Job opening for scholar of quantitative approaches to conflict. Details below.

Closing date : 24/06/2015
Reference : HUM-06641
Faculty / Organisational unit : Humanities
School / Directorate : School of Arts, Languages and Cultures
Division : Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute
Employment type : Fixed Term
Duration : Available from 1 September 2015 to 31 March 2017
Location : Oxford Road, Manchester
Salary : £30,434 per annum
Hours per week : Full Time

Applications are invited from those with a PhD (or a nearly completed PhD) that involves quantitative research on Peace and Conflict. You will be required to work on the quantitative aspects of a major inter-disciplinary project (coding, analysis, comparison with other datasets) and contribute to project dissemination and publication. You should have experience of research collaboration and have an emerging profile of academic publications.

As an equal opportunities employer, we welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons. However, as black and minority ethnic (BME) candidates are currently under-represented at this level in this area, we would particularly welcome applications from BME applicants. All appointments will be made on merit.

Enquiries about the vacancy, shortlisting and interviews:

Professor Roger Mac Ginty, Principal Investigator on the Making Peacekeeping Data Work for the International Community Project

Email: roger.macginty@manchester.ac.uk

General enquiries:

Email: hrservices@manchester.ac.uk

Tel: 0161 275 4499

Technical support:

Email: universityofmanchester@helpmeapply.co.uk

Tel: 01565 818 234

This vacancy will close for applications at midnight on the closing date.

Interviews are provisionally scheduled for mid July 2015