Details
1122002
UCL
18/01/2027
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Part-time; 16.5 days in total across the whole project
Not Applicable
Pay
£21.33
£3.99
Description
Role
About the project
Black and Racialised Europeans in the UK: Rights, Mobility and Racial Inequality after Brexit is an ESRC Knowledge Exchange-funded project at UCL. The project explores the experiences of Black and racialised European communities in the UK following Brexit, with a focus on rights, mobility and racial inequality.
You will be working with
- Akè Achi, CEO, Black Europeans
- Dr Michela Franceschelli, Associate Professor of Sociology, UCL Social Research Institute
- Dr Simone Varriale, Senior Lecturer in Sociology, Dept. of Criminology, Sociology and Social Policy, SSSH, Loughborough University, UK
Duties and responsibilities
About the role
We are looking for a Research Assistant to provide flexible support across the project. This is a small role of approximately 16.5 days in total, distributed between January 2027 and January 2028 (though might be extended to March 2028). The successful candidate will support research, community engagement and knowledge exchange activities. We particularly welcome applications from people from Black and other racialised communities, as their lived experience and understanding of the issues explored by the project would be valuable to the role.
Main responsibilities
The Research Assistant will:
- Assist with organising project events and workshops.
- Support the transcription and analysis of qualitative interviews.
- Assist with recruiting and communicating with research participants.
- Support project communications and social media.
- Provide general research and administrative support.
- Support engagement with diverse communities and organisations.
*Some activities may require occasional travel within the UK.
Skills and experience
Essential
The successful candidate will have:
- Good administrative and organisational skills.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Experience of, or an interest in, working with diverse communities.
- Experience of administrative, research or project-support work.
- Good attention to detail and the ability to work independently.
- Flexibility and a willingness to undertake a range of tasks.
- An interest in issues relating to migration, race, inequality, rights and/or European communities in the UK.
Desirable
- Experience of qualitative research, interviews or transcription.
- Experience of participant recruitment or community engagement.
- Experience organising events or workshops.
- Experience using social media for research or community engagement.
Working arrangements
The successful candidate will be formally employed by UCL but does not need to be resident in London or based at UCL. The post can be undertaken from elsewhere in the UK, with occasional travel to UCL and other locations as required.
The approximately 16.5 days of work will be scheduled flexibly across the project period according to project needs.
Location
UCL; remote working (with on Campus work if needed)
Additional information
This job will close for applications at 11.59pm on Tuesday November 10th. Interviews will be held shortly after.
*Please note to be eligible to work within this role, you must have the right to work in the UK, be physically based in the UK and be able to travel to our London based office for a RTW check (if required).
*If you have a full-time contract of employment with UCL, you are not able to work through UCL Unitemps at the same time.
Unitemps reserves the right to close this advert for applications prior to the date specified above, if a high volume of suitable applications are received so pleased don't delay applying.
Unitemps payroll is monthly, one month in arrears, please see the payroll dates here.
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