Funeral Innovations Ktp Associate - Durham, United Kingdom - Durham University

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Funeral Innovations KTP Associate
(Job Number
: )**Department of Theology and Religion

Grade 6:

£29,605 per annum

Fixed Term - Full Time

Contract Duration:
24 months

Contracted Hours per Week:
37.5

Closing Date:
06-Mar-2024, 5:59:00 PM

Disclosure and Barring Service Requirement:

Not Applicable.

Durham University

Durham University is one of the world's top universities with strengths across the Arts and Humanities, Sciences and Social Sciences.

We are home to some of the most talented scholars and researchers from around the world who are tackling global issues and making a difference to people's lives.

The University sits in a beautiful historic city where it shares ownership of a UNESCO World Heritage Site with Durham Cathedral, the greatest Romanesque building in Western Europe.

A collegiate University, Durham recruits outstanding students from across the world and offers an unmatched wider student experience.

Less than 3 hours north of London, and an hour and a half south of Edinburgh, County Durham is a region steeped in history and natural beauty.

The Durham Dales, including the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, are home to breath-taking scenery and attractions. Durham offers an excellent choice of city, suburban and rural residential locations.

The University provides a range of benefits including pension and childcare benefits and the University's Relocation Manager can assist with potential schooling requirements.

Faculty/Service:

Arts and Humanities**
Department:Theology and Religion**
Role Title:Funeral Innovations KTP Associate**
Salary Range:£29,605
per annum

Attendance requirements:

Working Hours and holiday entitlement are in line with Kindly Earth
:

Working Hours:
9.00 am to 5.00 pm 37.5 hours per week_ _

Holidays:
28 days per annum

Contract type:
24 months fixed term**
The KTP Project

The KTP Associate will lead a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) project that is a collaboration between Durham University and Kindly Earth based in Houghton-Le-Spring.

The Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) scheme helps businesses to innovate and grow through the aid of discipline specific academic expertise.

It does this by linking them with an academic supervisory team and a researcher in a university to work on a specific project.

Working alongside the Company Directors and General Manager, the KTP Associate will be involved in a project to assess the social, cultural, and religious barriers to the introduction in the UK of alkaline hydrolysis (Resomation) and to develop the strategies to overcome these and support the growth of this innovative environmentally sustainable method of human disposition.

Working as a KTP Associate provides a range of career development opportunities including:

The opportunity to undertake a Higher Degree (if applicable)
Attendance at two residential, one week, management training workshops

- £4000 individual training budget to spend on personal development opportunities such as further training or conferences

Kindly Earth (Kindly Earth) The Kindly Earth brand represents Resomation technology globally and has the rights for the re sale of Resomation equipment in the United Kingdom.

Resomation Ltd handles development of the technology and manufacture of the Resomation equipment, and Kindly Earth Ltd is the B2C organisation responsible for sales and marketing and building awareness of Resomation in the UK, to enable the introduction and provision of Resomation as an alternative funeral choice.

Kindly Earth's vision is to:

Demystify the Resomation process
Develop, share and represent an accurate and informative narrative founded on what Resomation means for both the public and the funeral industry (rather than focussing solely on the technology and process)
Provide support for Resomation to be incorporated into any choice of funeral arrangement.

Specific responsibilities of the Associate:

Direct liaison with Professors Douglas Davies and Matthew Guest on funerals, cultural themes, social change, and some engagement with the field of Death, Ritual and Belief as pursued within the Department of Theology and Religion.
Promotion of the project, final reporting, including progress reviews and updates to stakeholders.
Journal/conference paper writing and publishing.

Person Specification

The Requirements

Essential:

1. Qualifications

2. Experience

Nuanced cultural understanding of the societal and cultural issues in this project.

3. Skills

Ability to carry out social surveys and interviews with excellent written and spoken English.
Effective interpersonal and communication skills and a demonstrable ability to work cooperatively as part of a team.
Capacity to engage in a nuanced way with the bereaved and with service providers.
Selfmotivation and ability to work autonomously and to schedule