Applications are invited for a temporary fixed term (46 months) post of a UCD Post-doctoral Research Fellow Level 1 within UCD School of Social Policy, Social Work and Social Justice.

The successful candidate will join a team of scholars working on issues around work transformation, gender equality, work-life balance and political economy of the welfare state, and who have an interest in gender equality and gender-sensitive policy development and critique.

The successful candidate will work with Dr Dorota Szelewa to provide research and data collection in the field of work-life balance, work transformation, gender and public policies and to assist with administrative and managerial duties.

The project underpinning this vacancy is entitled "TransEuroWorks -Transforming European Work and Social Protection - A New Proactive Welfare State Fit for The Future World of Work ". A consortium of 10 European universities and other research institutions has received funding from Horizon Europe for a large-scale, multi-disciplinary research project on the future world of European work and social protection. TransEuroWorkS will provide new, more integrative understandings of how fundamental changes to the labour market and European context can be better and more proactively managed through national and European Union (EU) level social protection policies.

At the centre of this research are three structural labour market transformations, i.e., green transition and decarbonisation, technological change (automation and digitalization), and the internationalisation of the workforce (through intra-European mobility and immigration). UCD is a leader of a Work Package that would include mapping existing work-life balance (WLB) policies influencing gender roles in Europe, identifying and systematizing how the EU work-life balance policies can affect national gender equality policies (both EU WLB directive and the EU plans for equal pay/transparency directive) as well as identifying and systematising nationally and locally applied policies related to gender-stratified access to digitalization.

The selected post-doctoral researchers will have the opportunity to work on these key transformations and their socio-political and economic consequences at the cutting edge of the current comparative political economy policy and research agenda, with a special focus on gender issues.

This is an academic research role, where you will conduct a specified programme of research supported by research training and development under the supervision and direction of a Principal Investigator. The primary purpose of the role is to further develop your research skills and competences, including the processes of publication in peer-reviewed academic publications, the development of funding proposals, the mentorship of graduate students along with the opportunity to develop your skills in research led teaching.

The successful candidate will engage in the following duties: 

• Prepare systematic literature reviews and draft working papers within the area of work-life balance (including EU policies), work transformation, gender pay gap, gender and digitalisation 
• Identify data sources, data collection and analysis (including stakeholder interviews) for Ireland within a broader scope of work transformation and social security; 
• Develop innovative policy solutions and drafting policy briefs; 
• Present papers at international conferences; 
• Submit research results for publication in academic journals; 
• Participate in seminars, workshops and conferences of the programme. 
• Assist in preparing project documentation and reporting; Assist to the local project PI - Dr Dorota Szelewa.

Salary Range: 41,209 - 47,477 per annum

Appointment on the above range will be dependent upon qualifications and experience.

Closing date: 17:00hrs (local Irish time) on 30th of November 2022.

Applications must be submitted by the closing date and time specified. Any applications which are still in progress at the closing time of 17:00hrs (Local Irish Time) on the specified closing date will be cancelled automatically by the system. UCD are unable to accept late applications. UCD do not require assistance from Recruitment Agencies. Any CV's submitted by Recruitment Agencies will be returned.

Prior to application, further information (including application procedure) should be obtained from the Work at UCD website: https://www.ucd.ie/workatucd/jobs/.