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Mailing List If you would like to be alerted when new vacancies are advertised, you can join the SRA Vacancies mailing list, which will send you an email when new vacancies are added to this page. You can unsubscribe from this list whenever you wish. To join the SRA Vacancies mailing list, please click here. Title: National Children's Bureau Research Officer Salary:£26,928 - £30,774 London Based, 28 - 35 hours p/w Ref 08/32 Details: To advance the well-being of all children and young people across every aspect of their lives. This is an exciting opportunity to join the expanding research department at the National Children’s Bureau. The post holder will work closely with colleagues on a variety of research and evaluation projects and NCB consultancy work as appropriate. You will be involved in all stages of the research or evaluation process, from sampling and designing research tools to reporting and dissemination. We are looking for someone with practical experience of empirical research or evaluation outside study for academic qualifications. You will have experience of designing research tools and undertaking interviews, focus groups and data analysis. Sound communication, written and presentation skills are a must as well as excellent organisation and planning skills and the ability to meet deadlines. You will be able to demonstrate the ability to work with children and young people and have a commitment and sensitivity to children’s rights and equal opportunities. Contact: For further information about the role, department and NCB please download a jobpack. Jobpacks and application forms (no CVs please) can be obtained by:e-mail: hr@ncb.org.uk, internet: www.ncb.org.uk or by telephone: 020 7837 6281 (24 hour recruitment line) Please quote job title and reference number Closing date: Wednesday, 30th July 2008 Assessment and interviews: Thursday, 7th August 2008 Committed to equal opportunities Title: Groundswell Research Manager Salary: £30k Location: London Details: Groundswell supports homeless people to set up and run their own projects, and ensures that they have a voice in policy and decision-making, through training, research, events and grant-making. This is an exciting opportunity to be involved in transforming homelessness services and policy by building an evidence base of the experiences of homeless people. Working closely with peer researchers and academic research departments, you’ll design and deliver innovative, high-quality research projects. You will also commission research to further investigate what people experiencing homelessness are telling us, and be involved in promoting our findings. You’re an excellent communicator, able to analyse and interpret complex written and numerical information. Understanding of participatory research methodology is essential, and experience of the issues relevant to homeless people would be an advantage. Contact: To apply, visit www.prospect-us.co.uk/jobs or call 0844 880 5159 quoting reference GS-3-1/G. Closing date: 11th July 2008 www.groundswell.org.uk Title: Shelter Research Officer Salary:£17,329 pa (for 22.5 hrs pw, 3 days) Location: London, EC1 Details: At Shelter, we help more than 170,000 people a year fight for their rights, get back on their feet and find and keep a home. We also campaign tirelessly for new laws, policies and solutions that will help solve Britain's housing crisis. This is an opportunity to manage and undertake research to feed into our policy, campaigning and media work. Commissioning and managing external research, you'll also develop in-house projects and provide research advice to colleagues. You'll write up and disseminate your findings and build strong relationships with other organisations. With experience of working in social research, you'll need a good knowledge of quantitative and qualitative methods and the ability to analyse statistics. We offer good working conditions including 30 days annual leave and flexible working practices. Contact: Closing date: 9th July 2008. For full details and to apply online visit: www.shelter.org.uk/jobs Righting housing wrongs We are committed to giving all applications equal consideration. Title: PhD funding opportunity: information for institutions and students Let’s Walk Cymru initiative: developing sustained walking activity in Wales Grant: £20000, in 2008/9, rising to £22000 by 2010/11. The grant should cover all costs relating to the completion of the research, including travel, subsistence and tuition fees. Details: The Sports Council for Wales (SCW) are inviting submissions from interested institutions to examine the impact of Let’s Walk Cymru, a Wales-wide initiative developed in partnership between SCW, the Welsh Assembly Government and the Countryside Council for Wales, tasked with increasing the number of people participating in walking as a regular activity. Key themes include: How participants from a range of backgrounds can be attracted to walking programmes; Social impact on participants in walking groups; Developing ownership and leadership within walking groups; Barriers to, and reasons for, moving on to independent walking. SCW are open to the methodological and theoretical approach chosen to undertake the research, as well as any additional themes that might be of interest to the selected researcher. As such, we are interested in receiving submissions from a broad range of academic disciplines including (but not limited to) social policy and sociology, human and social geography, public health, and health, sport and exercise sciences. It is envisaged that the host institution will support the successful student to work towards the completion of a PhD, awarded by the institution, over the period of the research. Submissions to undertake the work should be a collaboration between the host institution and the student that they propose will carry out the research. The specification for submissions can be found at: http://www.sports-council-wales.org.uk/researchandinformationservices/phdopportunities Contact: For further information, please contact: Richard Harry, Senior Research and Evaluation Officer, Sports Council for Wales, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff CF11 9SW, or email: richard.harry@scw.org.uk Closing date for submissions: Friday 4th July, 3pm. Starting date for research: September/October 2008 (depending on term dates of successful institution). Title: mruk research limited Salary: negotiable Details: HELP CELLO GROW IN PUBLIC SECTOR RESEARCH mruk research limited is a full-service research agency within the CELLO Group plc, with particular strength and focus in Public and Not-for-profit sectors, mainly but not exclusively Quantitative. Due to significant growth we are looking for a Senior Research Executive and/or a Research Director. Based in our Glasgow Office reporting to our Regional Director you will be expected to undertake all aspects of the client service role, from writing proposals to delivering high quality presentations that make a difference. Solid research skills – sampling – questionnaire design – project management – analysis – and excellent communication skills are essential. Public sector experience desirable but is not essential. As part of CELLO, we have an agenda for growth and excellent supporting resources. Contact: Email Ivor Knox (Regional Director) if you have any questions or interest: ivor.knox@mruk.co.uk Title: NatCen Senior Researchers and Research Directors Details: OPPORTUNITIES IN QUALITATIVE RESEARCH NatCen (the National Centre for Social Research) is Britain’s largest independent social research institute. Our portfolio of studies includes some of the most challenging research commissioned by central government as well as work funded by grant giving organisations. The Qualitative Research Unit (QRU) has opportunities for Senior Researchers and Research Directors with experience of qualitative research, preferably in the field of social or public policy. The appointments will be permanent although we welcome also secondments of at least 12 months duration. The QRU specialises in applied policy research. The focus of this spans a range of substantive topics for a range of different types of clients but is largely concentrated in three broad areas: Education, skills and employment; Social inclusion; and Crime, Justice & social legal issues Our aim is to strengthen our expertise in these key areas and so we encourage applicants with a track record in them to apply but we are also interested in those with broader qualitative research experience. An interest in methodological innovation or in training others in applied qualitative research would also be desirable. The QRU offers a friendly, intellectually stimulating environment with a high profile, challenging research programme. We offer an environment that supports individual career development, flexible and favourable working conditions (including generous holiday entitlement, a pension scheme and every other Friday off). Salary will be in the range of £27,926 to £34,953 for Senior Researchers and £36,965 to £42,512 for Research Directors, depending on experience. Contact: For more information about the post and a job description and application form please either visit our website (www.natcen.ac.uk) or contact Chetna Kerai on 0207 549 9583 or email hr@natcen.ac.uk. The closing date for receipt of completed applications is 4th July 2008. First round selection interviews will be held for Senior Researchers in the week commencing July 21st and for Research Directors in the following week. Short listed candidates will be notified by July 18th, 2008 at the latest. Hit Counter