Impact Associate (Centre for Care)

Job description:

Are you passionate about using research to influence policy and improve experiences of care? The Centre for Care, a major research initiative funded by the Economic and Social Research Council with support from the National Institute for Health Research, is looking for an Impact Associate to help ensure our work makes a difference to care policy and practice. 

Bringing together researchers from five UK universities and working closely with care sector partners, we are committed to influencing local, national and international debates on care through innovative, evidence-informed engagement. 

As Impact Associate, you will be central to delivering our ambitious impact strategy. You’ll lead the production of evidence submissions for consultations and inquiries, monitor and respond to parliamentary activity, and support policy-focused communications. You’ll also work with researchers, partners and people with lived experience to develop outputs such as policy briefs, commentaries and podcasts.

We’re looking for someone who combines policy insight with creativity and confidence in public engagement. You’ll have strong writing and relationship-building skills, and a strategic eye for spotting opportunities to shape policy.

We particularly encourage applications from people with racialised or marginalised identities underrepresented in the Centre.

The Centre for Care is a research centre led by investigators in five universities, three major charities and the Office for National Statistics, in close partnership with a large network of partners. The Centre’s overarching objective is to provide new evidence to guide decision-making and practice in care, asking: How does care reinforce or redress inequalities? How does it play out in time and space for individuals or families living complicated, unpredictable lives? What could be done differently, for whose benefit, and how? It seeks to co-produce research with people who have experience of seeking or (ref)using care, unpaid carers, care workers and other care stakeholders. More about the Centre here: https://centreforcare.ac.uk/

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