Research Associate

at  Manchester Metropolitan University

The Department of History, Politics and Philosophy is please to invite applications for a fixed-term (24 months) Administrative Project Co-ordinator/Research Associate
Situated within the Arts & Humanities faculty, the department brings together over 50 academic staff, with a wide range of expertise. We have a long tradition of publicly engaged research and work extensively with partners across the region.

The department has recently been awarded funding as part of the Heritage Science Data Service (HSDS) consortium led by the University of York. The project aims to create a distributed infrastructure of equipment and skills in conservation and heritage science, funded by the UKRI RICHeS programme. We are thus seeking to employ an Administrative Project Co-ordinator to lead the work on collecting data on the provision of conservation and heritage scheme equipment and expertise across the UK. The Project Co-ordinator will survey HEI, GLAM, and other members of the sector to create a catalogue of equipment and expertise to be hosted by the new HSDS service.

• The successful applicant will have expert knowledge of the sector.
• The successful applicant will have excellent interpersonal and communication skills to undertake this work.

To apply, please submit your CV and a covering letter via our application portal. For an informal discussion around the requirements of the role, please contact Dr Ben Edwards (b.edwards@mmu.ac.uk).
Manchester Met University is committed to creating an intentionally inclusive culture of belonging that promotes equity and celebrates diversity. We understand the importance of having a diverse workforce and the benefits it can bring to ensuring diversity of thought and innovation in everything we do. We, therefore, encourage applications from our local and international communities, in particular people from ethnic minority groups, disabled people and people who identify as LGBTQIA+

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