"Research Fellow, Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre"

Are you an ambitious, impact-focussed researcher looking for your next challenge? Do you have a research interest in policing and vulnerable groups, the interactions between them and other service providers? Do you want to further your career at a leading research-intensive University?

You will work within the ESRC Vulnerability and Policing Futures Research Centre, jointly led from the University of York and University of Leeds, with a team of over 25 leading researchers from diverse social science disciplines. Working alongside 38 regional, national and international partners, you will play an important role, assuming significant data collection responsibilities, writing up research findings, and contributing to knowledge translation through dissemination and other impact work. With a doctorate or equivalent research experience relevant to this research field and proven experience of empirical research, you will be able to demonstrate strong quantitative skills and experience of semi-structured interviews.

Joining a well-supported interdisciplinary team of ten Centre researchers working on an exciting programme of high-profile research related to policing vulnerabilities, you will play a crucial role in this research. As well as conducting fieldwork, you will synthesise existing evidence, develop research-based collaborations with wide-ranging partners and communities to advance social change through research, also contributing to impact work and the development of potential future research projects.

You will be line-managed by Professor Adam Crawford at the University of Leeds, and will work alongside other Centre researchers and Co-investigators who are experts in their fields, in delivering cutting-edge research on vulnerability and policing. You will contribute to team meetings and, with the support of senior academics, play an active role in research translation, application and impact, working with policy, public services, communities, vulnerable people and NGO partners on policy and practice development.

The Centre is strongly committed to developing the careers of the Centre researchers, providing bespoke training, conference attendance opportunities, and the opportunity to co-author publications.

The post holder will be expected to work on campus (either at York or Leeds) at least two days per week, including Wednesdays, when we have team meetings. The role will also include the requirement to travel to research sites and events throughout the UK, sometimes for extended periods of fieldwork.

Candidates must be willing and able to complete DBS and police vetting checks once in post. Additionally, because of the requirement to undergo police vetting to enable the research to be carried out, the successful candidate must have been resident in the UK for at least three years at the time of appointment.

Further information about the ESRC Vulnerability and Policing Futures Research Centre is available at vulnerabilitypolicing.org.uk and in our ‘about us’ video at vulnerabilitypolicing.org.uk/about.

What we offer in return

• 26 days holiday plus approx.16 Bank Holidays/days that the University is closed by custom (including Christmas) – That’s 42 days a year!
• Generous pension scheme options plus life assurance
• Health and Wellbeing: Discounted staff membership options at The Edge, our state-of-the-art Campus gym, with a pool, sauna, climbing wall, cycle circuit, and sports halls.
• Personal Development: Access to courses run by our Organisational Development & Professional Learning team.
• Access to on-site childcare, shopping discounts and travel schemes are also available.

And much more!

To explore the post further or for any queries you may have, please contact:

Professor Adam Crawford

Email: A.Crawford@leeds.ac.uk