Research Associate

Based at University of York campus (with some remote working options available)

Role Description

Department

The School for Business and Society is the largest academic unit at the University of York. Housed in the Church Lane Building, this innovative merger between the York Management School and Social Policy and Social Work Department brings together the work of almost 300 academic and professional support staff.

The School wishes to recruit a Research Associate with excellent research skills and experience of conducting independent or collaborative research. This is an exciting opportunity to become part of a team from the Universities of York, Staffordshire and Manchester undertaking a National Institute for Health Research funded project which is testing the feasibility of a women-only, gender- and trauma-informed residential rehabilitation pathway for drug dependent women leaving prison (The ARROW project). This project will start in June 2025 and run until 31st May 2027.

Role

You will be working with the Principal Investigator, Professor Sharon Grace, and with Co-Investigators to support this project across a range of work packages designed to assess the feasibility of the above pathway including literature reviewing, conducting surveys and qualitative interviews with service users, service providers, commissioners and other key informants. You will also facilitate the feasibility study, under the guidance of the York Trials Unit. You will also be responsible, with the PI and Co-Is, for the analysis of emergent findings from this research project and will facilitate co-produced events, preparing research outputs for publication, and disseminating research findings to relevant audiences.

Skills, Experience & Qualification needed

• A PhD in the Social Sciences or equivalent experience (including lived experience).
• Relevant knowledge to be able to engage in high quality research.
• Knowledge of a range of social science research techniques and methodologies.
• Highly developed communication skills to engage effectively with a wide range of audiences, both orally and in writing, using a range of media.
• Ability to work as part of a team and also to work independently using your own initiative. 
• A collaborative ethos.

Interview date: To Be Confirmed

For informal enquiries: Please contact Professor Sharon Grace (sharon.grace@york.ac.uk) 

Condition of employment

This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act. Consequently, all applicants will be asked to declare both unspent and spent convictions on their application form.

Appointment of the successful candidate will be conditional on a Disclosure and Barring Service check.

The University strives to be diverse and inclusive  – a place where we can ALL be ourselves.

We particularly encourage applications from people who identify as Black, Asian or from a Minority Ethnic background, who are underrepresented at the University. 

We offer family friendly, flexible working arrangements, with forums and inclusive facilities to support our staff. #EqualityatYork

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