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The Department of Management at Kingston Business School invites applications from highly-qualified individuals for the position of Research Assistant to collaborate with Dr. Sarah Otner on a portfolio of research activity about the fragrance industry.
The project involves the design and delivery of multi-national, archival (i.e., secondary) data collection that will allow PI to build a structured database with information about fragrance industry awards (specifically) and creative industry careers (generally).
The role
The position is suited to candidates who hold a good undergraduate degree in a relevant discipline such as management, economics, sociology, data science, and computer science – with strong quantitative and data analysis skills. See attached job description for detailed skills and competences required.
The role will appeal to applicants with ambitions to pursue research-intensive careers; it is similar in content and structure to a “pre-doctoral fellowship”. If interested and appropriate, the successful candidate will be supported to apply both for admission to doctoral studies (i.e., Business Ph.D. degree programme) and for any relevant funding opportunities (including Kingston University’s Ph.D. Studentships, deadline annually each March for study starting the following October).
Excellent technical, analytic, and writing skills are essential. Prior experience with contributing to research publications in peer-reviewed academic journals and conferences are highly desirable.
The Faculty
The Faculty of Business and Social Sciences combines Kingston Business School and the School of Law, Social and Behavioural Sciences. Driven by a forward-thinking approach, the faculty is dynamic, innovative, and ambitious. We focus on business and social challenges that impact us all such as decision making, sustainable development and individual resilience.
Together, the schools strive to nurture socially responsible, well-informed, and actively engaged members of society who graduate as adaptable, ambitious, and solutions-focused professionals.
Kingston Business School have EFMD, AMBA and AACSB accreditations, signalling to the world that we have met the most rigorous standards of excellence in business education. We are committed to supporting the personal and professional development of colleagues, including participation in international conference and knowledge exchange activities.
We have a skills-based and experiential approach to business education, which is grounded in business, creativity, and technology. There is an evolving and ambitious research culture in the school, building a reputation for being rigorous and relevant.
This is a part-time position (0.6 FTE), available immediately for a fixed-term duration until 31 July 2024 subject to funding availability.
