Senior Research Fellow
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Job Description
ABOUT THE ROLE
The Senior Research Fellow in CoCreation will lead the Community Innovation Practitioners awards. After a successful 2023-24 pilot, the CIP awards will provide innovative funding for up to 10 new cross-sector research partnerships to host a Community Innovation Practitioner (CIP) from 1 September 2025 to 30 August 2026. The Senior Research Fellow will oversee the CIP awarding process and onboarding, mentor the CIPs, co-evaluate their work, lead on CIP network and skills training events and coordinate the CIPs in their completion of agreed award outputs.
Further information can be found in the job description
This role is fixed term full time to work on the AHRC Creative Communities Programme as maternity cover to from 1 February 2025 to 1 February 2026.
This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 therefore the successful candidate will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service check
ABOUT THE TEAM
AHRC Creative Communities is a major research programme funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and hosted by Northumbria University, exploring how co-created culture can enhance belonging, address regional inequality, deliver devolution, and break down barriers to opportunity with communities in devolved settings across all 4 nations of the UK.
ABOUT YOU
Applicants should hold a PhD in a related area and have demonstrable specialist expert knowledge in co-creation and mentoring, experience in partnership working and be prepared to visit all four nations of the UK to support CIP delivery.
Location is flexible but you should be UK-based and your home base will be Newcastle Upon Tyne. Travel to the home base will be required for some meetings but hybrid is encouraged. You should be prepared to travel across the UK for programme-related activities from September 2025 to December 2025.
Further information about the requirements of the role is available in the person specification
If you would like an informal discussion about the role, please contact katy3.shaw@northumbria.ac.uk
To apply for this vacancy please click 'Apply Now'. Your application should include a covering letter and a CV.
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