Social Justice/Equality Research Officer

The role:

Main duties and responsibilities of the job.

• Engage with individual MLAs, Assembly Committees and the senior secretariat in order to understand their research requirements;
• Retrieve and synthesise information from a wide range of sources, including on-line databases;
• Provide timely, accurate, high quality and impartial research and analysis on social justice issues to individual MLA, Assembly Committees and the senior secretariat;
• Produce a range of research outputs including customised research papers, legislative analysis briefings, and blog posts which are well written, concise and accessible;
• Present research briefings to committees in public session.
• Facilitate public events, such as those which form part of the KESS seminar series;
• Proactively forge and develop links with government officials, external research bodies/communities, and other parliamentary library and research services;
• Work collaboratively and collegially, as an effective team member,
• Contribute to the development of RaISe, including identifying potential new outputs and improved service delivery
• Carry out such other duties, as may be required, which fall within the research business of the RaISe; and
• Comply with the Assembly's Equal Opportunities and Dignity at Work policies and procedures.
• You may also be required to carry out other duties that the Assembly Commission reasonably requires of you

The Person:

Essential technical requirements, experience, qualifications required for the job.

Applicants must meet the qualification and experience requirements set out below:

• At least an upper second-class (2:1) honours degree (or equivalent) through which candidates have gained an understanding of the development and analysis of public policy or law making;
• At least two years' post degree (or equivalent) work experience of;
• conducting objective, evidence-based research, requiring the collation, validation and visualisation of a wide range of data (qualitative and quantitative), on social justice/equality issues;
• producing and delivering evidence-based research briefings on social justice/equality issues to decision makers.

The Rewards:

As the successful applicant, you will receive the following:

• £52,009 - £53,538 per annum
• Excellent annual leave allowance
• You will be joining a warm, friendly team environment with a fantastic organization

To speak in absolute confidence about this opportunity please send an up-to-date CV via the link provided or contact Meghan Hamilton, specialist recruitment consultant at MCS Group on 02896935508 or m.hamilton@mcsgroup.jobs.

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