Policy & Education Research Officer (volunteer)
About the Role
DEPARTMENT: RESEARCH
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We are a group of students & recent graduates creating a platform for Scotland’s Refugees to share their voice through art. Through a research-driven educational campaign, we use our online presence and creative events to raise awareness in the local community about what it means to be a refugee, with the vision of a welcoming and accepting society.
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We are looking for 2-3 Policy and Education Officers for our COLOURS 2019 - 2020 team. The successful candidates will be working with a team of 5-6 dedicated, skilful and highly motivated volunteers. The ideal candidate should be organised, socially driven (specifically within the issues surrounding refugee and asylum seeker integration), a good writer, and have some experience in qualitative research or journalism.
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The Policy and Education Officers main focus will be supporting the Research lead and the rest of the Research team, researching and blog post writing and keeping up to date with current research and news facing the community.