UAV Services) in the Open University Business School with Drs Giacomo Carli, Kristen Reid and Despoina Filiou.

This is an exciting opportunity for a researcher with interest in technical and business fields as the ICAREUS project partners span multiple sectors in civil society, including governance bodies, NGOs, higher education institutions, business partners and community development organisations. The post holder will have experience of academic research within the social sciences, notably in business, management, community and/or international development, economics, organisational psychology, or organisation studies.

The full summary of duties and person specification can be found within the Job Description.

The full summary of duties and person specification can be found within the Job Description attached below.

**Skills and experience**

**Essential**:

- A first degree or equivalent experience, ideally in a social science or other discipline of relevance to the research project
- Experience of qualitative and/or quantitative research in a social science context
- Qualitative analysis skills such as NVIVO
- Quantitative analysis skills, such as SPSS
- Computer literacy and ICT competence
- Excellent verbal communication skills
- Excellent written communications skills
- Capable of taking responsibility for own elements of work within a team framework
- Evidence of an ability to produce work to agreed quality and within tight deadlines
- A commitment to, and understanding of, equal opportunities policies and practices
- A willingness to work collaboratively with partners and stakeholders

**Desirable**:

- Academic expertise in aspects of learning (e.g. individual, professional, organisational, L & D improvement).
- Demonstration of knowledge of the current context of drone uses

**What you get in return**

We have a strong commitment to providing training and development in and beyond your current role. This includes thorough induction into the organisation and regular reviews of your training and development needs.

We also offer a great range of benefits that support our employees and their families for the long term. Staff Benefits include an attractive pension proposition and 33 days holiday per annum pro rata, plus Bank Holidays and Christmas closure days.

**How to apply**

Access details for disabled applicants are available from the Resourcing Hub, telephone: 01908 655544, quoting the vacancy reference above.
- **CV**:

- **Personal statement, **_up to 1,000 words_**, you should set out in your statement why you’re interested in this role and provide examples of where your skills and experience meet the required competencies for this role as detailed in the job and person specification.**

Remember to attach your CV and Personal Statement as **ONE DOCUMENT.**

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**Closing date: 6**th** April 2023 at 12:00 (Noon)**

**We offer a range of inclusive employment policies which include family and carer friendly flexible working arrangements and have many supportive staff networks and wellbeing services. We also endorse the principles of Athena SWAN, with commitment from all levels of the organisation in promoting gender equity. Our **Staff Benefits** page under Employment provides further links and information.