Research Officer Posts, Department of Applied Social Studies

College of Arts, Celtic Studies & Social Sciences

The Department of Applied Social Studies is seeking to recruit two Research Officers for 2-year whole-time contracts; to work on an exciting new project entitled Civil society, youth and youth policy in modern Ireland. The project is being funded by the Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences. The project will conduct research on youth policy, youth work and youth organisations.

One of the positions will suit a graduate of social science, sociology or a cognate discipline who has experience of qualitative and quantitative research methods. The other position will suit a graduate with experience of documentary or archival research, possibly a social scientist or historian.

The successful candidates will be: educated to Masters or PhD standard; highly motivated and self-starting; able to work co-operatively within a research team; and demonstrate the ability to work to agreed outcomes and deadlines.

For enquiries, please contact: Martin Geoghegan, Project Associate Investigator

Email: m.geoghegan@ucc.ie / Tel.: 021 4903803

Salary: €34,259 per annum

Closing date: Friday, 04^th April 2008

Completed application forms must be returned to: Department of Human Resources, University College Cork, Ireland.

Tel: + 353 21 4903073 / Email: recruitment@per.ucc.ie / Fax + 353 21 4276995

Application Form for Academic Posts http://www.ucc.ie/en/hr/FormsContractDocuments/DocumentFile,35042,en.doc

University College Cork is an Equal Opportunities Employer