NORRAG Job Board: Two post-doctoral researcher vacancies at Oxford
International Mobility and World Development project at the University of Oxford Department of Education has two vacancies for full-time post-doctoral researchers. Please see the details below for a Spanish-speaking researcher and French-speaking researcher. Successful candidates will hold a relevant PhD/DPhil or be nearing completion and possess familiarity with the existing literature and research in at least one of the following fields/disciplines: international higher education, comparative and international education, international development, political science, history, or sociology. They will have the capability to manage a discrete area of a research project, conduct qualitative research, and work collaboratively with others. They must be fluent in English and Spanish or French (depending on which vacancy they apply to), possess intermediate excel skills and excellent communication skills, including the ability to write for publication. Application deadline is 13 November. The successful candidates are expected to start work on the project as soon as possible after the interview. Any questions regarding the post can be sent via email to Professor Maia Chankseliani maia.chankseliani@education.
Spanish-speaking researcher
Post-Doctoral Researcher
Department of Education, 15 Norham Gardens, Oxford, OX2 6PY
This is an exciting opportunity for a post-doctoral researcher to join a research project examining the links between international mobility and world development. The project is funded by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) of the U.S. Department of State. The post-doctoral researcher will be fluent in English and French and possess familiarity with Sub-Saharan Africa (in particular, Côte d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania, South Africa). The post-holder will join a team of six enthusiastic, interdisciplinary researchers based at the University of Oxford Department of Education.
Reporting to Professor Maia Chankseliani, the post-holder will lead on the outreach to elite respondents, interview data collection, analysis of data, and presentation of findings on Sub-Saharan Africa and, if required, on other regions. All of these activities follow pre-determined procedures and are aligned across the team who work on different world regions. You will also engage in conducting systematic literature reviews. You will develop a holistic understanding of the designated global region (Sub-Saharan Africa) in order to be able to meaningfully contextualise and interpret numeric and narrative findings pertaining to the selected region.
The post-holder will manage own workload and administrative activities, work closely with the team at Oxford and with the team of collaborators in the United States. This involves small scale project management as well as co-ordinating multiple aspects of work with other team members to meet deadlines. You will work in collaboration with other team members to ensure that the project extends intellectual understanding of the systemic impact of international mobility of students, professionals, and youth.
The successful candidate will hold a relevant PhD/DPhil or be nearing completion, and possess familiarity with the existing literature and research in at least one of the following fields/disciplines: international higher education, comparative and international education, international development, political science, history, or sociology. They will have the capability to conduct qualitative research, successfully manage competing demands, and work collaboratively with others. They must also be fluent in English and French, possess intermediate excel skills and excellent communication skills, including the ability to write for publication, present findings, and represent the research team at meetings. Publication record will be in line with career stage.
The post is fixed-term until 30 April 2025 and is offered on a full-time basis.
The post is based at the Oxford University Department of Education, UK, where the successful candidate is expected to start work on the project as soon as possible after the interview.
Any questions regarding the post can be sent via email to Professor Maia Chankseliani, maia.chankseliani@education.ox.ac.uk
Applications for this vacancy should be made online and you will be required to upload a CV and supporting statement as part of your application. Applicants are asked to organise the supporting statement by subheadings, explaining how they meet the advertised criteria for this post.
For further details of the role, please see the job description. The closing date for applications is midday on 13 November 2023, and only applications received by this deadline will be considered. Interviews will be held soon after the closing date.
French-speaking researcher
Post-Doctoral Researcher
Department of Education, 15 Norham Gardens, Oxford, OX2 6PY
This is an exciting opportunity for a post-doctoral researcher to join a research project examining the links between international mobility and world development. The project is funded by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) of the U.S. Department of State. The post-doctoral researcher will be fluent in English and Spanish and possess familiarity with the Western Hemisphere (in particular, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru). The post-holder will join a team of six enthusiastic, interdisciplinary researchers based at the University of Oxford Department of Education.
Reporting to Professor Maia Chankseliani, the post-holder will lead on the outreach to elite respondents, interview data collection, analysis of data, and presentation of findings on the Western Hemisphere and, if required, on other regions. All of these activities follow pre-determined procedures and are aligned across the team who work on different world regions. You will also engage in conducting systematic literature reviews. You will develop a holistic understanding of the designated global region (the Western Hemisphere) in order to be able to meaningfully contextualise and interpret numeric and narrative findings pertaining to the selected region.
The post-holder will manage own workload and administrative activities, work closely with the team at Oxford and with the team of collaborators in the United States. This involves small scale project management as well as co-ordinating multiple aspects of work with other team members to meet deadlines. You will work in collaboration with other team members to ensure that the project extends intellectual understanding of the systemic impact of international mobility of students, professionals, and youth. You will develop working theories and analyse evidence, reviewing and refining theories as appropriate. There will be opportunities to write papers for international peer-reviewed journals and to present papers at conferences.
The successful candidate will hold a relevant PhD/DPhil or be nearing completion, and possess familiarity with the existing literature and research in at least one of the following fields/disciplines: international higher education, comparative and international education, international development, political science, history, or sociology. They will have the capability to manage a discrete area of a research project, conduct qualitative research, successfully manage competing demands, and work collaboratively with others. They must also be fluent in English and Spanish, possess intermediate excel skills and excellent communication skills, including the ability to write for publication, present research proposals and results, and represent the research team at meetings. Publication record will be in line with career stage.
The post is fixed-term until 30 April 2025 and is offered on a full-time basis.
The post is based at the Oxford University Department of Education, UK, where the successful candidate is expected to start full-time work on the project as soon as possible after the interview.
Any questions regarding the post can be sent via email to Professor Maia Chankseliani maia.chankseliani@education.ox.ac.uk.
Applications for this vacancy should be made online and you will be required to upload a CV and supporting statement as part of your application. Applicants are asked to organise the supporting statement by subheadings, explaining how they meet the criteria for this post.
For further details of the role, please see the job description. The closing date for applications is midday on 13 November 2023, and only applications received by this deadline will be considered. Interviews will be held soon after the closing date.