Researcher, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies
Deadline date: Friday 4 March 2022
Grade 7: £33,309 - £40,927 per annum
Reporting to Professor Linda Mulcahy, the postholder will be a member of a Department of Health Policy Research Unit on patient safety, effectiveness and experience. The particular focus of their work will be on access to grievance procedures and broader governance issues in the NHS. The postholder will be based at the Centre for Socio-legal Studies where they will work closely with Professor Mulcahy on a study of the various avenues that dissatisfied users of healthcare services can use to express their concerns, complaints and claims. More particularly, the researcher will be focusing on lay user journeys to advice services and grievance procedures. The post will involve the use of qualitative research methods such as interviews and surveys and some evaluation of existing data sets. The postholder will provide guidance to junior members of the research cluster including occasional research assistants, PhD students, and/or project volunteers.
The successful candidate will hold or be close to completion of a relevant PhD/DPhil, together with relevant experience; possess sufficient specialist knowledge in the discipline to work within established research programmes; have the ability to manage own academic research and associated activities; previous experience of contributing to publications/presentations and the ability to contribute ideas for new research projects and research income generation.
The post is full time and fixed term for 14 months.
The postholder will be based in the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Manor Road Building, Manor Road, Oxford, OX1 3UQ.
Applications for this vacancy are to be made online via www.recruit.ox.ac.uk and enter vacancy ID: 155816. Closing date for applications is midday on Friday 4 March 2022. Interviews will be held on Wednesday 16 March 2022.
Shortlisted candidates will be asked to arrange for two references to be submitted before the interviews take place.