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Senior Research Assistant

University of Central Lancashire - Research and Enterprise Service

Location: Preston
Salary: £28,759 to £32,982 minimum per annum
Hours: Full Time
Contract Type: Fixed-Term/Contract
Placed On: 28th September 2023
Closes: 12th October 2023
Job Ref: 0283-23
 

Location: Preston Campus

Contract Type: Fixed Term for 36 months due to being limited by funding

Hours: 36.25 hours per week

Interview date: To be confirmed

The UCLan Policy Forum provides a gateway to analytical services, local insight, specialist expertise and research-based evidence to address strategic priorities affecting the health, wellbeing and local economies of communities across the north west of England.

The Forum will support the demand for effective, integrated and evidence-informed policies to address structural weaknesses and emerging challenges across the north west of England, and to ensure a fairer deal for the region through ongoing national initiatives, including HMG’s Build Back Better and Levelling Up proposals.

To support the development of the Policy Unit we are recruiting to the following full-time (1.0 FTE) roles:

Research Associate in Applied Data Science – harnessing publicly available datasets to inform policy and practice;

Research Associate in Consultation and Engagement Science – engaging with local communities and key stakeholders to identify and address their strategic priorities;

Senior Research Assistant – collating, evaluating and synthesising local expertise and insight to generate evidence-based needs assessments.

To support these roles in engaging with local, regional, national and international priorities we are also recruiting to

4 x Policy Fellows (0.2FTE) – leading project development, implementation and impact.

The above roles offer a unique opportunity for candidates with the experience, expertise and commitment to work collaboratively across sectors to the health, wellbeing and local economies of communities across the north west of England.

We are looking for an individual with experience of working in research, experience of designing searches, analysing literatures relevant to research and has the experience of generating written reports describing/ summarising the results of research projects. The successful candidate will have a good honours degree in a social science background or have the equivalent work experience. They will also have advanced IT skills with an understanding of professional scientific standards, and associated research ethics and governance regulations, particularly as these relate to data protection and confidentiality.

UCLan is committed to providing a safe environment to study, work and visit, protecting children, young people and adults at risk from harm and abuse. Our safeguarding policy and safer recruitment procedure outlines our approach, alongside other internal policies, procedures and guidance which can be found on our website at Safeguarding - UCLan

Applicants applying for roles in regulated activity and that are listed as an exception under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 will be required to disclose any spent and unspent convictions and undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check at the appropriate level, UCLan will only ask an applicant to make an application for a DBS check if they are legally entitled to.

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