Case Writer (Case Centre on Public Leadership)
Applications for this vacancy closed on 8 March 2024 at 12:00PM
**** This position is for internal applicants only ****
**About the Blavatnik School of Government**
Our vision is of a world better led, a world better served and a world better
governed. We are a global school committed to improving the quality of
government and public policymaking worldwide, through three routes:
**teaching** **current and future leaders** ; **generating** **research with
impact** ; and **engaging** **with governments and practitioners**.
**What we offer**
The School is a collaborative, friendly, and dynamic department based in an
award-winning building in Oxford. We host regular events and talks with well-
known guest speakers – all of which are open to staff. On the social side, we
have regular coffee/cake mornings for staff, a family-friendly Halloween
event, and Christmas and summer parties.
As an employer, we genuinely care about our employees’ wellbeing and this is
reflected in the range of benefits that we offer including:
* An excellent contributory pension scheme
* 38 days’ annual leave
* Family leave schemes and a comprehensive range of childcare services
* Cycle loan scheme and discounted bus travel and Season Ticket travel loans
* Membership to a variety of social and sports clubs
* Opportunities for remote working.
More information about working at the School can be found on our jobs page.
**About the Role**
The Blavatnik School of Government is seeking an experienced writer and
researcher to join the award-winning Case Centre on Public Leadership.
The Case Centre supports the development of teaching cases that are based on
real-world public-policy challenges and are used to hone students’ analytical,
decision-making and implementation skills. This is an exciting opportunity to
contribute to the School’s teaching by applying academic research to real
public-policy and managerial dilemmas, with topics as varied as civil service
reform in Ghana to anti-corruption efforts in Paraguay.
You will work closely with the Case Centre team as well as faculty at the
School and practitioners in the field to develop case studies and other
teaching materials, including case supplements, abridgements, background
notes, teaching notes, and multimedia products. The work entails project
management, document research, interviewing, writing compelling case
narratives, and constructing case exhibits. You will also contribute to the
development and expansion of the Case Centre, including supporting case-
training programmes for faculty.
You will have a varied workload, balancing months-long case projects with
other short-term activities. In addition to conducting diverse research and
writing activities, you will also support a number of administrative and
organisational duties for the growing team. This may include disseminating
cases internally and externally, promoting our teaching material externally,
and helping to coordinate events and workshops for faculty and other
stakeholders.
**About You**
You will have excellent writing, organisational, and interpersonal skills,
experience conducting in-depth fact-checking and information searches, and an
ability to meet deadlines to contribute to the production of high-quality case
studies.
You will be able to work with the School’s faculty to write case studies and
develop a practice of case-method teaching, including working with faculty who
may be unfamiliar with cases as a teaching tool. You should have experience
with managing an in-depth writing project from conception to dissemination,
such as a case study or a research report. While case-writing experience is an
advantage, it is not necessary; the right candidate will be trained up on the
job.
For further details on this position, please consult the job description.
**Application Process**
You will be required to upload a **CV, covering letter/supporting statement,
one writing sample** and the details of two referees as part of your online
application.
The closing date for applications is **12 noon (UK time) on Friday 8 March
2024**. Interviews will take place during week commencing 11 March 2024.
**About the Blavatnik School of Government**
Our vision is of a world better led, a world better served and a world better
governed. We are a global school committed to improving the quality of
government and public policymaking worldwide, through three routes:
**teaching** **current and future leaders** ; **generating** **research with
impact** ; and **engaging** **with governments and practitioners**.
**What we offer**
The School is a collaborative, friendly, and dynamic department based in an
award-winning building in Oxford. We host regular events and talks with well-
known guest speakers – all of which are open to staff. On the social side, we
have regular coffee/cake mornings for staff, a family-friendly Halloween
event, and Christmas and summer parties.
As an employer, we genuinely care about our employees’ wellbeing and this is
reflected in the range of benefits that we offer including:
* An excellent contributory pension scheme
* 38 days’ annual leave
* Family leave schemes and a comprehensive range of childcare services
* Cycle loan scheme and discounted bus travel and Season Ticket travel loans
* Membership to a variety of social and sports clubs
* Opportunities for remote working.
More information about working at the School can be found on our jobs page.
**About the Role**
The Blavatnik School of Government is seeking an experienced writer and
researcher to join the award-winning Case Centre on Public Leadership.
The Case Centre supports the development of teaching cases that are based on
real-world public-policy challenges and are used to hone students’ analytical,
decision-making and implementation skills. This is an exciting opportunity to
contribute to the School’s teaching by applying academic research to real
public-policy and managerial dilemmas, with topics as varied as civil service
reform in Ghana to anti-corruption efforts in Paraguay.
You will work closely with the Case Centre team as well as faculty at the
School and practitioners in the field to develop case studies and other
teaching materials, including case supplements, abridgements, background
notes, teaching notes, and multimedia products. The work entails project
management, document research, interviewing, writing compelling case
narratives, and constructing case exhibits. You will also contribute to the
development and expansion of the Case Centre, including supporting case-
training programmes for faculty.
You will have a varied workload, balancing months-long case projects with
other short-term activities. In addition to conducting diverse research and
writing activities, you will also support a number of administrative and
organisational duties for the growing team. This may include disseminating
cases internally and externally, promoting our teaching material externally,
and helping to coordinate events and workshops for faculty and other
stakeholders.
**About You**
You will have excellent writing, organisational, and interpersonal skills,
experience conducting in-depth fact-checking and information searches, and an
ability to meet deadlines to contribute to the production of high-quality case
studies.
You will be able to work with the School’s faculty to write case studies and
develop a practice of case-method teaching, including working with faculty who
may be unfamiliar with cases as a teaching tool. You should have experience
with managing an in-depth writing project from conception to dissemination,
such as a case study or a research report. While case-writing experience is an
advantage, it is not necessary; the right candidate will be trained up on the
job.
For further details on this position, please consult the job description.
**Application Process**
You will be required to upload a **CV, covering letter/supporting statement,
one writing sample** and the details of two referees as part of your online
application.
The closing date for applications is **12 noon (UK time) on Friday 8 March
2024**. Interviews will take place during week commencing 11 March 2024.
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**** This position is for internal applicants only ****
**About the Blavatnik School of Government** Our vision is of a world better led, a world better served and a world better governed. We are a global school committed to improving the quality of government and public policymaking worldwide, through three routes: **teaching** **current and future leaders** ; **generating** **research with impact** ; and **engaging** **with governments and practitioners**. **What we offer** The School is a collaborative, friendly, and dynamic department based in an award-winning building in Oxford. We host regular events and talks with well- known guest speakers – all ... ** This position is for internal applicants only ** About the Blavatnik School of Government Our vision is of a world better led, a world better served and a world better governed. We are a global school committed to improving the quality of government and public policymaking worldwide, through three routes: teaching current and future leaders; generating research with impact; and engaging with governments and practitioners. What we offer The School is a collaborative, friendly, and dynamic department based in an award-winning building in Oxford. We host regular events and talks with well-known ... |
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