"Research Associate (AHRC CARE Project)"

Job reference: HUM-025893

Salary: £36,024 per annum

Faculty/Organisational Unit: Humanities

Location: Oxford Road

Employment type: Fixed Term

Division/Team: Drama

Hours Per Week: Full Time (1 FTE)

Closing date (DD/MM/YYYY): 30/06/2024

Contract Duration: 6 Months (1st October 2024 until 31st March 2025)

School/Directorate: School of Arts, Languages and Cultures

The School of Arts, Languages and Cultures invites applications from suitably qualified candidates for a full time, temporary post of postdoctoral research associate, tenable from 1st October 2024 until 31st March 2025 for the Care Aesthetics: Research Exploration (CARE) project in Drama funded by the AHRC.

The successful candidate will have a record of excellence in one or more of the following areas:

• Care ethics/aesthetics.
• Socially engaged arts.
• Applied theatre in care or health contexts.
• Health or social care (in particular in dementia care)

The successful candidate will be part of a team of researchers led by PI Professor James Thompson, supported by Co-Is Professor John Keady (University of Manchester), Dr Jackie Kindell (University of Manchester), Dr Kerry Harman (Birkbeck, University of London) and Dr Réka Polonyi (University of Manchester). The PDRA will join the final 6 months of the three-year research project exploring care aesthetics in contexts of the arts, health and social care, and in community responses to the Covid pandemic.

What you will get in return:

• Fantastic market leading Pension scheme
• Excellent employee health and wellbeing services including an Employee Assistance Programme
• Exceptional starting annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays
• Additional paid closure over the Christmas period
• Local and national discounts at a range of major retailers

As an equal opportunities employer we welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of age, sex, gender (or gender identity), ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and transgender status. All appointments are made on merit.

Our University is positive about flexible working – you can find out more here

Hybrid working arrangements may be considered.   

Please note that we are unable to respond to enquiries, accept CVs or applications from Recruitment Agencies.

Any recruitment enquiries from recruitment agencies should be directed to People.Recruitment@manchester.ac.uk.

Any CV’s submitted by a recruitment agency will be considered a gift.

Enquiries about the vacancy, shortlisting and interviews:

Name: Professor James Thompson

Email: james.thompson@manchester.ac.uk

General enquiries:

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This vacancy will close for applications at midnight on the closing date.

Please see the link below for the Further Particulars document which contains the person specification criteria.