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Research Assistant

£35,100 - £35,100
 

Job Description

Research Assistant in Management (up to a maximum of 40 hours per week for 10 weeks)



This part-time role (up to a maximum of 40 hours per week) will support academics in the Department of Organization, Work and Leadership with their research.



Qualifications

A Master's degree in HRM or related programme.



Skills

We are seeking applicants who wish to gain first-hand experience of conducting research in management, and who have an interest in communicating research to non-academic stakeholders.



 



This part-time role is intended for an individual who is currently on the PhD program or finishing MSc HRM (or equivalent) and who is thinking about doing a PhD.



 



This role requires prior knowledge of literature review, data collection, input and analysis via NVivo software and SPSS software. 



 



Good written and verbal communication skills are essential. Knowledge of the appropriate discipline is required.

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Job description for QWork Assignment

  • Research Assistant in Management (up to a maximum of 4 hours per week for 30 weeks)
  • This part-time role (up to a maximum of 4 hours per week for 30 weeks) will support Dr Sara Melo, Senior Lecturer in Management, in her leading impact project. Supporting the design, implementation, continuous improvement, and effective use of Business Intelligence systems in decision-making at Portuguese NHS hospitals.

 

The Research Assistant will be responsible for:

  • Searching the Internet for examples of toolkits targeted at practitioners in general, and toolkits directly related with the design and implementation of Business Intelligence (BI) systems
  • Preliminary scoping literature review on the models used to evaluate the readiness of hospitals to implement BI systems
  • Collaborate in the graphical design of the paper-based versions of a toolkit (draft and final versions) to be targeted at hospital practitioners to support them in the design, implementation and continuous improvement of a hospital BI system.
  • Identification of examples of activities that could be implemented at the different stages of the creation of a national network/community of practice of hospital staff
  • Identification of examples of questionnaires to measure the impact of research dissemination workshops with practitioners


Qualifications

Applicants must be currently studying towards a PhD.  



Skills
  • Applicants who have an interest in communicating research to non-academic stakeholders.
  • This part-time role is intended for an individual who is currently a PhD student.
  • Good written and verbal communication skills are essential. There is no need to know Portuguese as all the Research Assistant work will be in English.

Overview of the role

To assist in the project Mapping Bilingual Student Talk in NI Mainstream Classrooms. The project under the lead of Dr. Sultan Turkan (School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work) and in conjunction with external partners seeks to conduct classroom-based research on teacher-bilingual student talk. 

This role offers the opportunity to work with primary teachers and their bilingual students in linguistically and culturally diverse mainstream classrooms. 



Qualifications

None



Skills

Essential Criteria 

  • Classroom teaching experience 
  • PGCE in teaching a subject matter
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team 
  • Ability to work to deadlines 
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills 
  • Excellent communication skills to non-academic audience.

Desirable Criteria

  • Knowledge of NI schooling systems and operations
  • Experience in writing for publication
  • Experience in leadership activities

Research Assistant in International Business, Entrepreneurship and Management (up to a maximum of 6.5 hours per week for 24 weeks)

 

This part-time role (up to a maximum of 6.5 hours per week) will support academics in the Department of International Business, Entrepreneurship and Management with their research.



Qualifications

Final-year student in an undergraduate management or international business programme.



Skills

We are seeking applicants who wish to gain first-hand experience in conducting research in international business, entrepreneurship and management and who are interested in communicating research to non-academic stakeholders.

 

This part-time role is intended for an individual who is currently enrolled in the BSc Management or BSc International Business programme and considering pursuing a PhD.

 

Strong written and verbal communication skills are essential. A solid understanding of the relevant discipline is required.

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