Location: | Shrivenham |
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Salary: | £37,337 to £41,406 per annum |
Hours: | Full Time |
Contract Type: | Fixed-Term/Contract |
Placed On: | 16th August 2024 |
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Closes: | 31st August 2024 |
Job Ref: | 4897 |
Fixed Term Contract for 9 Months
Shrivenham, Oxfordshire, SN6 8LA
About the Role
The Applied Psychology Group comprises a small team of academics who deliver research, consultation and scholarship-led postgraduate teaching on the psychological mechanisms (including cognitive processes) underpinning human behaviour across different contexts. You will collaborate on applied cognitive research in areas of interest to defence and industry within research programmes funded by the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, through various contractual mechanisms.
About You
You will have a PhD in an appropriate field such as Cognitive Psychology, Experimental Psychology, Applied Psychology/Occupational Psychology. You will have British Psychological Society (BPS) membership. Experience in human factors, with a bias towards cognitive psychology, and experience in experimental design and statistical methods and their application is essential. You will have knowledge of a wide range of quantitative and qualitative research methodologies and the ability to design, implement and report on quantitative and mixed methods research.
About Us
As a specialist postgraduate university, Cranfield’s world-class expertise, large-scale facilities and unrivalled industry partnerships are creating leaders in technology and management globally. Learn more about Cranfield and our unique impact here.
Our Values and Commitments
Our shared, stated values help to define who we are and underpin everything we do: Ambition; Impact; Respect; and Community. Find out more here.
We aim to create and maintain a culture in which everyone can work and study together and realise their full potential. We are a Disability Confident Employer and proud members of the Stonewall Diversity Champions Programme. We are committed to actively exploring flexible working options for each role and have been ranked in the Top 30 family friendly employers in the UK by the charity Working Families. Find out more about our key commitments to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and Flexible Working here.
Working Arrangements
Collaborating and connecting are integral to so much of what we do. Our Working Arrangements Framework provides many staff with the opportunity to flexibly combine on-site and remote working, where job roles allow, balancing the needs of our community of staff, students, clients and partners.
How to apply
For an informal discussion about this opportunity, please contact Dr Marie Cahillane, Head of Applied Psychology Group, at m.cahillane@cranfield.ac.uk.
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