About the Role
The School of Arts, English and Languages (AEL) at Queen’s University Belfast, is currently seeking to appoint an exceptional candidate to the post of Research Fellow. The successful applicant will contribute to research on the Mencap NI project ‘Hear Us Now: Voices of Mencap NI’. The project is concerned with engaging with participants who have used the services of Mencap NI over its 60 year history, recording their stories and life experiences, and sharing them with the public through engaging creative media outputs.
This is a part time post at 0.4 FTE.
About the Person
The successful candidate must have and your application should clearly demonstrate that you meet the following essential criteria:
- Have or be about to obtain a PhD in a subject relevant to creative media/audio production (must be obtained within 3 months of closing date of post)
- Significant, relevant research experience with information technology, creative media technology (recording/editing audio / video)
- Demonstrable understanding of the operational requirements for a successful research project
- Experience of writing up research findings in academic format.
- Experience writing for a broad audience of the general public.
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 (2 years or until 31 Jan 2029, whichever is soonest). 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 https://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 - http://go.qub.ac.uk/internationalstaffsupport
