Research Community Coordinator
Posted: 8th April 2024
Opportunity for Current Academic or Research Staff in Computer Science
Research Community Coordinator (Open to split the role for 2 people)
1 year appointment
£2000 allowance per annum (or £1000 per person for 2 people).
The Department of Computer Science is seeking to appoint a Research Community Coordinator. With a role allowance of up to £2,000 per annum to be paid in addition to your ordinary salary, you will undertake activities to build an inclusive community for research staff in the department alongside your substantive role, contributing to departmental efforts to implement the University’s Concordat to Support Career Development of Researchers: Action Plan 2022- 2025, with its three objectives of creating a supportive, inclusive, equitable research environment; recognising and valuing diverse contributions of researchers; and supporting researchers to achieve a range of career goals.
This position is for one year in the first instance, reporting to the Director of Academic Environment (Reuben Binns).
With a budget of up to £1000 per annum for events, you will organise in-person activities (e.g. lunches, mini research talks, other activities based on suggestions from researchers) to bring together fixed-term research staff from across different research themes and teams within the department. You will act as a point of contact for researchers to raise their feedback, suggestions, and concerns, escalating these to the appropriate individual or committee, and identifying areas for improvement with regards to equality, diversity and inclusion within the research staff community. You will participate in the department’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee, representing the interests of research staff, and collaborate with the University’s Researcher Hub, acting as the department’s Research Staff representative.
For full details of the role responsibilities, please see the role profile attached.
To apply for this role, you should be able to demonstrate a commitment to supporting the engagement, integration and career development of research staff, a commitment to improving equality and diversity and a willingness to develop your understanding of equality and diversity issues, the ability to engage and influence colleagues, the ability to represent the department at divisional level as a research staff representative, and an interest in organising social activities to promote a sense of community among research staff.
To express your interest in this role, please send a short supporting statement to hr@cs.ox.ac.uk by noon on Wednesday, 8th May 2024 with the subject heading ‘Job Application for Research Community Coordinator, outlining why you are interested in the role and how you demonstrate the requirements as detailed above and in the role profile. If shortlisted, you will be invited to a short interview to discuss the role further. Prior to appointment, the department will check the terms and conditions of the successful candidate’s external funding sources (if the postholder is externally funded) to confirm that the role will not conflict with these.
If you have any questions about the role, please contact reuben.binns@cs.ox.ac.uk