Research Officer (Social Justice/Equality)

Your New Company
Hays are partnering with the Northern Ireland Assembly to recruit a Research Officer (social justice/equality) who will work directly with Assembly Members and Committees in the production of non-partisan, objective and evidence-based research. This is a temporary post for 3 months with the possibility of extension.

Your New Role

• Engage with individual MLAs, Assembly Committees and the senior secretariat 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.

What You’ll Need to Succeed
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; AND At least two years’ post degree (or equivalent) work experience of. a) 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. b) producing and delivering evidence-based research briefings on social justice/equality issues to decision makers.

What You’ll Get in Return

• £27.03 per hour - equivalent to £52,009 per annum
• East Belfast Location
• Full-time working pattern
• Online timesheets with weekly pay
• Access to retailer discounts
• Access to thousands of learning and development course

What you need to do now
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