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The Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research (CRESR) at Sheffield Hallam University is looking to appoint up to three Research Fellows/Research Associates:
1. Research Fellow/Research Associate in CRESR's Data and Policy Team (Salary: £23,002 to £32,795). A Research Fellow/Research Associate to help develop CRESR quantitative data analysis work in the areas of regeneration policy, economic geography and/or voluntary and community sector studies (job ref: DS 357/07).
2. Research Associate in CRESR's Labour Markets and Social and Economic Regeneration Teams (£23,002 to £28,290). A Research Associate to contribute to CRESR's growing portfolio of multi-disciplinary work generated through research projects crossing the labour markets and regeneration policy agendas (job ref: DS 359/07). Further details are available at:
3. Research Fellow/Research Associate in CRESR's Data and Policy Team (18 months fixed term, Salary: £23,002 to £32,795). A Research Associate to provide quantitative data support to the national evaluation of Futurebuilders. Futurebuilders is the government's major programme to build the capacity of the voluntary and community sector to deliver public services (job ref: DS 358/07).
Further details for all posts are available at: www.shu.ac.uk/jobs/ <https://exchange.shu.ac.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.shu.ac.uk/jobs/>
Candidates at Research Associate level are expected to have experience and knowledge of relevant policy and research and demonstrate an ability to work effectively in multi-disciplinary teams. In addition, candidates at Research Fellow level will have experience of income generation, project management, and policy and academic publication. They need to demonstrate practical research skills including strong analytical and organisational skills and be able to manage research teams. For all candidates, it is essential to be able to communicate complex findings to a variety of audiences in a straight forward manner.
The Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research (CRESR) is recognised as one of the leading academic research centres in the United Kingdom in the fields of regeneration, housing, labour market analysis and third sector studies. It currently employs 26 research staff. Members of CRESR were central to the Sheffield Hallam University's 2001 RAE submission in the Town Planning area, which received a '4' rating. Considerable resources have been devoted to supporting staff in recent years to build up a strong record of academic publication to strengthen the submission for the RAE in 2008
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