Outreach and Communications Research Co-Ordinator

Introduction

The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Research Support Service (RSS) aims to provide seamless access to support, advice, research design and collaboration from pre-application to post-application for researchers working across the remit of NIHR in England.

We are seeking an Outreach and communications co-ordinator to work alongside the RSS Specialist Centre team to deliver its objectives. The postholder will be situated within the growing social care research group in the School of Business & Society, which includes other large programmes of related work, such as the executive and administrative functions of the national NIHR School for Social Care Research.

• To lead outreach and engagement activities to promote the RSS and contribute to the delivery of the strategic programmes, across social care stakeholders.
• To support the delivery of RSS objectives through the postholder’s knowledge and experience of social care research.
• To lead on delivery of the Centre’s communication plan.

• Masters degree with research component or equivalent experience
• Understanding of the relationship between practice and research in social care and knowledge of how to apply research methods in social care to develop high quality research
• Knowledge of the context of adult and children’s social care in local authorities, practitioner teams and local community and voluntary services.
• Ability to communicate effectively through different mediums with a variety of different stakeholders ranging from academics, local authority managers, social care practitioners, community service managers, people with lived experience, and others.
• Knowledge and experience of constructing or working with communication strategies
• Use digital technologies including Google applications and/or Microsoft Office
• Communicate effectively in verbal and written formats, including the use of a variety of digital tools

This is a fixed term contract until September 2028.

Please refer to the job description for further information.

Interview date
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To be confirmed

For informal enquiries: please contact Nicky Braithwaite-