Research Assistant

at  Kings College London

Job id: 094513. Salary: £37,332 pa, pro rata including London Weighting Allowance.
Posted: 16 August 2024. Closing date: 15 September 2024.
Business unit: Social Science & Public Policy. Department: Department of Political Economy.
Contact details: Dr Yonatan Berman. yonatan.berman@kcl.ac.uk
Location: Strand Campus. Category: Research.
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About us
Welcome to the School of Politics and Economics, where our vision aligns with King’s College London’s ambitious goal of changing the world for the better.
King’s College London is one of the top 10 UK universities in the world, and has an outstanding reputation for world-class teaching and cutting-edge research.
This post will be based in the Department of Political Economy.
About the role
We are looking for a research assistant with a keen interest in tax policy, particularly tax avoidance and evasion. The research assistant will support and assist with data cleaning and analysis for a British Academy-funded project on inheritance tax in the United Kingdom. This role involves working primarily in the HMRC Datalab in London, handling large micro-level administrative datasets.
This part-time position (25% FTE) offers a fixed-term contract from 1 November 2024 (or a negotiated alternative date) until 31 August 2025, with the possibility of extension subject to funding.
About you
To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:
Essential criteria
1. Good knowledge of STATA and R
2. Good ability to collaborate on computer code
3. Fluency in English (spoken and written)
4. Interest in working on compiling and analysing data on a large scale to inform public and academic debate
Desirable criteria
1. Experience in working with large micro datasets
2. Knowledge of tax avoidance literature
3. Interest in tax avoidance measurement
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