Research Assistant for the Minerva Global Security Programme (Handbook) - variable hours
Applications for this vacancy closed on 12 April 2024 at 12:00PM
**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 (pro-rata for variable hours appointments)
* Entitlement to University sick pay
* 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 a Research Assistant to provide
research support to the Minerva Global Security Programme: Contested Cross-
border Spaces, Illicit Flows, and Order in the Contemporary World, funded by
the Minerva Research Initiative.
Reporting to Dr Katerina Tkacova (Research Fellow in the Minerva Global
Security Programme), you will be coordinating the writing of a handbook on
global security, including liaising with authors of various chapters.
This role is on a variable hours basis, and it is envisaged that the Research
Assistant will work up to 10 hours per week.
This is post is fixed-term until 31 August 2024, with possibility of
extension.
**About You**
You must hold a graduate degree, together with some relevant experience. You
will possess specialist knowledge, have the ability to manage your own
research and administrative activities, and excellent communication skills.
Experience of coordinating larger publication projects is also essential.
**Application Process**
You will be required to upload a covering letter/supporting statement, CV, the
details of two referees and a writing sample on a relevant topic as part of
your online application.
The closing date for applications is **12:00 noon (UK time) on Friday 12 April
2024**.
Interviews are expected to take place on week commencing 22 April 2024.
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 (pro-rata for variable hours appointments)
* Entitlement to University sick pay
* 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 a Research Assistant to provide
research support to the Minerva Global Security Programme: Contested Cross-
border Spaces, Illicit Flows, and Order in the Contemporary World, funded by
the Minerva Research Initiative.
Reporting to Dr Katerina Tkacova (Research Fellow in the Minerva Global
Security Programme), you will be coordinating the writing of a handbook on
global security, including liaising with authors of various chapters.
This role is on a variable hours basis, and it is envisaged that the Research
Assistant will work up to 10 hours per week.
This is post is fixed-term until 31 August 2024, with possibility of
extension.
**About You**
You must hold a graduate degree, together with some relevant experience. You
will possess specialist knowledge, have the ability to manage your own
research and administrative activities, and excellent communication skills.
Experience of coordinating larger publication projects is also essential.
**Application Process**
You will be required to upload a covering letter/supporting statement, CV, the
details of two referees and a writing sample on a relevant topic as part of
your online application.
The closing date for applications is **12:00 noon (UK time) on Friday 12 April
2024**.
Interviews are expected to take place on week commencing 22 April 2024.
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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. ... **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 ... |
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