Post-doctoral Research Associate

About us

The School of Global Affairs (SGA) in the Faculty of Social Science and Public Policy at King's is a dynamic hub of multi-disciplinary scholarship that seeks to address the pressing issues facing our world today, including climate change, inequality and global health.

At King's, we are deeply committed to embedding good equality and diversity practices into all our activities so that the university is an inclusive, welcoming, and inspiring place to work and study, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion, sex, or sexual orientation. King's offers inclusive benefits to staff, including flexible working, Enhanced Parental Leave, funds for Parents and Carers, and the potential to join community staff networks.

About the role

This is an opportunity to join a team on an AHRC-funded project on 'Developing innovative arts-based approaches to prevent gender-based violence through feminist activism among youth in the favelas of Brazil'. Focusing on young people, the project develops an innovative translational arts-based approach to prevent gender-based violence in Brazil and creates engagement and policy pathways that can be scaled-up transnationally. Drawing on established successful international collaborations, it will be conducted in the favelas of Maré in Rio de Janeiro with Redes da Maré (Redes) (a community-based human rights NGO), together with People's Palace Projects (an arts centre using creativity for transformation - PPP) and Women of the World Foundation (a global movement creating a gender equal world - WOW).

This is a part time post (17.5 Hours per week), and you will be offered an indefinite / a fixed term contract until 30.09.26.

About you

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

Essential criteria

1. PhD qualified in relevant subject area (or pending results) (to include Geography, Anthropology, Sociology or related)
2. Native level fluency in Brazilian Portuguese
3. Fieldwork experience in favelas in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
4. Strong social science and arts-based methods experience
5. Excellent written and oral skills including report writing (in English and Portuguese)

Desirable criteria

1. Fieldwork experience in favelas of Maré in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2. Excellent interpersonal skills, able to collaborate closely with a range of stakeholders and the project team.
3. Comfortable managing their own schedule and others, and working to deadlines
4. Ability to write blogs
5. Experience of creating toolkits

Further information

We pride ourselves on being inclusive and welcoming. We embrace diversity and want everyone to feel that they belong and are connected to others in our community.

We are committed to working with our staff and unions on these and other issues, to continue to support our people and to develop a diverse and inclusive culture at King's.

We ask all candidates to submit a copy of their CV, and a supporting statement, detailing how they meet the essential criteria listed in the advert. If we receive a strong field of candidates, we may use the desirable criteria to choose our final shortlist, so please include your evidence against these where possible.

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We are able to offer sponsorship for candidates who do not currently possess the right to work in the UK.