"Community Catapult Research Fellow"

Queen’s Communities and Place (QCAP) is an AHSS Faculty flagship research initiative based in the School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work. It launched in November 2021, and supports the creation of research partnerships between world-leading academics and partner communities. QCAP focuses on a “placebased” approach, harnessing local expertise, insight, and academic expertise to create and test novel solutions to previously intractable problems. In addition to this, it provides the opportunity to work with other national and international partners, sharing knowledge and best practice and creating new, sustainable partnerships for the longer term.

The C4 (Centre for Collaboration in Community Connectedness) Community Catapult Research Fellow is located within Queen’s Communities and Place (QCAP) at Queen’s University Belfast and will, alongside community partners, define and maintain the standards for the project management lifecycle across the C4 catapult community sites namely Market Belfast, Darnel Sheffield, Brixton and Clackmannanshire. The role supports the C4 Senior Management Team in the co-ordination and administration of engaged research projects emerging from community needs. You will support and enable communities to ensure needs are met, risks and issues are monitored for quality, the recruitment and procurement procedures are adhered to, and financial controls are in place in line with relevant C4 processes and procedures.

About the person:

Essential Criteria

Education and Qualifications

• An upper second class honours degree (or equivalent) or a Masters degree in a social science discipline.
• Have or be about to obtain a PhD in a relevant subject

Experience:

• Relevant research experience working on a project that relates to areas of interest to the Centre, i.e. Communities, mental health and well-being, social economy
• Experience of relationship building with stakeholder groups relevant to the centre e.g. community groups, voluntary sector.
• Experience & knowledge of engaged research initiatives and of developing structures and systems in line with stakeholder requirements

To be successful at shortlisting stage, please ensure you clearly evidence in your application how you meet the essential and, where applicable, desirable criteria listed in the Candidate Information.

Fixed term contract posts are available for the stated period in the first instance but in particular circumstances may be renewed or made permanent subject to availability of funding.

What we offer:

Beyond a competitive salary, the University offers an attractive benefits package including a holiday entitlement of up to 8.4 weeks a year, pension schemes and development opportunities. We support staff wellbeing with flexible working options, work-life balance initiatives and support for physical and mental health. You can find more detail on all of this and more at www.qub.ac.uk/directorates/HumanResources/pay-reward-and-benefits.

Queen's University is committed to promoting equality of opportunity to all. We subscribe to Equality Charter Marks such as the Diversity Charter Mark NI and Athena Swan and have established staff networks such as iRise (Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and International Staff Network) and PRISM (LGBTQ+) which help us progress equality.

For further information on our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, please visit www.qub.ac.uk/diversity.

If you are an international applicant and don't already hold a visa that permits you to take up the role you are applying for, please use the information provided on our website to self-assess whether the University is likely to be able to support a visa application - go.qub.ac.uk/internationalstaffsupport.