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Research Fellow - Birmingham, United Kingdom - University of Birmingham

University of Birmingham

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Birmingham, United Kingdom

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Position Details
College of Social Sciences

Location:
University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham UK

Full time starting salary is normally in the range £33,348 to £43,155 with potential progression once in post to £45,737

Grade 7

Full Time, Fixed Term contract up to April 2027

Closing date: 16th May 2023

Background

CHASM is an interdisciplinary research centre which undertakes cutting edge research into the local and global challenge of financial risk and insecurity facing a growing number of households.

Our work focuses on understanding the challenges households face, and producing research evidence of the highest quality to improve financial wellbeing.

This is an exciting time to join the CHASM team, as we tackle these pressing problems against a backdrop of a cost-of-living crisis and high income and wealth inequality.

Our research agenda is diverse and falls under three main themes:
Wealth, Assets and Inequality; Poverty, Precarity, Saving and Debt, and Risk and Financial Wellbeing in Later Life.

The CHASM core team is made up of over ten members of professional services and academic staff with varied disciplinary backgrounds from across the School of Social Policy and the Birmingham Business School, as well as honorary research fellows and internal and external associate members.

Role Summary

Planning for later life now requires the careful negotiation of a range of risks and uncertainties, from personal life events over which people have limited control, to the market risks associated with financial transactions, especially in respect of complex financial products.

Applicants will be expected to outline at least one research project they would design and deliver during the three-year post.

If shortlisted, they will be expected to come prepared to discuss their project ideas in more detail at interview.

Since later life financial wellbeing is so often dependent on financial circumstances and decisions made earlier in life, we welcome ideas based on long-term savings, barriers to planning ahead, and other long-term inequalities that may influence or shape financial security and wellbeing in later life.

Equally, we welcome those focusing on different aspects of financial security and wellbeing in later life.

The post-holder will be expected to work individually and with members of the CHASM team on a range of relevant research activities including data collection and analysis, writing academic papers and policy briefings, organisation and delivery of workshops, seminars and larger events such as the annual CHASM conference, as well as other research-related activity when needed.

The post-holder will be based in the School of Social Policy/Department for Social Policy, Sociology and Criminology.

Main Duties

Undertaking qualitative/quantitative/mixed methods research on topics related to CHASM's Financial Wellbeing in Later Life, theme
Desk research
Organisation of, and participation in, workshops, seminars, conferences and other research events
Managing data for appropriate sharing and archiving, including taking appropriate care to ensure preservation of confidentiality where required.
Presenting research outputs in academic publications and at seminars and conferences.
Disseminating research findings to a variety of audiences.
Undertaking management and administration arising from research.
Being an active member of the CHASM team, attending and contributing to meetings, seminars, events, and contributing to CHASM researchrelated activities
Maintaining a high output of academic publications of exceptional quality, to include sole

- and co-authored papers in peer-reviewed journals and other agreed outputs.

Contributing as appropriate to research proposals/bid submissions designed to develop the work of CHASM.
Supervise students on research related work and provide guidance to PhD students where appropriate to the discipline
Contribute to public engagement activities of manifest benefit to the College and the University, often under supervision of a project leader
Provide guidance, as required, to support staff and any students who may be assisting with the research
Deal with problems that may affect the achievement of research objectives and deadlines
Promotes equality and values diversity acting as a role model and fostering an inclusive working culture.
Undertaking any other duties required, commensurate with the grade of the post

Person Specification

Essential:

First degree in Social Policy, Sociology, or related discipline
Experience of conducting empirical research and analysing data
Ability and willingness to work collaboratively as a member of the research team.
Ability to communicate complex information clearly to different audiences, including nonspecialist, nonacademic audiences
Excellent organization skills
Ability to work to deadlines

Desirable: