Postdoctoral Research Associate - Social Impact Lead
- Edinburgh Midlothian
- £37,694-47,389 per year
- Contract
- Full-time
- Lead high-quality research including baseline socio-economic assessments, social impact analysis, and risk assessments.
- Gather supporting qualitive date on community perceptions and expectations in sites where the cooling hub has been deployed and where it will be deployed
- Ensure active engagement by underrepresented groups
- Develop communication and education materials for local communities
- Apply/design appropriate analytical techniques to generate impactful insights.
- Formulate tailored mitigation strategies and recommendations to support the implementation of the cooling hub
- Produce high-quality academic publications
- Collaborate with academic and industrial project partners, including short and medium-term visits, and coordinate activities across the consortium.
- Collaborate effectively with administrative and academic staff in the School and University level.
- Engage in professional development through relevant training programs aligned with project needs and personal aspirations.
- Assist with the supervision of student project work and provide day-to-day support to other researchers.
- Contribute to teaching responsibilities as required.
- Contribute to developing follow-on research proposals and grant applications for future project funding.
- Regularly report research progress through formal and informal reports and communications.
- Undertake additional duties as reasonably requested by project leaders, commensurate with the role.
- Strong understanding of participatory approaches
- Proven ability to effectively collect, analyse and work with qualitative and quantitative data.
- Excellent written and oral communication and presentation skills
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a diverse team of academic and industrial partners.