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Job Opportunity: Research Fellow in Law:Job description:Job location:Milton Keynes
Terms: Permanent, Full-Time post 37 hours per week Closing Date: Thursday 6 June 2024, 12 noon Flexible working patterns will be considered. It is anticipated that a hybridworking pattern can be adopted for this function, where the prosperous candidate can work in the house and the office. However, as this function is contractually aligned to our Milton Keynes office it is expected that some attendance in the office will be required when necessary and in response to business needs. We'd expect this to be approximately once or twice per week. Change your career, change lives The Open University is the UK's largest university, a world leader in flexible part-time education combining a mission to widen access to higher education with research excellence, transforming lives through education. About the Unit The Faculty of Business and Law is one of the four faculties of The Open University. It brings together two Schools - The Open University Business School and The Open University Law School - and has a strong reputation as a high-quality and innovative provider of management and legal education. Our courses and qualifications are studied by a wide variety of people from all backgrounds - we are proud of our strong social mission; to be open to people, places, methods and ideas. We promote social justice and social mobility via genuine access to university education for all. The Faculty employs around 130 academic staff, two thirds of whom are located at The Open University's Milton Keynes campus and one third in the OU's regional offices, aligned to the Faculty's three Student Support Teams. The regional academics manage the Faculty's 700 Associate Lecturers. Around 80 academic-related and administrative members of staff support the Faculty. We are committed to developing our staff to achieve their full potential and offer a range of formal and informal training and development opportunities to support individual and Faculty objectives. About the Centre The Centre for Protecting WomenOnline is funded by a £7.7 million grant from Research England. It will be a vehicle for knowledge and covering challenges posed to women's safety onlinethrough anovel, interdisciplinary and ambitious research agenda. This will becombined with cross-sectoral, collaborativeoutputs andinterventionswhich inform law, policy,technology development and practiceto reduce online harms suffered by women and girls; minimise anti-socialbehavioursonline whilst promoting pro-social behaviours andhelp build tech/ softwarethat helps ensure accountcapability, credibility and helpsfacilitatejustice.The work of the Centre will be delivered througha management andfiveinterwoven Work Streams. Professor Jurasz leads on the Law & Policy stream. The function The Open University is recruiting a highly motivated Research Fellow to work in the Centre for Protecting Women Online funded by Research England. The prosperous candidate will work closely with Professor Olga Jurasz, Director of the Centre for Protecting Women Online, who is located in the Law School and who leads the Centre's cross-disciplinary research team. We are seeking for a Research Fellow who would seek to play an active part in building a strong, open and innovative research culture in the Centre. The Research Fellow will use their research knowledge, expertise and practice to contribute to the design and delivery of an ambitious research programme within the Law & Policy work stream. This includes (but is not limited to) initiating and leading on research projects, applying for external research funding, supervising PhD students, producing high quality outputs, working collaboratively with non-academic partners and stakeholders. The postholder will be expected to contribute to research and administration within the Centre for Protecting Women Online. This includes proactive engagement in research, knowledge exchange and impact-related activities to deliver Centre's objectives. They will work collaboratively with centre's partners and researchers as well as Initiate and build new partnerships leading to applications for external research funding significant to the Law & Policy stream. They will take a lead function in dissemination of research carried out within the Law & Policy stream of the Centre (including writing academic and non-academic publications; presentation of research findings at conferences and events; communicating research to non-academic and lay audiences via media). expertise and practice The candidate is expected to hold a PhD in a law significant to the Centre's work within the law & policy stream. They need to have substantial significant practice of conducting research in collaboration with non-academic partners and/ or working with non-academic partners as well as knowledge and knowledge of the current law and policy landscape concerning women's online safety. knowledge of research funding landscape and a strong track record of applying for research funding is crucial to support centre's development and earnings generation. The candidate will be expected to develop a high-quality publication record that is REF returnable and significant to the work of the Law & Policy stream. A strong record of research and/or knowledge exchange that is commensurate to the position. What you get in return We have a strong commitment to providing training and development in and beyond your current function.This includes thorough induction into the organisation and regular reviews of your training and development needs. We also offer a great range of benefits that support our employees and their families for the long term.Staff Benefits includean attractive pension proposition and 33 days holiday per annum pro rata, plus Bank Holidays and Christmas closure days. Skills:
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