12588 - Research Assistant
| Posting date: | 29 July 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £34,132 to £35,116 per year |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 28 August 2025 |
| Location: | Edinburgh |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 3 days per week |
| Company: | University of Edinburgh |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 12588 |
Summary
Grade UE06: £34,132 to £35,116 per annum pro-rata
CAHSS / Moray House School of Education & Sport
Part-time: 14 hours per week
Fixed-term: 31st March 2026
The Opportunity:
We are looking for a dynamic and organised Research Assistant. This post will make a key contribution to the research grant ‘International and Canadian Child Rights Partnership’. You will assist with the research on child activism, support secondary data analysis, and support the University’s contribution to the Partnership.
This post is part-time (14 hours per week.) We are open to considering flexible working patterns and/or splitting the available 14 hours per week, in-line with the responsibilities of the post.
We are also open to considering requests for hybrid working (on a non-contractual basis) that combine a mix of remote and regular on-campus working, subject to the project’s needs (which includes face-to-face fieldwork and meetings in Scotland).
Your skills and attributes for success:
Good knowledge of participatory methods with children
Good knowledge of children’s human rights, and a commitment to respect them
Methodological expertise in how to design, undertake and analyse qualitative research with children and adults
Excellent communication and organisational skills in developing a strategic work-plan and collaboratively delivering with cross-national partners
Excellent writing and editing skills in English, in writing for children and young people, academic, practitioner audiences
CAHSS / Moray House School of Education & Sport
Part-time: 14 hours per week
Fixed-term: 31st March 2026
The Opportunity:
We are looking for a dynamic and organised Research Assistant. This post will make a key contribution to the research grant ‘International and Canadian Child Rights Partnership’. You will assist with the research on child activism, support secondary data analysis, and support the University’s contribution to the Partnership.
This post is part-time (14 hours per week.) We are open to considering flexible working patterns and/or splitting the available 14 hours per week, in-line with the responsibilities of the post.
We are also open to considering requests for hybrid working (on a non-contractual basis) that combine a mix of remote and regular on-campus working, subject to the project’s needs (which includes face-to-face fieldwork and meetings in Scotland).
Your skills and attributes for success:
Good knowledge of participatory methods with children
Good knowledge of children’s human rights, and a commitment to respect them
Methodological expertise in how to design, undertake and analyse qualitative research with children and adults
Excellent communication and organisational skills in developing a strategic work-plan and collaboratively delivering with cross-national partners
Excellent writing and editing skills in English, in writing for children and young people, academic, practitioner audiences