Location: | Milton Keynes |
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Salary: | £33,966 to £36,024 pro rata (actual £27,172.80 to £28,819.20) |
Hours: | Part Time |
Contract Type: | Fixed-Term/Contract |
Placed On: | 5th July 2024 |
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Closes: | 18th July 2024 |
Job Ref: | 21724 |
Terms: Part time - 30 hours per week, fixed-term contract until 28 February 2025
Closing date: 18 July 2024, 12 noon
Whilst this role is contractually based in Milton Keynes, the successful applicant will be able to work from home for the majority of the time, with occasional attendance in Milton Keynes as required. Please note that travel expenses to Milton Keynes will not be covered.
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
We are seeking a research associate to contribute to the Economic and Social Research Council-funded project entitled Trust in forensic science evidence in the criminal justice system: The experience of marginalised groups. The successful candidate will help produce research that will enrich understandings of how the general public and specific marginalised members of the public (dis)trust forensic science evidence, i.e., DNA and digital evidence, and the way it is used in the Criminal Justice System (CJS) in an end-to-end, crime scene to courtroom process. They will be part of a project team developing a relationship between charities that support marginalised users, academics and stakeholders involved in the CJS in the UK to consider issues of trust in forensic science. The successful candidate will use their qualitative and quantitative research methods knowledge and skills to capture, analyse and disseminate data to a range of academic and non-academic audiences, as well as working with the project team in maximising the potential for dissemination and engagement. They will be involved in designing and coordinating several knowledge exchange events.
Skills and experience
If you would like to discuss the particulars of this role before making an application, please contact Dr. Lara Frumkin, School of Psychology and Counselling, by email at: lara.frumkin@open.ac.uk
What you get in return
We offer a great range of benefits that support our employees and their families for the long term. Benefits include 33 days holiday per annum pro rata, plus Bank Holidays and Christmas closure days and an attractive pension proposition.
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