Research Assistant
Location
Rothermere American Institute, University of Oxford, 1a South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3UB
Salary
Grade 7: £36,024 - £44,263 per annum
Contract type
Fixed Term (2 years) from 1 September 2024
Hours
Full time
About the role
We are seeking an experienced researcher, holding a PhD in a relevant subject area, to work on a new Leverhulme Trust project, “Conservativisms in an Age of Revolutions: The United States in an Atlantic World.” The post is funded for two years from 1 September 2024.
This post is intended to provide a promising early career scholar with a congenial environment for the development of their research beyond the doctoral level. The post would especially suit someone who has research expertise in nineteenth-century United States political history or the history of ideas.
The project Principal Investigator is Adam Smith, Edward Orsborn Professor of US Politics and Political History and Director of the RAI. You will be one of two research assistants working on the project alongside Professor Smith. A full description of the project, with details of the role to be played by this research assistant, is included in the job description (appendix 1). You can also read more about the project here.
Your responsibilities in this post will include:
- Research and write two publishable article-length pieces of work that will form part of the ‘outputs’ for the project.
- Help the PI to organise a symposium on the subject of the project.
- Work with the PI on co-editing a book that will emerge from the symposium.
Application process
Applications for this vacancy are to be made online via www.recruit.ox.ac.uk and searching for Vacancy ID 172718, where the job description and access to the online recruitment system can also be found.
For your online application, you will be required to upload your curriculum vitae and a supporting statement, setting out how you meet the selection criteria for the post, using examples of your skills and experience. As part of your application you will be asked to provide details of two referees and indicate whether we can contact them now.
You are also asked to provide a sample of your writing by uploading a published or unpublished piece of up to 12,000 words.
For further details, please refer to the How to apply section of the job description. Queries about the post should be directed to Professor Adam Smith, Director of the Rothermere American Institute, adam.smith@rai.ox.ac.uk. Non-technical questions about this job may be directed to hr@humanities.ox.ac.uk.
The closing date for applications is 12.00 noon UK time on Monday 20 May 2024. Only applications received before this time can be considered.
Interviews are likely to take place in week beginning 10 June.
Please quote Vacancy ID 172718 on all correspondence.
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Contact Email: hr@humanities.ox.ac.uk
