FW: [CPERN] VACANCY: RESEARCHER ON CHINA AND INTERNATIONAL SUPPLY CHAINS (32-36 HOURS / 0.8-0.9 FTE)

[Stacy VanDeveer]

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Subject: [CPERN] VACANCY: RESEARCHER ON CHINA AND INTERNATIONAL SUPPLY CHAINS (32-36 HOURS / 0.8-0.9 FTE)

 

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Dear CPERN colleagues and friends, 

 

the below vacancy by SOMO might be of interest to CPERN list members and/or PhDs (or maybe even MA students) that you have supervised at your institutions. 

 

Please spread widely!

 

Best wishes, 

 

Angela Wigger 

 

 

SOMO is currently looking for a researcher who will lead our research on supply chains passing through China, with a focus on the garment and electronics sectors.

About SOMO

SOMO investigates multinationals. Independent, factual, critical and with a clear goal: a fair and sustainable world, in which public interests outweigh corporate interests. We conduct action-oriented research to expose the impact and unprecedented power of multinationals, to promote fundamental changes in our economic system, and to stop and reverse the harms done by multinationals. Cooperating with hundreds of organisations around the world, we ensure that our information arrives where it has the most impact: communities, courtrooms, civil society organisations, media, politicians and more.

In recent years, SOMO has grown from a small-scale organisation to a non-profit organisation with about 35 passionate employees, who work to contribute to a fair, just and sustainable world.  The majority of SOMO’s staff work from our Amsterdam office, and collaborate with partners across all regions of the world.

The work culture at SOMO can be described as open, democratic and informal. Employees are involved, passionate, and focused on collaboration. People are ambitious, critical, with a drive to contributing to a fair and just world.

Structure

SOMO is organised in five programmatic teams and a communications team. These teams are managed by the Management Team (MT). Within each programme, employees conduct research into areas such as economic systems, sustainable supply chains, harmful business strategies, and natural resources. The MT consists of the Research and Advice Manager, the Operations Manager, and the Executive Director. SOMO hosts and participates in several national and international NGO networks.

The role of Researcher on China and International Supply Chains is a new role, established to lead a major new project at SOMO. The role sits in our Sustainable Supply Chains team.

Job description and purpose

The Researcher on China and International Supply Chains will lead SOMO’s major research programme on this issue. Working with skilled colleagues you will develop innovative research and communication approaches on supply chains, constructing investigations and outputs designed to bring about changes that benefit workers’ rights.

You must be comfortable using data programmes and data visualisation tools and be willing to think outside the box when it comes to investigative methodologies.

You will work with a strong group of colleagues who will provide support, and with strong partners. Good team work is essential, but you will also be organised and a good self-starter.

Success in the role is defined as cutting-edge research which is impactful, and strong external-facing engagement in key forums by the post-holder.

Main responsibilities

• Develop new approaches to investigating supply chains in line with SOMO’s funded program on workers’ rights in supply chains involving China.
• Carry our research to reconstruct supply chains linked to abuses of workers’ rights.
• Write research reports, blog posts, position papers and social media content that is focused on achieving the goals of SOMO’s strategy.
• Develop data visualisation tools as a key output of research (working with Communications experts at SOMO).
• Maintain close contacts and regular dialogue with partner organisations and participate in dialogue forums.
• Carry our advocacy in Europe aimed at securing legislative or policy change on supply chain due diligence by companies.

Key skills and experience

• A post-graduate qualification in a relevant field.
• At least five years’ experience working on supply chains, preferable covering Europe and China.
• Good knowledge of, and strong commitment to, labour rights.
• Proven research skills, with a track record of publishing engaging, well-evidenced, content.
• Experience working with data tools, large data sets, and/or data visualization approaches.
• Good understanding of corporate actors and civil society actors working on supply chains in Europe and China.
• Experience in one or both of garments and electronics supply chains is desirable.
• Ability to facilitate meetings and discussions.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with experience representing an organisation to media, governmental actors and within civil society spaces.
• Excellent writing skills in English; competency in Mandarin is an asset.
• A strong team player able to work with a dynamic team of colleagues within and outside SOMO.

We offer

• An exciting and challenging position within a national and international network.
• An informal and dynamic work environment with the opportunity to undertake new initiatives.
• A gross monthly salary between € 3,976 and € 5,669 based on 40 hours a week, depending on experience.
• We initially offer a one-year contract of 32 to 36 hours a week (0.8-0.9 fte, but the post is expected to become a permanent post after year 1).
• Good pension, education possibilities and other benefits also paid.
• Location: Amsterdam desirable but flexibility for the right candidate.

Interested?

Please send your application (your letter of interest and CV in English, with two examples of publications you have authored) by e-mail to jo...@somo.nl before 31 September 2022.

SOMO believes in the power and necessity of a diverse and inclusive organisation. We are striving for more diversity and better representation of people with different backgrounds in our team.

 

 

 

Associate Professor Global Political Economy 

  

Department of Political Sciences 

Radboud University 

PO.Box 9108 

6525 AJ Nijmegen 

Website:http://www.ru.nl/english/people/wigger-a/ 

  

Check out: 

 

*(2022) The new EU industrial policy and deepening structural asymmetries: Smart Specialisation not so smart. Journal of Common Market Studies, https://doi.org/10.1111/jcms.13366 

*(2022) Continuing to fight the beast of the apocalypse: Reasons for a critical political economy perspective. Global Political Economy1(1):188–196. 

*(2022) Una valoración crítica de lo que podría ser una economía política anarquista. Instituto de Ciencias Económicas y de la Autogestión. 

*(2021) De noodzaak voor een radicaal links antwoord op het neoliberaal kapitalisme.S&D. With R. Fernandez 

*(2021) La politica industriale dell 'UE tra neo-autoritarismo neoliberale e alternative possibili. In Quale Unione? L'Europa e le fratture del XXI secolo 

*(2021) Housing as a site of accumulation in Amsterdam: The creation of surplus populations. Geoforum126(2021): 451-460. 

*(2019) The new EU industrial policy: authoritarian neoliberal structural adjustment and the case for alternatives. Globalizations 16(3): 353-369.  

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