This opportunity is for Postgraduate Researchers with secured funding and authorisation from their doctoral funding body to undertake a three-month placement.
Key Placement Information
Closing Date
Friday 29th May 2026, 23:59 UK time
Start Date
August 2026
Duration
3-months
Full-time or Part-time
Flexible
In Person, Online or Hybrid
Online
Job Sector
Private
Project Areas
Literature Review, Framework Design, Workplace Culture
How to Apply
Send a cover letter
Applicant Eligibility
This opportunity is only accepting applications from Postgraduate Researchers with secured funding and authorisation from their doctoral funding body to undertake a three-month placement.
Project Description
Makinen Unlimited helps businesses understand the future workforce by bridging the gap between the Gen Z and the more experienced workforce. They raise awareness of generational dynamics and help leaders and managers shift their mindset.
For the first time in history, workplaces now contain five generations working alongside one another. Each generation has been shaped by different social, economic, and technological conditions, and brings different expectations, communication styles, and ways of working; in particular the Gen Z, who are the first digital native generation with different assumptions related to work, success, communication and authority. Understanding this complexity and working with it is a present and growing challenge for organisations across all sectors.
Makinen Unlimited works with organisations to close this gap, specialising in raising awareness of Gen Z, generational dynamics and shifting the mindset of leaders and managers.
They are looking for a Research Assistant to help them to develop a new diagnostic framework that organisations can use to assess how well their multigenerational workforce is functioning and identify where the gaps lie. The tool will allow organisations to determine how efficient their workforce is.
Expected duties include:
- Conducting a structured literature review of existing academic and practitioner research
- Identifying the key dimensions that determine whether a multigenerational workforce is functioning effectively
- Evaluating the proposed framework dimensions against the evidence base and our expertise
- Contributing to the design and structure of the diagnostic framework
- Supporting the production of the practical guide
Access full details and application instructions here: Makinen Unlimited - Research Assistant
Please note this opportunity has been advertised across multiple Doctoral Training Partnerships (DTPs).
