Lecturer in Child Protection Administrative Data

at  University of Edinburgh

Grade UE08: £48,350 - £59,421 per annum
College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences / Moray House School of Education and Sport

YOUR SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES FOR SUCCESS:

• A significant academic profile, with a PhD and a track-record of research relating to working with child protection data
• Expertise in the area of child sexual exploitation and abuse research that has had a demonstrable impact.
• Experience of leadership in research as a PI of research grants and in knowledge exchange through effective public engagement.
• Growing portfolio of high-quality research publications in child protection research.
• Experience of teaching and/or providing lectures on violence against children and/or administrative data
• Experience of mentoring and supporting colleagues at various career stages including PhD students.Experience of working with child protection system actors (police, health, etc) and emerging experience of obtaining research funding to support this work
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KEY INFORMATION FOR APPLICANTS:

Applicants should submit a CV and a cover letter, detailing how you meet each of the essential criteria as outlined in the ‘Knowledge, Skills and Experience’ section of the Job Description.
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Interviews will be held in May 2024.
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• Conducting research and dissemination, attracting external funding to sustain and grow the candidate’s research programme particularly around innovations in working with administrative data.
• Contributing to the development, management, and delivery of excellent research-led and practice-based teaching in child protection data futures on the new master’s programme including identifying and supervising student placement and project-based dissertations.
• Providing research and policy leadership by mentoring early career colleagues and supervising masters and doctoral students and post-doctoral research fellows