SUMIT Senior Community 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 “place based” approach, harnessing local expertise, insight, and academic expertise to create and test novel solutions to previously intractable problems. 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 SUMIT Senior Community Research Fellow will have responsibility for supervising, managing and coordinating the work of the three Community Research Fellows in the SUMIT Demonstrator Sites. They will be responsible for managing and implementing the QUB led SUMIT research activities (Training and Communities of Practice) under the direction of the QUB activity leads and the supervision of SUMIT Principal Investigator ensuring deliverables and outputs are provided on time and to budget. Their responsibilities will include overseeing and coordinating all data and research needs within the demonstrator sites especially in relation to ethics and general data protection regulation (GDPR).

They will coordinate all work in relation to complex data / research requirements by the SUMIT partners in digital and evaluation activities ensuring that it is distributed throughout the demonstrator sites ensuring that these are delivered to a high standard and in line with QUB governance, ethics and integrity processes and procedures. They will ensure dissemination of research to all relevant stakeholders both academic and non-academic audiences, collate quality progress and output reports and ensure they are escalated to the Programme Manager on time for reporting and monitoring to funders. They will maintain a personal research plan by, managing and undertaking research activities in accordance with specific SUMIT project plan in the appropriate research cluster and maintain a high-quality publication record by continuing to produce, publish and present work at conferences.

They will engage in scholarly activity within the project team and wider academic arena (e.g. conference paper presentations, external funding secured, book reviews published, writing practice manuals, publication of professional materials). They will develop research proposals and funding bids in collaboration with colleagues with QCAP contributing to the strategic direction of QCAP and the overall School’s research profile.

SUMIT is a project supported by PEACEPLUS, a programme managed by the Special EU Programmes Body.

About the person:

• An upper second class honours degree (or equivalent) or a Master’s degree in a social science or other relevant area
• Have obtained a PhD in a relevant subject.
• Have substantial post PhD experience
• Have significant experience in managing and undertaking research activities in accordance with specific research plan
• Have experience in working in a collaborative project and/or leading on a specific work package within a research project
• Experience of directing, coaching and developing research staff
• Have a publication record

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.

This post is available for 36 months. 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.