Application closing date 24/02/2020  
Salary Salary: £33,797 - £36,914  
Job category/type Research
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Job description

Queen's Management School are looking for a highly-skilled Research Fellow to join the Northern Ireland Administrative Data Research Centre (NI-ADRC) team. As part of the team you will undertake a programme of work using linked datasets to understand a range of policy-relevant issues, potentially to include issues around pollution and health, education, and welfare reforms, working closely with other team members including the Director of the NI-ADRC Dr Dermot O'Reilly and Professor Duncan McVicar. Candidates should hold or be about to obtain a PhD in Economics or cognate discipline, should have at least three years of relevant research experience in micro-econometric analysis of administrative or survey data, and should have an interest in using research to inform policy makers. This post is available for a 12 month period.

Criterion include:

• Have or be about to obtain a PhD in economics or a related discipline. 
• At least 3 years relevant research experience in micro-econometric analysis of administrative or survey data, and effective research dissemination. 
• Experience of publishing, or evidence of ability to publish, in top international journals. 
• Ability to contribute to broader management and administrative processes. 
• * Contribute to the School's outreach programme by links with policy makers, industry, community groups etc. 
• * Advanced knowledge of Stata or equivalent statistics software. 
• * Advanced knowledge of econometrics. 
• * Ability to analyse the theoretical implications of government policy from an economic and/or social science perspective.

Queen's University Belfast is a driver of innovation and talent based on excellence. Throughout the University, our academics are collaborating across disciplines and with outside agencies and institutions on projects of world significance. We are connected and networked with strategic partnerships across the world, helping us to expand our impact on wider society locally, nationally and globally. The University is committed to attracting, retaining and developing the best global talent within an environment that enables them to realise their full potential.

We are a leader in gender equality and diversity, and are one of the UK's most successful universities in the Athena SWAN initiative which promotes gender equality and career progression. The University holds an Athena SWAN sliver award. We are ranked 1st in the UK for knowledge transfer partnerships, (Innovate UK) 9th in the UK for University facilities (Times Higher Education Student Experience Survey 2018) and 14th in the UK for research quality (Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2019).

Based in Belfast, a modern capital city, our beautiful campus is surrounded by abundant acres of parkland and is renowned as one of the safest and affordable cities in the UK. The choice of local Schools from pre-nursery upwards are some of the best available, and lovers of the outdoors can enjoy any number of activities from rowing and kayaking to top class golf among many others. We are immensely proud of what our city and our University will offer you.

Candidate Information 

Informal enquiries may be directed to Dr Heather Dickey; Tel: 4466; email: H.Dickey@qub.ac.uk

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