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Media and Communications

Research Officer Media Literacy Project – Common Sense media literacy materials evaluation

Salary from £38,313 to £46,168 pa inclusive with potential to progress to £49,614 pa inclusive of London allowance

This is a fixed-term appointment for 11 months  

Applications are invited from outstanding postdoctoral candidates in media and communications. The successful candidate will join an established and successful Department, ranked first in its field in the UK’s Research Excellence Framework (REF 2021) and third in the QS World University Rankings 2022, and known for its distinctive interdisciplinary approach to the field of media and communications. You will contribute to the “Media Literacy Programme project: An evaluation of the Common Sense Digital Citizenship Curriculum”, managing the day to day running of the project, engaging in high-quality research and evaluation as instructed by the PI Professor Shakuntala Banaji, and participating in the School and wider Department activities as directed.

Candidates will have:

•  A PhD in media and communications, media education, or a closely related area.
• Ability to conduct research using quantitative methods to evaluate interventions.
•  Ability to conduct original academic research on substantive research topics that relate to Media and Digital Literacy and educational interventions in this field
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, and ability to communicate research findings effectively to scholarly, policy and non-academic audiences
• Good interpersonal skills and the ability and willingness to work as part of an interdisciplinary team and with non-academic stakeholders
• Evidence of time management skills, setting priorities and meeting tight deadlines

We offer an occupational pension scheme, generous annual leave and excellent training and development opportunities.

For further information about the post, please see the how to apply document, job description and the person specification.

To apply for this post, please go to www.jobs.lse.ac.uk. If you have any technical queries with applying on the online system, please use the “contact us” links at the bottom of the LSE Jobs page. Should you have any queries about the role, please email Media.Research@lse.ac.uk.

The closing date for receipt of applications is 26 March 2023 (23.55 UK time). Regrettably, we are unable to accept any late applications.