Research Fellow

Salary: As this vacancy has limited funding the maximum salary that can be offered is Grade 7, salary £37,174

Contract Type: Fixed Term contract up to December 2027

Background

Birmingham Pathfinder is a service that offers support to families with children who face serious interconnected social problems. The service operates within Schools and the wider community to assist families to navigate and connect to services that often prove difficult to access and support them to remain connected to these services. The Pathfinder service is based on a trauma-informed, relational, adaptive and strengths-based approach.

As part of the Birmingham Pathfinder (BP) Award—fully funded by the JABSS Foundation—the University of Birmingham is undertaking a comprehensive, three-year mixed-methods evaluation. The evaluation will include a match group trial, as well as qualitative interviews to map the service ‘ecosystem’ in which Pathfinder sits. As part of the project, the Research Group will develop assessment tools that will inform the practice of Pathfinder workers and will be used to collect outcome data for the evaluation. At specific stages of the project, the postholder will spend part of their working week embedded within The Pathfinder Service.

Role Summary

• Work as part of the ‘Women, Crime & Justice Research Group’ contributing to the ‘Birmingham Pathfinder Evaluation’ project (funded by The JABBS Foundation)
• Operate within specialised areas of Criminology and Social Policy
• Analyse and interpret research findings and results 
• Contribute to generating funding 
• Contribute to public understanding of issues impacting families and children with complex and interconnected needs

Person Specification

• First degree in area of specialism and normally, a higher degree relevant to research area or equivalent qualifications
• High level analytical capability
• Ability to communicate complex information clearly
• Fluency in relevant models, techniques or methods and ability to contribute to developing new ones
• Ability to assess resource requirements and use resources effectively 
• Understanding of and ability to contribute to broader management/administration processes
• Contribute to the planning and organising of the research programme and/or specific research project
• Co-ordinate own work with others to avoid conflict or duplication of effort
• Knowledge of the protected characteristics of the Equality Act 2010, and how to actively ensure in day to day activity in own area that those with protected characteristics are treated equally and fairly

Informal enquiries can be made to Professor Simon Pemberton, email: s.pemberton.1@bham.ac.uk 

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