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We’re hiring a Research Assistant/Associate

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Creative PEC, working in partnership with Newcastle University and the Royal Society of Arts (RSA) is recruiting for a Research Assistant/Associate in “creative industries”.

Contract Type:  Fixed Term

Working Pattern:  Full Time

Salary: Research Assistant:  £32,296 to £33,882 per annum

Research Associate: £34,866 to £45,163 per annum

*A London Weighting allowance is available if the post holder is to be based in the London office.

Location: Based either at RSA House, London or Newcastle University with some remote working flexibility.

Closing Date: 19 January 2025

We are looking for a brilliant Research Assistant or Associate to join our growing team.

Creative PEC’s core team works across research, policy, and industry to support the UK’s creative industries. You can learn more about us all here.

Are you an economist, or other quantitative social scientist, who is interested in the creative industries and would like to contribute to a research agenda that will shape policies at a national and international scale? Do you have the ability to understand, analyse and process data for academic and non-academic audiences? Are you interested in data science? We are looking for an energetic and committed individual who wants to make an impact on society while producing excellent quantitative academic research and develop a high level of expertise in a fast-growing field. 

You will be joining Newcastle University as part of the Creative PEC Research Unit, reporting to the Research Director, Professor of Macroeconomics, Giorgio Fazio, and working closely with Hasan Bakhshi, Professor of Economics of Creative Industries and the Creative PEC’s Director. You will also be a member of the Economics Subject Group in the Business School.

The Role

You will be joining the team at an exciting time as it positions itself vis-à-vis the new UK Government and local and combined mayoral authorities as the UK’s lead authority on evidence-based policy for the creative industries. Newcastle University has made an ambitious commitment to making the Creative PEC one of the world’s leading centres for the economics of creative industries. This commitment has translated into substantial investment that includes Professor Bakhshi’s Chair and a Fellowship under the prestigious Newcastle University Academic Track (NUAcT) scheme, which also includes a PhD Studentship (see here for greater detail).

You will have a passion for using quantitative economic research to inform public policy and a desire to contribute to a research agenda that will shape creative industries policies at the national and international scale. This role will involve carrying out research on the creative industries and, specifically, on the public policies impacting on the sector nationally and internationally. You will be well versed in quantitative methods and tools and will be able to collect and analyse large primary and secondary data sets. You will also be adept at translating research for the benefit of non-academic stakeholders. Working closely with the Creative PEC’s Policy Unit, you will assist the Creative PEC in managing its engagement activities with policy stakeholders. You will thrive on publishing research reports and articles in international peer-reviewed outlets.

In this role, you will carry out quantitative research on the creative industries and, specifically, on the public policies impacting on the sector nationally and internationally. Working closely with the PEC’s Policy Unit, you will assist the Creative PEC in managing its engagement activities with policy stakeholders both locally and nationally.

Together with the Creative PEC’s Research Consortium and our global Network of PEC Research Fellows, the Creative PEC’s Research Unit will address a dynamic research agenda that is both responsive to the needs of policymakers and industry, while at the same time pushing forward the knowledge frontier through peer-reviewed academic publications. The Research Unit’s agenda is complementary to that of the Research Consortium and the Research Fellows. Working closely with the Creative PEC’s Director, the Research Unit is also responsible for managing and collecting a new flagship longitudinal survey of UK creative industries businesses.

We encourage applications from individuals who can complement our existing team. We believe that success is built on having teams whose backgrounds and experiences reflect the diversity of the UK population. This is initially a two-year full-time opportunity with the possibility of extension after the initial period.

To apply, please complete an online application and upload a CV and cover letter. Your cover letter is a supporting statement, and you should outline how you meet the essential criteria of the role detailed in the person specification section.

For informal enquiries regarding the role, please contact Giorgio.Fazio@newcastle.ac.uk.

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