Local Authority Research Practitioner

at  Gloucestershire County Council

LOCAL AUTHORITY RESEARCH PRACTITIONER

Date: 31 Jan 2025
Job Location:Gloucester

This is a Gloucestershire County Council job.

• Job Title: Local Authority Research Practitioner
• Job Location: Shire Hall, Block 4, 2nd Floor
• Salary: £52,265 - £56,050 per annum
• Hours per Week: 37.00
• Contract Type: Fixed Term
• Duration: 23 Months
• Closing Date: 16/02/2025
• Job Requisition Number: 10746
• This post is not open to job share

Are you an experienced leader with a passion to use high- quality research and innovation to improve services like social care and public health?
If so, do you want to lead a programme supported by the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR), to develop, inspire and support colleagues across Gloucestershire to improve their services through research?

ABOUT US:

The role is hybrid with a mixture of working at our Shire Hall office in the Cathedral Quarter of Gloucester city centre and working from home. The Public Health and Communities Hub support the Council’s Agile working policy and expect team members to work an average of two days of their working week in the office. New starters will be required to come into the office more often in their first 3 weeks for induction.
For all your hard work, you will receive the following:
You will join a supportive team with a commitment to professional development which is recognised for its training and development offer.
A supportive and positive working environment with regular, robust supervision
Generous annual leave entitlement of 30 days.
Family friendly employer offering benefits to help support you and your family.
Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme.
Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential, counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone.
An in-house Occupational Health service.
Employee discount scheme.
Access to the Cycle to Work and Gloucestershire Salary Sacrifice Green Car Schemes (T&Cs apply).
An inclusive employer which actively values diversity with links to employee networks such as the GCC Prism (LGBT+), network and the Young Employees Network.

You would be joining the Public Health and Communities Hub. We are a team who are committed to making a difference to the health and wellbeing of residents, and places and communities, to enable people to live healthy lives and reduce inequalities.
As a Local Authority Research Practitioner you will lead a programme to foster a research culture across the Council, building understanding of how research can improve the services we deliver. Working with our Information Management Service and Data, Analysis, and Insight team, you will enhance the Council’s strategic approach to research and research governance processes.
You will support colleagues in initiating and undertaking internal research and coordinate the development and submission of external research proposals to funders such as the NIHR. Your role will involve translating research into actionable insights, generating evidence to inform service development and quality improvement. You will build strong research relationships with our One Gloucestershire Integrated Care System partners in the NHS and Voluntary Sector, and work closely with academic colleagues.
Additionally, you will support the Hub’s corporate responsibilities around finance, performance, and risk. As a jointly funded post with the NIHR, you will contribute to the NIHR Specialist Centre for Public Health and the Local Authority Research Practitioner network, sharing best practices, linking with engagement leads, and supporting the evaluation of this role.