Research Assistant/associate - Milton Keynes, United Kingdom - The Open University UK

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Unit:
Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)

Salary:
£32,348 -£35,308 - £36,333 £38, 474 (if PhD already held)


Location:
Milton Keynes


Please quote reference: 20880

Full Time Fixed term post until January 2026 post, up to 24 FTE.


Closing Date: 24 May, :00


Change your career, change lives


The Open University is the UK's largest university, a world leader in flexible part-time education combining a mission to widen access to higher education with research excellence, transforming lives through education.

This position is advertised within the Knowledge Media Institute (KMi), a unit of the Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM Faculty).


The Research Assistant/Associate role is externally funded by UKRI under the UK Government's Horizon Europe Guarantee Scheme in the context of the ORBIS Project on "Augmenting participation, co-creation, trust and transparency in Deliberative Democracy at all scale".

The overall aim of this project is to develop novel technologies to enable healthier, as in more transparent, fair, and inclusive participation of citizens in democratic processes.

To do that ORBIS will devise novel,

user-friendly and AI-boosted digital democracy platforms that augments deliberative participation.

The post holder will be prepared to write papers for publication in high quality journals and conferences

For further information about the role, please See the attached
Job Description below for further details and desirable qualities.

This project is externally funded. The agreed salary will be set according to expertise and fit to the role.


What you get in return
We have a strong commitment to providing training and development in and beyond your current role. This includes thorough induction into the organisation and regular reviews of your training and development needs.

We also offer a great range of benefits that support our employees and their families for the long term.

Staff Benefits include an attractive pension proposition and 30/33 days holiday per annum pro rata, plus Bank Holidays and Christmas closure days.

Access details for disabled applicants are available from the Resourcing Hub, telephone: , quoting the vacancy reference above.

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CV:

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Personal statement, _up to 1,000 words_
, you should set out in your statement why you're interested in this role and provide examples of where your skills and experience meet the required competencies for this role as detailed in the job and person specification.


Find out more about us and our mission by watching this short video (you will be taken to YouTube by clicking this link).

Closing date: 24 May 2023 noon

Job share and flexible working patterns will be considered.
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