Research Fellow

This is an exciting opportunity for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to develop their academic career by joining an international and interdisciplinary research team to work on the ESRC-funded project “The role of digital technology in social networks and wellbeing of unaccompanied young refugees”.

The aim of the project is to conduct research into the role of digital technology in social networks and wellbeing of unaccompanied young refugees: children under 18 who arrived in the UK seeking asylum without a parent or legal guardian to care for them. We will investigate this in a multidisciplinary, participatory mixed-methods project. 

The Research Fellow will be responsible for the day-to-day running of the project, data collection (in-depth interviews, a longitudinal online quantitative survey, and group workshops), qualitative and quantitative data analysis, communication with a wide range of stakeholders and community partners, setting up and managing the project website and social media, attending regular meetings on campus, co-organising events, and developing co-authored publications and presentations. 

The successful applicant will be involved in selecting, training and supervising all research assistants. Research will be conducted in Brighton and Hove and in Greater Manchester and will involve some travel and overnight stays in each fieldwork site.

In order to be successful in this role you should have:

• A postgraduate qualification/PhD or an equivalent level of professional experience
• A relevant degree, preferably in a social science discipline.
• Sufficient, up to date breadth or depth of specialist knowledge in the topic of youth mental health and/or migration and social integration.
• Evidence of engagement in high-quality research activity, such as an emerging track record of high-quality publications.
• Good qualitative research skills and quantitative research skills with competence in statistical analyses.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, both orally and in writing, with a wide range of stakeholders, community partners, and young people.
• Experience supporting or supervising others.
• Excellent organisational and administrative skills, with an ability to prioritise and meet deadlines.
• Experience working with vulnerable groups such as refugees and understanding of the safeguarding risks and harms of such groups.
• Excellent IT skills.

An enhanced DBS with children's barred list is required to be undertaken for this role. 

For further information about the role and the qualities we are looking for, please see the job description.

Further details:

The University is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive environment for all staff regardless of age, disability, family or caring responsibilities, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief (including non-belief), sex and sexual orientation. We embrace equality and diversity in our working, learning, research and teaching environment and are committed to maintaining a supportive and inclusive community. We particularly encourage applicants from Minority Ethnic backgrounds because the University is under-represented by Minority Ethnic staff.

For the vast majority of our roles we operate an agile working system with time split between working on campus and at the employee's home. It is the University's expectation that home working will take place within the UK.

Further information about working for us, as well as the wide range of benefits we offer, can be found in the working with us section of our vacancies page.

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