Community Researcher; Afghanistan

Job title: Community Researcher (Afghanistan)

Hours: Full time (37 hours per week). Although this is a full-time role, we will consider applications for part-time hours.

Contract: Permanent

Location: Merrion House, 110 Merrion Centre, Leeds LS2 8BB
. Hybrid working is available.

Are you interested in researching the experiences of Afghans coming to live in the UK? Do you have good qualitative research skills with some experience of applied research? If so, this role may be for you.

As a Community Researcher you’ll be interested in other people’s stories and experiences, and you’ll be keen to grasp opportunities to share these stories with people who make decisions about how support services are delivered and funded.

It’s not about lobbying or advocacy work on behalf of anyone else – we’re a politically neutral organisation. In the research team, we present our research findings in a professional, objective way as part of Migration Yorkshire’s role to work for the best outcomes of migration for everyone in the community.

Leeds City Council is one of the largest employers in the region with over 14,000 employees. We seek to recruit and develop talented individuals who embody our council values and ambitions .

As a Community Researcher, you will bring to the role:

• Good qualitative research skills
• The ability to translate and interpret between English and Dari, Pashto or Farsi
• A good understanding of Afghan society and the political situation in Afghanistan
• Personal experience of migrating to live in the UK
• Excellent listening skills and the ability to develop good relationships quickly.

Migration Yorkshire recognises it’s important to involve people with lived experience of what we’re researching in the design and implementation of a project. Therefore, we’re looking for someone with experience of migrating to the UK to work with us on a particular piece of research.

As our next Community Researcher, you’ll be supporting research and evaluation of the Afghan Resettlement Programme (ARP) Regional Pathfinder pilot. This will mainly involve understanding the experiences of people from Afghanistan who come to live in the Yorkshire and Humber region through this programme. Research tasks will include conducting interviews and supporting focus groups, transcription, primary and secondary analysis and writing in a supportive environment.

It’s important to us to make sure we hear these perspectives of Afghan households as we are continually making improvements while we run the programme, and we might be able to influence how other places run similar schemes in the future.

The role is integral to our Migration Yorkshire research team. Migration Yorkshire supports people and organisations to achieve the most positive outcomes of migration for everyone in the Yorkshire and Humber region. Migration Yorkshire provides leadership and coordination, evidence, and practical assistance to organisations from all sectors at local, regional and national level. We believe in improving understanding, supporting the integration of migrants and maximising opportunities for all to create a more equal and enriched society.

Migration Yorkshire is a partnership of councils working across the whole of the Yorkshire and Humber region and is based in Leeds. Find out more about us at

We take pride in offering the best employee experience, with benefits including:

• a competitive salary and annual leave entitlement plus statutory holidays
• membership of the West Yorkshire Pension Fund with generous employer contributions
• flexible and hybrid working arrangements subject to service requirements
• a clear career pathway and continuing professional development opportunities
• a range of staff benefits to help you boost your wellbeing and make your money go further

Please upload your CV and complete a personal statement of no more than 500 words.

A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check against the Children’s or Adults’ barred list as applicable will be carried out on preferred candidates . Read our recruitment of ex-offenders policy .

We welcome applications from everyone and actively seek a diverse range…