Part-time Research Assistants (Field work): Environmental Audit of 
Construction and Craft Products in the Highlands and Islands

We are looking for three self-motivated, outward going and 
environmentally aware people to join our research team on the above 
project as fieldworkers. The candidates will ideally be  graduates in 
environmental, construction, design studies or the equivalent and 
will be familiar with simple computer databasing and networking. 
Candidates should preferably have some knowledge of environmental 
issues in relation to construction and craft products used in 
buildings.

The outreach project is jointly funded by The Robert Gordon 
University and the European Union ERDF fund. It  involves research 
assistants identifying and interviewing all companies and individuals 
who produce construction and craft products in the Highland and 
Islands. 

The producers will be helped to complete an environmental 
assessment of their products using a standard pro-forma. This 
information will be entered by the research assistants into a 
pre-defined central database and analysed by environmental 
consultants. The information generated will help producers to market 
their products more effectively and specifiers to obtain accurate 
information on the environmental performance of products produced 
in the region.  

Each assistant may be based in one of three Further Education 
Institutions (FEIs) in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland (Thurso, 
Inverness, Fort William) and will be required to travel extensively to 
meet producers in that area. Alternatively assistants may use their 
own home computing facilities providing these are compatible with 
the requirements of the University. Familiarity with areas of the 
Highlands and Islands would  be advantageous. 

The project is led by the Ecological Design Group (EDG) in the Scott 
Sutherland School of Architecture, The Robert Gordon University in 
Aberdeen, which will act as home-base to all 3 research assistants 
carrying out the fieldwork. Research assistants will be supported by 
a project officer and project manager based at the School whom they 
will meet regularly as part of a team. 

A clean driving licence is required and access to a private car is 
preferable. 

The contracts are for a six month period from December 13th 1999 
to May 13th 1999 and are 18.5 hours a week (50% fulltime). 
Flexable 
working is available with this post to suit individual requirements 
by negotiation. Assistants will be expected to time-manage their 
own workload.

The salary for the posts is #16,286 (pro rata)

Applications should be made to :
Personnel Department, The Robert Gordon University
Schoolhill, Aberdeen AB10 1FR
Job Reference: G095			
Telephone: 01224- 262085

Informal inquiries on these posts may be directed to:

Fionn Stevenson
Director
EDG, Scott Sutherland School of Architecture
Telephone 01224-263713
e-mail:[log in to unmask]

****The application closing date is 10th November 1999******
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