Research Assistant - Gendering The Energy Transition (GENDERGY): Legal Cartographies Of Precarity In

Job Description

The GENDERGY project examines how the global energy transition impacts labour and land dynamics in Africa and Latin America, with a focus on gendered precarity. The research explores the legal frameworks governing land tenure, labour rights, and investment law, as well as legal mobilizations in response to socio-economic disruptions.

It is a cross-institutional research collaboration among Tilburg University (Netherlands), University of Cape Town (South Africa), Funda??o Getulio Vargas (Brazil), and King?s College London (UK), supported by the Law Schools Global League (LSGL). 

Research assistants will support the project team by conducting research and contributing to data collection and analysis. The research assistant will help the project team to develop an open-access database of legal frameworks governing the energy transition and its intersections across land, labour, and investment law, as well as case documents from legal mobilizations in the selected countries, the appointed researcher will be expected to:

  • Conduct literature and legal reviews on legal frameworks related to investment law with reference to the laws and contexts of Latin America
  • Review and code relevant documents (with a focus on Peru) to build an open-access database 
  • Support the development of an open-access database 
  • Contribute to policy and legal analysis within the project's scope
  • Assist with research coordination

Please note the pay rate is ?18.73 for PG level and ?21.09 for PhD level.

Please apply by sending your CV and Cover letter to Dr Clara Lopez Rodriguez, claram.lopez_rodriguez@kcl.ac.uk



Qualifications
  • Enrolled in or recently completed a graduate program in law, political science, or a related field
  • Strong research and analytical skills, with experience in legal and policy research
  • Familiarity with labour law, land rights, investment law, mining or energy transition policies preferred
  • Familiarity with literature on the gendered impacts of environmental harms, preferably from a global South perspective

 



Skills
  • Ability to work independently and as part of an international research team
  • Excellent written and spoken communication skills in English;      proficiency in Spanish is a strong asset
  • Familiarity or willingness to use Excel to build a database
  • Familiarity or willingness to use Zotero as citation software
  • Familiarity or willingness to use NVivo or similar software to code relevant documents

 

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Qualifications

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Skills

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Qualifications

Degree in the field 



Skills

Strong communication skills, cultural competency, and organisation

To support and assist King's Climate & Sustainability (KCS) to manage our data and reporting activities for 7-14 hours a week. It is crucial that the Sustainability Data Assistant works alongside the Sustainability Engagement Manager and Principal Analyst (Sustainability) and as part of the KCS team, to understand and contribute to the team's data management priorities for maximum impact. 

 

Tasks may include (but not limited to): 

King?s Climate and Sustainability engagement data management: 

Working with the Sustainability Engagement Manager to develop a database to manage King?s Climate & Sustainability engagement data for campaigns, events and other relevant activities, building on existing data collection and giving careful consideration to how the data is organised and managed to enable effective analysis. 

Develop ideas for improvements to data collection processes, including the alignment (and development where necessary) of feedback forms.  

Analyse engagement data to draw insights on how the King?s community is engaging with KCS activities, making recommendations on how this might inform our Comms & Engagement Strategy.  

 

Sustainability in the curriculum ? research and measurement: 

Working with the Principal Analyst ? Sustainability and Project Manager (Education), conduct research into methods used by other institutions to measure embeddedness of sustainability in the curriculum.  

Based on outcomes of research, support the Principal Analyst to begin testing approaches to measurement, for example through the use of AI tools. 

 

Sustainability Reporting ? dependent on start date, a number of projects may be underway and require support, such as: 

Supporting the development of reporting assets as required for the Annual Sustainability Report, translating data into accessible and appropriate formats. 

Other key data and reporting projects as required.  

 

Role information:  

This role is hybrid and flexible (strongly prefer 1 regular day in the office). The KCS office is based on the Strand campus.  

 

Interviews will be held on Monday 23 of June. 



Qualifications

NONE



Skills

Essential 

Technical: 

Data management ? ability to develop processes for managing and maintaining contacts data in a streamlined and efficient manner. 

Data collection - experience in gathering and compiling data from various sources and an interest in improving the efficiency of these processes, for example through automation. 

Data modelling and analysis ? expertise in developing and implementing data models to support business intelligence. 

Data analysis - strong analytical skills to interpret and analyse data to support decision-making processes. 

Power BI ? proficiency in creating reports in Power BI to visualise and communicate data insights. 

Tools ? Advanced Excel including data manipulation, pivot tables, and complex formulas; Experience building reports in Power BI is desired; Experience using any programming languages (DAX, M, Python) is a plus.  

 

Other skills: 

Strong attention to detail; 

Proactive - able to take initiative in line with the team's priorities; 

Flexible and reliable - able to accommodate requests to adjust priorities as needed; 

Organisational skills - able to develop plans for projects and structure work and time accordingly, communicating any needs for support in good time; 

Ability to work independently; 

Ability to demonstrate a passion for and commitment to equality & diversity and sustainability issues; 

Excellent at working as part of a team. 

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