Research Associate - Future Skills Think Tank

The LSA is an independent higher education provider established in 2013. We are a small school with a big mission, currently offering a two-year postgraduate in Designing Architecture.

The LSA is seeking a highly competent, creative and collaborative research associate to be a part of our team, supporting on admin and desk research. The work will be assisting the project delivery in its current stage, in the understanding that the LSA see’s this as a long term project it will be continuing to find funding for. You will support the mapping and audit of the current state of built environment education. An understanding of building standards, educational standards, key issues facing the industry and challenges in achieving a truly just transition will be key to this work.

We will be critical of labour practices and the large systemic forces that create poor working conditions and places. This project poses questions such as:

• What would it mean to teach bio-regional built environment education?
• What role does property ownership play in perpetuating key issues?
• How can we engage with neighbourhood retrofit in a just and scalable way?

We particularly encourage applicants from the Global Majority and those who have been traditionally excluded from industry on the basis of class and gender.

We encourage applicants with in-depth knowledge of the built environment sector who are not trained as architects.

 Outline brief and responsibilities:

• Undertake desk-based research
• 1:1 research interviews with industry stakeholders
• Identify and onboard participants for gathering evidence
• Arrange evidence taking sessions and summarise findings
• Manage project data and information flows
• Liaise with key funders and stakeholders
• Co-produce a concluding project report for the LSA including key recommendations, best practice case studies and summaries of evidence
• Manage a budget

 Essential skills & experience:

• Excellent collaborator and communicator: written, verbal and interpersonal
• Confident and rigorous in desk-based and in-person research
• Self-motivated under tight deadlines
• Experience in organising events and meetings, aligning diaries and producing minutes
• Working knowledge of the built environment industry and education sector
• Confident in project management and implementation against strict deadlines.
• Meticulous in managing project data and information flows
• Writing and producing reports

 Desirable:

• Ability to work flexibly as part of a wider team
• Doctoral or Post-doctoral qualifications (or equivalent qualification/experience) in the built environment, social policy, or other cognate areas to the focuses of the project

READY TO APPLY?

If you are interested in being considered for this position, please apply to us no later than 23.59 (BST) on Monday 02 December.

Interviews will be held on Friday 6th of December.

Please provide the following in your application:

• An expression of interest with evidence of research capability
• A current CV
• An extract from a research document, e.g. peer review article, research degree submission/PhD, reports, book chapters etc.
• Contact details of two referees

Click on the 'Apply' button above to submit your application.

You can also email with any questions you have about the project to rachael@the-lsa.org.

The LSA is committed to the promotion of equality and diversity principles and to ensuring that those principles are embedded in its culture and work. The LSA expects suppliers to demonstrate a similarly high level of commitment to promoting equality and diversity.

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