Senior Lecturer in International Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse Research and Childlight Deputy Director of Data

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Senior Lecturer in International Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse Research and Childlight Deputy Director of Data

Company

University of Edinburgh

Job description

Job Description:Grade UE09: £61,198 – £75,498 per annumChildlight – Global Child Safety Institute, based at the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Moray House School of Education and SportOpen Ended Contract (Contract Review Date aligned to funding)Full-time, 35 hours per weekChild sexual exploitation and abuse (CSEA) is a global problem that requires a global response. However, the lack of reliable and comprehensive data relating to CSEA is a major inhibitor to developing more effective and evidence driven prevention and response strategies and policies.The appointed candidate will serve as Deputy Director of Data for Childlight – Global Child Safety Institute to provide management and leadership support to the data programme. The postholder will be engaged in international CSEA research with significant experience in leading research, attracting funds, and supervising early career researchers. It is expected that this post will help develop and work to the Childlight data and impact strategy.This Senior Lecturer role will contribute their expertise to leading courses on the new MSc in Child Protection Data Futures. In addition, this post is expected to contribute data outputs and curating impact related to their work for the University’s Research Excellence Framework (REF) exercise alongside other faculty at the data institute.The Opportunity:The Senior Lecturer in International CSEA Research & Deputy Director of Data for Childlight will be responsible for:

• Contributing to the development, management, and delivery of excellent research and research-led and practice-based teaching on the prevalence and nature of child sexual exploitation and abuse globally.

• Lead courses on the new master’s programme in Child Protection Data Futures including identifying and supervising student placement and project-based dissertations.

• Providing research and policy leadership by supervising early career colleagues, masters and doctoral students and post-doctoral research fellows within Childlight,

• Conducting research and dissemination aligned with Childlight’s strategy and mission, attracting external funding to sustain and grow this research programme.

• Deputising as needed for the Director of Data to contribute to data programme at Childlight – Global Child Safety Institute to contribute leading evidence on working with data to understanding the magnitude and nature of child sexual exploitation and abuse globally and creating impact from this evidence by improving response and prevention, and

• Engaging with key stakeholders around knowledge exchange and impact from research in order to improve child protection systems and to prevent violence against children.

Your skills and attributes for success:

• A significant academic profile, with a PhD and a track-record of leading research grants and attracting research funding in the area of international child sexual exploitation and abuse research
• Expertise in the area of child sexual exploitation and abuse research that has had a demonstrable impact.
• Experience of leadership in research as a PI of research grants and in knowledge exchange through effective public engagement.
• Significant portfolio of high-quality research publications in child protection research that are REF-able.
• Experience of developing and leading courses on violence against children and/or research methods
• Experience of mentoring and developing colleagues at various career stages including PhD students and postdoctoral fellows.
• Proven track record of working with policymakers and child protection system actors (police, health, etc) and curating impact.

Click to view a copy of the full )As a valued member of our team you can expect:A competitive Grade 9 salary of £61,198 – £75,498 per annumAn exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work.To be part of a diverse and vibrant international communityComprehensive Staff Benefits, such as a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme, staff discounts, family-friendly initiatives, and flexible work options. Check out the full list on our (opens in a new tab) and use our reward calculator to discover the total value of your pay and benefitsChampioning equality, diversity and inclusionThe University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.Prior to any employment commencing with the University you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our (opens new browser tab).The University is able to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. If successful, an international applicant requiring sponsorship to work in the UK will need to satisfy the UK Home Office’s English Language requirements and apply for and secure a Skilled Worker Visa.Key dates to noteClosing date for applications is 31 May 2024Unless stated otherwise the closing time for applications is 11:59pm GMT. If you are applying outside the UK the closing time on our adverts automatically adjusts to your browsers local time zone.Interviews will be held approximately 3 weeks after advert has closed.About Us: As a world-leading research-intensive University, we are here to address tomorrow’s greatest challenges. Between now and 2030 we will do that with a values-led approach to teaching, research and innovation, and through the strength of our relationships, both locally and globally.About the Team:The Institute draws together significant expertise in sport-related studies and is concerned with all levels of education and all forms of research and knowledge exchange that inform and enhance physical education, physical activity, health and well-being; sport and recreation development, coaching, policy and management; and sport and exercise science.The Institute is the UK’s largest provider of initial teacher education in physical education and plays the key role in developing the physical education school curriculum within Scotland.Find out more at https://www.ed.ac.uk/education/institutes/spehs

Expected salary

£61198 – 75498 per year

Location

Edinburgh – Midlothian

Job date

Sun, 12 May 2024 07:31:57 GMT

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