Internal - Research Assistant, CASCADE

Research Assistant – CASCADE (Internal Applicants Only)

Cardiff University School of Social Sciences is seeking to recruit a Research Assistant to work within the Children's Social Care Research and Development Centre (CASCADE), a research centre located within the School.

This role will contribute to research within the field of children’s social care and parental alcohol use. Responsibilities include conducting a rapid literature review, preparing and analysing administrative data sets housed within the SAIL Databank, and performing administrative tasks.

Employment type:

part‑time, 60 % (21 hours per week); fixed‑term from 1 September 2026 to 31 July 2027.

Salary: £33,951 – £36,636 per annum, pro‑rata (Grade 5), with annual increments up to the top of the grade.

Reporting to:
Professor Donald Forrester, CASCADE Centre Director.

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Donald Forrester (, Tel ).

• 45 days annual leave (pro‑rata for part‑time workers, including bank holidays)
• Blended working – ability to work from home part of the time
• Cycle‑to‑work scheme and other travel initiatives
• Annual pay increments up the pay scale
• Living Wage supporter

From 1 August 2026 the School of Social Sciences and the School of Geography and Planning will merge to create the new School of Social and Spatial Sciences.

27 July 2026

Internal applicants only. External applications are currently not being considered.

Cardiff University is committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity and to creating an inclusive working environment. We welcome applicants from all sections of the community, regardless of sex, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, trans identity, relationship status, religion or belief, caring responsibilities or age. We especially welcome and encourage applications from those under‑represented groups within the University workforce, such as those who identify as LGBT+, ethnic minority or those with disabilities.

Flexible working or job share arrangements may be considered.

Cardiff University is a signatory to the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA). In hiring and promotion, applicants will be evaluated by the quality of their research, not publication metrics.

Mae Ysgol Gwyddorau Cymdeithas Prifysgol Caerdydd yn ceisio recriwtio yn y Ganolfan Ymchwil a Datblygu Gofal Cymdeithasol Plant (CASCADE), Canolfan Ymchwil sydd wedi'i leoli yn yr Ysgol.

Yn y rôl hon cyfrannu at ymchwil ym maes gofal cymdeithasol plant a defnydd o alcohol gan rieni. Bydd y dyletswyddau'n cynnwys cynnal adolygiad cyflym o lenyddiaeth, paratoi a dadansoddi setiau data gweinyddol sydd wedi'u cadw o fewn Banc Data SAIL, a thasgau gweinyddol.

Mae ei swydd yn rhan‑amser (21 awr yr wythnos), cyfnod penodol o 1st Medi 2026 tan
31st Gorffennaf 2027.

Cyflog: £33,951 – £36,636 y flwyddyn, pro rata ar gyfer oriau rhan‑amser (Gradd
5), gyda gynyddrannau blynyddol hyd at cyflog terfynol ar frig y raddfa.

Yn gyfrifol am Athro Donald Forrester, CASCADE Centre Director.

Am drafodaeth anffurfiol am y rôl, cysylltwch âDonald Forrester (, ffôn ).

O'r 1af Awst 2026 bydd Ysgol y Gwyddorau Cymdeithasol a Ysgol Daearyddiaeth a Chynllunio yn dod ynghyd i greu Ysgol Newydd y Gwyddorau Cymdeithasol a Lleol, gan adeiladu ar ymchwil a addysg trawsdisgyblaethol bresennol a'i cryfhau.

Mae Prifysgol Caerdydd yn cynnig llawer o fanteision rhagorol, gan gynnwys 45 diwrnod o wyliau blynyddol, pro rata i weithwyr rhan amser (gan gynnwys gwyliau banc) gweithio cyfunol (sy'n golygu y byddwch yn gallu gweithio gartref am beth o'ch amser), cynllun beicio i'r gwaith a mentrau teithio eraill, cynyddiadau blynyddol i fyny'r raddfa gyflog, a mwy. Mae'n lle cyffrous a bywiog i weithio, gyda llawer o heriau gwahanol ac mae'n gefnogwr Cyflog Byw balch.

Ni yw’r brifysgol fwyaf yng Nghymru – ac rydym yn gyflogwr o bwys, sydd â thros 7,000 o staff. Rydym yn sefydliad uchelegeisiol ac arloesol mewn prifddinas hardd a llewyrchus. Gallwn gynnig cyfle i chi weithio mewn sefydliad bywiog sy’n cynnig buddion gwych a chyfleoedd i chi ddatblygu eich gyrfa.

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