Research Fellow

Location: Greenwich Campus
Salary: £37,999 to £43,878 plus £4170 London weighting
Contract Type: Fixed Term - 31 Months
Closing Date: Tuesday 10 December 2024
Interview Date: To be confirmed
Reference: 4789

The School of Human Sciences, University of Greenwich, is seeking a postdoctoral research associate to work on a 31-month UKRI funded project to investigate multilingual primary school children’s understanding of inferences in English listening and reading comprehension. The role is offered on a fixed term contract basis from January 2025 (or as soon as possible thereafter).

Under the supervision of the Co-I (Dr Alessandra Valentini – University of Greenwich) and the PI (Prof. Ludovica Serratrice – University of Reading) the postholder’s duties will include all aspects of running a quantitative study to assess multilingual primary school children’s language skills in English – with a specific focus on their ability to make inferences in spoken and written texts. 

The postholder will be expected to work collaboratively as part of a team, liaise with the partner school in Newham (East London) and any other primary schools in the London area that will be recruited to the project. 

A degree in psycholinguistics, psychology, or a related area, quantitative research methods and advanced statistics skills, project management experience, previous experience with recruiting and testing primary school children, and the ability to work independently and effectively within a research team are essential.

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to interview. Informal enquiries may be made to the University of Greenwich based Co-Investigator Dr Alessandra Valentini (a.valentini@greenwich.ac.uk) and the Principal Investigator, Prof. Ludovica Serratrice (l.serratrice@reading.ac.uk).

Should you have any queries please contact the People Operations Team via email peopleoperationsfehhs@greenwich.ac.uk 

We operate a hybrid working policy, as set out in the University’s Working Principles and Guidelines.

Employment Visa: Under the UK Government Points Based System scheme this role does meet the criteria to be sponsored for a Skilled Worker Route application. 

We are looking for people who can help us achieve our Strategic Plan, through the values we expect for our whole university community, of being Inclusive, Collaborative and Impactful.

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The university welcomes people from diverse and underrepresented communities who can help the university to achieve its mission. 

We do this through taking positive action such as encouraging applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, disabled and LGBT+ people. As part of our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Time to Change Employer Pledge/Mentally Healthy Universities, we are committed to promoting and supporting the physical and mental health of all our staff, and removing barriers to improve inclusion. 

We encourage applicants to disclose experience of mental health problems so we can support them fully during our recruitment process and make any necessary reasonable adjustments. Any information disclosed will be kept confidential and separate from the job application form. 

We are making significant strides to understand and continuously improve our employees’ experience and we are committed to implementing progressive diversity talent management.

Please note that we reserve the right to close this vacancy early. This includes but is not limited to situations where we receive a high volume of applications or where there is change in our operational needs. 

It is anticipated that interviews for this post will take place on the week commencing 6 January 2025.

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