NPPR is hiring!
Research Assistant
University of Stirling, School of History & Politics
Fixed Term, 12 months
£23,566-£28,983 p.a.
The School of History & Politics, University of Stirling, is seeking to appoint a Research Assistant to work with Dr Gregg Bucken-Knapp on the Nordic Prostitution Policy Reform (NPPR) Project, funded by the Swedish Research Council.
The NPPR Project draws upon ideational approaches in both international and comparative politics to analyse cross-national variation in prostitution policy outcomes in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. The Research Assistant will be assigned to the Finnish case.
You will be expected to play a key role in locating relevant material from recent Finnish debates over prostitution policy reform. This includes, but is not limited to, documents and reports from interest groups and organisations, as well as statements made by actors central to the reform process in the Finnish-language print media. You will be expected to translate material from Finnish into English, and to assist in building up the database of the Finnish case.
Fluent Finnish is essential for the post. The ideal candidate will also have an honours degree in Politics or a cognate discipline and familiarity with scholarly research into sex work. Previous research experience involving collecting and translating Finnish language primary sources is advantageous, as is fluency in Swedish. While the post will be based in Stirling, it is expected that the Research Assistant will make some data collection trips to Finland.
The post is on a fixed term basis for 12 months, at 0.4 fte, to start in October 2010. The maximum starting salary will be £23,556 pro-rata, (Grade 6, Spine Point 22).
Informal enquiries by email to Dr Gregg Bucken-Knapp at gregg.bucken-knapp@stir.ac.uk
Further particulars and an application form can be found on www.hr-services.stir.ac.uk and are available from the HR & OD Department, University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA; tel 01786 467028; fax 01786 466155; email: hr-services@stir.ac.uk.
Please quote ref: 16577/7451
Closing date for applications: Wednesday, 30 June 2010 @ 12 noon
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