Postdoctoral Research Fellow

2 months ago


Edinburgh, United Kingdom University of Edinburgh Full time

**UE07, £37,099 - £44,263**

**Politics and International Relations, School of Social and Political Science, College of Arts Humanities and Social Sciences**

**Full Time for 35 hours per week**

**Fixed Term for 36 months from as soon as possible, with potential for a further 2 years
**The Opportunity**:
You will join the UKRI-funded research project, QUALREP: The Quality of Women’s Political Representation, to collaborate closely with the project team on research design, data collection and analysis; authoring project outputs; and supporting the dissemination, engagement and impact efforts. There is a possibility of extension for an additional 2 years.

**Your skills and attributes for success**:

- A PhD (or equivalent) in a relevant social science (for example, Politics, Gender Studies, Sociology, Social Science, Geography).
- Relevant doctoral or postdoctoral experience (or equivalent work experience) conducting quantitative **or **qualitative research to advanced level and both qualitative **and **quantitative research to basic level.
- Training in dissemination, engagement and impact
- Ability to author high quality academic publications to deadlines.
- Experience of disseminating research to non-academic audiences, including via social media Commitment to working collaboratively with civil society groups

**Click to view a copy of the full job description
**As a valued member of our team you can expect**:
An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success. You will benefit from a competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits, which includes a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme, staff discounts, family-friendly initiatives, flexible working and much more. Click to access our **staff benefits page **for further information and use our reward calculator to find out the total value of pay and benefits provided.

The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.

Prior to any employment commencing with the University you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our right to work webpages

**Key dates to note**

Interviews will be held in person on 22 or 23 January 2024.



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