Research Assistant, Family Justice Response to Allegations of Domestic Abuse

Internal Applicants Only

Deadline: 29 May 2023

Professor Shazia Choudhry is looking for a research assistant to help with work on her Oak Foundation-funded project The Family Justice Response to Allegations of Domestic Abuse: A Comparative European Analysis.

The project has collected extensive empirical data from England and Wales in the form of interviews with women survivors of domestic abuse and with court professionals such as lawyers, judges and magistrates, as well as meetings with focus groups. The role of the Research Assistant will be to:

• Listen to audio-files of interviews (36 in total) and focus group meetings (3 x 2 hours each). All materials are in English but with a range of regional accents and dialect.
• Check that the spoken content of the audio-files matches the content of the auto-generated transcripts, and apply corrections to the transcripts where required.
• Keep a spreadsheet of all corrections done.
• Liaise with Professor Choudhry and the project Postdoctoral Fellow Daniela Rodriguez Gutierrez.
• Comply with data protection and confidentiality requirements regarding the interview materials.

Duration and hours

Working hours: a total of up to 90 hours across the duration of the project, to be agreed with the project supervisor.

Start date: 5 June 2023

Date by which the work must be completed: 31 July 2023

The hours and duration for this work will entail the Research Assistant exceeding for a limited time the Law Faculty's usual limit of 8 hours per week for graduate students. The Research Assistant, unless exempt from these restrictions, must therefore ensure that they are able to undertake this work without exceeding a reasonable average of 8 hours per week across the academic year and across all projects.

Reporting

The Research Assistant will report to Professor Shazia Choudhry.

Requirements

• A background in social sciences and/or humanities is essential.
• Good listening skills are essential.
• Good record-keeping skills are essential.
• Prior familiarity with data protection regulations and the proper handling of sensitive materials is desirable.
• Prior familiarity with transcribing and transcription software is desirable.
• Experience of the legal systems in England and Wales is desirable.

The work can be done in any place in the UK where you have access to a good library and internet Meetings with the PI and team members can be held either in-person in Oxford or held online.

Eligibility

This opportunity is open to current graduate students in social science and humanities departments at Oxford.

It is expected that the work will be undertaken in the UK. 

Rate of Pay

The work will be paid at £17.02 per hour (including the exceptional non-consolidated uplift for 2022-23), which equates to University Grade 6, point 1, on the basis of completed and approved timesheets, which must be submitted to payroll@law.ox.ac.uk by the last Friday of each calendar month for payment on the last working day of the following month.

In addition, paid annual leave will be assumed to be taken in the month in which it was accrued.

Funding

This opportunity is funded by an Oak Foundation award (ref: BAR00740).

How to Apply

A short CV and cover letter (including the name of your supervisor) should be sent by email to shazia.choudhry@law.ox.ac.uk by Monday 29 May 2023. Please explain how you meet the requirements for the role, and give details of your availability. Supervisors may be asked for a reference. 

Enquiries about the project are welcome, and may be addressed to Shazia Choudhry. General queries, e.g. about the appointment process, or eligibility, may be addressed to research@law.ox.ac.uk.