[Commlist] Job - Research Officer - Media Literacy Project at LSE

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Department of Media and Communications, The London School of Economics 
and Political Science (LSE)

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 on the following 
webpage: 
https://jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/4650/0/382729/15539/research-officer-post-doc 
<https://jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/4650/0/382729/15539/research-officer-post-doc>

To apply for this post, please go to http://www.jobs.lse.ac.uk 
<http://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 /at/ lse.ac.uk) <mailto:(Media.Research /at/ 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

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