Research Officer
| Posting date: | 30 May 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £39,355 to £45,413 per year |
| Additional salary information: | Together with USS pension benefits |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 29 June 2025 |
| Location: | Swansea, Wales |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Swansea University |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | SU00971 |
Summary
This is a fixed-term role until 15/12/2025, for 2.5 days per week.
Applicants are invited to apply for the position of Research Officer within the Faculty of Science and Engineering, to work for the S4 outreach project (Swansea University Science For Schools Scheme https://s4science.co.uk/).
The Research Officer will independently deliver a series of research reports and papers that form the dissemination deliverables of a Longitudinal Cohort Evaluation (LCE) of participants in a campus-based STEM outreach programme. The LCE has been delivered and the drafts of reports and papers completed. The Research Officer will complete full analysis of the LCE and publish the reports and papers.
Analysis will require expert use of SPSS and NVivo. A PhD in Human Geography or a relevant social science discipline is desirable, and experience of research in widening access to education and STEM inclusivity is needed.
We are seeking a suitably qualified human geography post-doctoral researcher to deliver a short-term piece of work analysing evaluation data from the S4 programme. The LCE was collected from secondary school students (from areas of social and economic disadvantage in South Wales) following their participation in a university campus science intervention programme. S4 introduced students to spaces of science and higher education and evaluated the impact this had on their ideas about science, future careers, entrance into higher education and aspirations. Our delivery was under a broad ‘Science Capital’ theoretical lens.
The Research Officer will ensure the strategic aims of the project are realised via a specific set of deliverables. This is a ‘sprint project’ with regular, discrete deliverables over a short period of time. The Research Officer will work closely with the Lead Academics to implement the shared project vision.
Applicants are invited to apply for the position of Research Officer within the Faculty of Science and Engineering, to work for the S4 outreach project (Swansea University Science For Schools Scheme https://s4science.co.uk/).
The Research Officer will independently deliver a series of research reports and papers that form the dissemination deliverables of a Longitudinal Cohort Evaluation (LCE) of participants in a campus-based STEM outreach programme. The LCE has been delivered and the drafts of reports and papers completed. The Research Officer will complete full analysis of the LCE and publish the reports and papers.
Analysis will require expert use of SPSS and NVivo. A PhD in Human Geography or a relevant social science discipline is desirable, and experience of research in widening access to education and STEM inclusivity is needed.
We are seeking a suitably qualified human geography post-doctoral researcher to deliver a short-term piece of work analysing evaluation data from the S4 programme. The LCE was collected from secondary school students (from areas of social and economic disadvantage in South Wales) following their participation in a university campus science intervention programme. S4 introduced students to spaces of science and higher education and evaluated the impact this had on their ideas about science, future careers, entrance into higher education and aspirations. Our delivery was under a broad ‘Science Capital’ theoretical lens.
The Research Officer will ensure the strategic aims of the project are realised via a specific set of deliverables. This is a ‘sprint project’ with regular, discrete deliverables over a short period of time. The Research Officer will work closely with the Lead Academics to implement the shared project vision.