Postdoctoral Researcher (Nuffield Foundation project)
Applications for this vacancy closed on 4 October 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
* 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 to appoint a Postdoctoral
Researcher to support Dr Anders Bach-Mortensen and Dr Benjamin Goodair (Co-
Investigators) on a Nuffield Foundation funded project on the outsourcing of
adult and children’s social care in England – evaluating the impact of
marketisation, for-profit provision, and privatisation of social care
services, producing research on what it means for service users’ outcomes,
quality of care, and accessibility of care.
The role involves analysing a novel data resource of harmonised publicly
available data on local authorities and adult and children’s social care
providers in England.
You will conduct and contribute to quality research on the outsourcing of
adult and children’s social care. You will clean, analyse and visualise data,
interpret results, and identify and merge relevant datasets in order to
develop new computational methodologies and processes. You will also represent
the research group and present papers at external meetings/seminars, lead and
contribute to the writing and formatting of research projects and
deliverables, and contribute to wider project planning.
This is role is fixed-term until 31 January 2027.
We hope the successful candidate can start in early January 2025, or as soon
as possible thereafter.
**About you**
You will hold, or be close to completing, a relevant PhD/Dphil, together with
relevant experience. You will have experience working with quantitative data
management, analysis and visualisation, as well as the ability to manage your
own research and administrative activities. Excellent communication skills are
also essential.
**Application process**
You will be required to upload a CV, a supporting statement, and the details
of two referees as part of your online application.
The closing date for applications is **12:00 noon (UK time) on Friday 4
October 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
* 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 to appoint a Postdoctoral
Researcher to support Dr Anders Bach-Mortensen and Dr Benjamin Goodair (Co-
Investigators) on a Nuffield Foundation funded project on the outsourcing of
adult and children’s social care in England – evaluating the impact of
marketisation, for-profit provision, and privatisation of social care
services, producing research on what it means for service users’ outcomes,
quality of care, and accessibility of care.
The role involves analysing a novel data resource of harmonised publicly
available data on local authorities and adult and children’s social care
providers in England.
You will conduct and contribute to quality research on the outsourcing of
adult and children’s social care. You will clean, analyse and visualise data,
interpret results, and identify and merge relevant datasets in order to
develop new computational methodologies and processes. You will also represent
the research group and present papers at external meetings/seminars, lead and
contribute to the writing and formatting of research projects and
deliverables, and contribute to wider project planning.
This is role is fixed-term until 31 January 2027.
We hope the successful candidate can start in early January 2025, or as soon
as possible thereafter.
**About you**
You will hold, or be close to completing, a relevant PhD/Dphil, together with
relevant experience. You will have experience working with quantitative data
management, analysis and visualisation, as well as the ability to manage your
own research and administrative activities. Excellent communication skills are
also essential.
**Application process**
You will be required to upload a CV, a supporting statement, and the details
of two referees as part of your online application.
The closing date for applications is **12:00 noon (UK time) on Friday 4
October 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. On the social ... 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. ... |
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