Research Fellow: Trauma-Informed Education Policy & Equity

Edinburgh Napier University; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 42,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension contributions 17.6–26%

46 days annual leave

Job summary

Edinburgh Napier University’s School of Applied Sciences invites applications for a Research Fellow on a 0.8 FTE basis for 16 months. The role focuses on transforming policy and practice in Scotland’s tertiary education sector through trauma-informed approaches and student wellbeing.

The successful candidate will evaluate policies, lead research design and delivery, and collaborate with students who have experienced poverty and trauma to co-create methodologies and an evaluative model that

Qualifications

• PhD in a relevant field and undergraduate degree or significant equivalent experience.
• Experience carrying out research using evidence-informed approaches.
• Expertise in one or more relevant research methodologies.
• Outstanding oral and written communication skills.
• Interest in equity, social justice and trauma-informed practice.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate impact of policies across the student journey and partner with students to co-create methodology.
• Lead development, coordination and delivery of research to gather evidence for the project.
• Identify and work with datasets to gather student perspectives and needs.
• Apply surveys, oral histories, participatory action research or mixed methods.
• Build a sector-wide toolkit and evaluative model to measure policy effectiveness.

Skills

Research design

Workshop facilitation

Data analysis

Oral and written communication

Equity/trauma-informed practice

Education

PhD in relevant field

Undergraduate degree in relevant discipline

Job description

Edinburgh Napier University’s School of Applied Sciences invites applications for a Research Fellow on a 0.8 FTE basis for 16 months. The role focuses on transforming policy and practice in Scotland’s tertiary education sector through trauma-informed approaches and student wellbeing.

The successful candidate will evaluate policies, lead research design and delivery, and collaborate with students who have experienced poverty and trauma to co-create methodologies and an evaluative model that