Research Assistant

3 weeks ago


Glasgow, United Kingdom University of Strathclyde Full time

**Salary Range**:£31,396 - £34,980

**FTE**:1.0 (35 hours/week)

**Term**: Fixed Term (31/03/25)

**Closing Date**:15/08/2023

The Children and Young People’s Centre for Justice (CYCJ) works towards ensuring that Scotland’s approach to children and young people in conflict with the law is rights-respecting; contributing to better outcomes for our children, young people and communities. We produce robust ground-breaking work by bringing together children and young people’s contributions, research evidence, practice wisdom and system know-how to operate as a leader for child and youth justice thinking in Scotland and beyond.

We work across three workstreams: Practice and Policy Development, Research, and, Participation and Engagement.

CYCJ is primarily funded by the Scottish Government and is hosted by the University of Strathclyde, in the School of Social Work and Social Policy. Our Executive Governance Group has oversight of CYCJ and our strategic direction, and consists of representatives from across policy, practice, research and lived experience.

You will be a graduate in the social sciences with good written and oral communication skills and experience in a range of social research methods and analysis. You should understand the practical and ethical issues involved in conducting research with children and young people. Knowledge and understanding of CYCJ and the context of youth justice in Scotland is desirable.

Please note that this post is fixed term until March 2025, to provide additional capacity on a number of fixed-term projects.

Formal interviews for this post will be held on 24th / 25th August.

**Research Assistant (550255)**

**Department**:School of Social Work and Social Policy

**Posted**:28/07/2023

**Closing date**:15/08/2023

**Closing time**:23:59


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