Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse - Edinburgh, United Kingdom - University of Edinburgh

University of Edinburgh

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Edinburgh, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

UE05:
£25,285.00 to £28,929.00 Per Annum Pro Rata

CAHSS / Moray House School of Education and Sport / Childlight - Global Child Safety Institute

Fixed Term Contract, PhD Internship:
Part Time - 9 Hours per Week

Contract Length: 12 Months, with the possibility of extension - starting as soon as possible

The Opportunity:

We are looking for a PhD Publications Support Intern to support the research and knowledge dissemination work of Childlight - Global Child Safety Institute.

Childlight is funded by the Human Dignity Foundation and takes a data driven, evidence-based approach to understanding the prevalence and nature of child sexual exploitation and abuse (CSEA) across the globe.

It aims to translate this research into sustainable action that safeguards children.

The intern will support Childlight researchers to prepare articles for publication in academic journals including assistance in creating reference lists, manuscript formatting, creating supplementary materials for publications and help with screening and data extraction for systematic reviews as well as writing up journal articles.

Your skills and attributes for success:

Currently enrolled as a PhD student in the social sciences or other related discipline at the UoE
Knowledge of qualitative and quantitative research methodologies
Excellent academic writing skills in English
Excellent computer skills using Word, Excel etc
Ability to work independently as well as part of a team

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As a valued member of our team you can expect:
An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success.

You will benefit from a competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits, which includes a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme, staff discounts, family friendly initiatives, flexible working and much more.

Access our staff benefits page for further information and use our reward calculator to find out the total value of pay and benefits provided.

The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education.

We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.

Interviews will be held approximately 2 weeks after the closing date.

If invited for interview you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our right to work webpages.