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DPU Fellowship Based at Sierra Leone Urban Research Centre, Freetown.
Closing date for applications: 24th November 2024
Interviews: End November / Early December 2024 (via Zoom)
Start: January 2025
Duration: 8 months (with a possibility of an extra 2 months, to be confirmed)
Financial support: £10,000 for 8 months (if extended to 10 months it would increase to £12,500)
As part of the partnership between The Bartlett Development Planning Unit (DPU), and Sierra Leone Urban Research Centre (SLURC) the fellowship aims to offer experience and on-the-job-training for graduates from the DPU MSc programmes.
The fellow will become part of the core staff of the Sierra Leone Urban Research Centre with the title of Communication and Research Support Officer. Under the direct supervision of the centre’s directors, the fellow will produce, deliver and maintain communication management tools including SLURC’s website, social media, the quarterly newsletters and other SLURC outputs such as ad-hoc writing support to the directors or report layout. Furthermore, the person will assist the research team with searching for and reviewing published and/or grey literature on a range of research topics, research methodology planning, data collection and analysis, and output writing such as policy briefs, reports or journals on a range of projects and on different themes.
The fellowship will run for 8 months, with a possible extension of 2 months, starting in January 2025. The fellow will be based in Freetown at the Sierra Leone Urban Research Centre (SLURC) at 17a Hill Cot Road, Freetown.
For the full Job Description please see here.
Application:
Please send a CV (max 3 pages) and a cover letter (max 2 pages) explaining your motivation for this fellowship and how your skills and capacities will enable you to successfully perform the roles and responsibilities outlined above.
Please send your application to Daniel Oviedo daniel.oviedo@ucl.ac.uk and Andrea Klingel aklingel@slurc.org by 24th November 2024 with email subject ‘SLURC fellowship application’. You can also get in touch with informal queries to discuss the position.