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Research Executive – Evidence and Impact

Employer
Skills For Care
Location
London (Central), London (Greater)
Salary
£29,144.04 per annum
Closing date
28 Jan 2019

Skills for Care provides practical tools and support to help adult social care organisations in England get, keep and develop their workforce. By working with organisations and sharing best practice, we help to raise quality and standards and make sure dignity and respect are at the heart of service delivery. Our support is from entry level right through to those in senior leadership and management roles. We are committed to using evidence to inform what we do as well as evaluating the outcomes and impact of our work.

This role will have shared responsibility for promoting the evidence and impact agenda within Skills for Care and to ensure that research and evaluation plays a key role in project and programme development. The purpose of this role is to contribute to the planning, organising, management and successful delivery of projects in research and evaluation.

The successful candidate should have experience in contributing to a range of research and/or evaluation projects. This should include evidence / literature reviews, primary research (such as telephone interviews and focus groups) and undertaking both statistical and qualitative data analysis. The post holder will contribute to the completion of a range of diverse research and evaluation projects. They will work as part of a team with a designated Project Manager overseeing their work on each individual project.

The ideal candidate will have high levels of networking and interpersonal skills as this role will involve working in partnership with colleagues across the organisation and other stakeholders to ensure assigned projects meet their objectives.

The successful candidate will also have strong project management skills, at least a foundation level of knowledge of the social care sector and the ability to deliver key project information clearly to a variety of audiences.

If you are interested in this role please visit the website for the full job description.

Skills for Care is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.

A DBS check is not required for these roles. Candidates will be asked to disclose any unspent criminal convictions as part of the recruitment process however this will not form part of the initial application stage.

Permanent – Full Time 36 hours per week, part-time/flexible hours could be considered. Please specify if applicable and indicate ideal total hours per week in your application.

Location: Leeds or London Office or Home based

Closing Date: Monday, 28th January 2019 at 5pm

Interview Date: Tuesday, 5th February 2019, in the Leeds office
 

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