Student Casual – Student Consultancy Research Assistant – Law & GEES – Grade 6 – 907209

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Job summary

The Student Consultancy Project Assistants will work with a counterpart in GEES to support the establishment of this consultancy and adapt the Law model to the GEES context.

The contract will be for a period of 13 weeks working between 4 and 8 hrs per week.

We are seeking one research assistant from Law (total 40 hrs) and one from Geography Earth and Environmental Sciences (total 60 hours)

Main duties

• researching comparable student consultancy projects in other HEIs which may inform our approach/practice;

• conducting a literature review on interdisciplinary student consultancy projects and previous applications of this model in GEES;

• adapting consultancy documentation such as student volunteer contracts training materials feedback forms advice templates etc from format currently used in Law to suit the GEES pilot;

• supporting with the development of new training materials for UG GEES as required;

• liaison with potential external partners to explore appetite for student consultancy projects;

• mapping of pilot model against the UNSDGs.

• Conducting interviews with participants development of marketing materials to promote consultancy service.

Required knowledge skills qualifications & experience

Essential criteria:

• Research Skills:
  Ability to carry out research independently including conducting literature reviews and synthesise findings clearly and accurately. Experience with conducting interviews.

• Attention to Detail:
  Ability to review adapt and qualitycheck documents such as templates training materials and feedback forms to ensure accuracy clarity and suitability for the student consultancy project.

• Communication Skills:
  Excellent written and verbal communication.

• Organisational Skills:
  Ability to manage multiple tasks meet deadlines maintain orderly records and work systematically under minimal supervision.

• Digital Competency:
  Proficiency in Microsoft Office/365 tools (Word Teams SharePoint) for compiling research managing documents and collaboratively developing project resources.

Desirable:

• Previous experience of working of volunteering on Law pro bono projects and/or legal advice clinics.

For any informal queries please contactLesley Batty

The University of Birmingham restricts all students to working up to 20 hours per week during term time for a maximum of 13 consecutive weeks. If your application is successful and your course does not follow the usual academic term timetable (e.g. PGT PGR or PhD student) you and your supervisor must formally agree vacation periods if this role exceeds 20 hours per week. In addition to this please be aware if you are an international student you will be required to apply to the Registry for the appropriate authorised absence.

You are only eligible to apply to this role if you are a current University of Birmingham student. If you are not a University of Birmingham student your application will not be considered.

To work you will need to carry out a right to work checks will need to be completed prior to work commencing.

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