Research Assistant

We are looking for an experienced Researcher for this exciting role with The Fire Fighters Charity, the UK’s leading support charity for the fire services community.

We have created a brand-new role that will be supporting our ambitious strategy to move The Fire Fighters Charity forward, working in partnership with Fire and Rescue Services to improve the health and happiness of our beneficiary community.

Under the general supervision of the Director of Health Improvement and Influencing and in cooperation with the Honorary National Research Lead for the Charity, using your skills in data interrogation and analysis, you will support the development of evidence to enhance the delivery of health and wellbeing support to the fire services community. You are likely to have a background in health, fire, health research or similar that has given you a demonstrable understanding of the health and wellbeing needs of the UKFRS community.

Everything you do will enable us to support our people in the fire services community and educate and help people understand more about their health and wellbeing, the challenges of working in the UKFRS, and the impact it has on the lives of employees and families and into retirement.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Researcher to be involved at the heart of The Fire Fighters Charity.

This post can be based at one of our workplace locations in Penrith, Littlehampton, Chudleigh or Basingstoke or home-based. Working hours are 37.5 hours per week.

For further information and to apply, please visit our website via the Apply button.

Closing date: 9am on Monday 25 July 2022.

Interview date: w/c 1 August 2022 (virtually).

Next-round interviews (if required) will take place at our Head Office, Basingstoke in the week commencing 8 August 2022.