Research and Evaluation Manager

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Job Description

The starting salary is £43,421 per annum (level one) with annual incremental rises to £46,464 per annum (level four), subject to satisfactory completion of a probation period. The salary is pro-rata for part time employees.

Do you have research experience in a public health related field? Would you like to apply that experience to conduct research and evaluation projects that will make a real impact to the health and wellbeing of Nottingham's communities? If so, we would love to hear from you!

Please click on the following link for a short introduction to our Public Health team: What is Public Health - VEED

Nottingham City Council has an ambition to become a leader in the creation and use of research and evaluation methods within Public Health and the wider organisation. As Research & Evaluation Manager, you will lead the development and delivery of high quality research and evaluation projects, promoting research and evaluation within the organisation and ensuring effective links with local and national research networks and functions. The postholder will be required to provide specialist expertise on research and evaluation methods and management, and undertake applied research across a wide range of public health topics and methods.

The ideal candidate will have:

• Ability to analyse, synthesise, interpret and present complex qualitative and quantitative data & findings from research and evaluation projects, typically gained through post-graduate study such as the Masters in Public Health or related scientific, research or analytic fields.
• Ability to interpret, summarise and critically appraise national and international research and locally derived evidence to support design of and investment decisions relating to innovative solutions for local public health initiatives and health services.
• Understanding of alternative methods of evaluation (including process, outcome, impact, economic) and under-pinning approaches to project or programme objective setting (including logic frameworks, theories of change).
• Experience of successfully developing and implementing a project management approach in research and evaluation projects.
• Ability to manage by influencing, negotiating, facilitating and encouraging involvement from a range of people and organizations.
• Ability to design and deliver presentations and training on public health and associated topics to a range of audiences.

This role will require the postholder to obtain a DBS check. The postholder will also require the ability to live and work in the UK.

What to do next:

• Locate and review the job description and information pack provided. Consider how you will evidence the required competencies and prepare your application.
• We are keen to give all applicants an opportunity to shine and show their full potential. Therefore, in addition to your application we are asking all applicants to send us their response to the following question:

"Thinking about where you live, what three things could or already do, make a big difference to the local community's health and wellbeing?"

You can provide this response in any format you like - it can be a word document (no more than 1500 words), a set of powerpoint slides, a short video or something else entirely! In responding to this question we are interested in your personal thoughts and reflections, as well as how you approach the question and communicate your answer. There is no textbook answer, however in order to make this a meaningful part of the process we ask that you do not use AI text generators such as ChatGPT or similar. Responses will be checked for the likely use of AI and the result of this will be considered during shortlisting.

Responses should be emailed to hannah.stovin@nottinghamcity.gov.uk before the closing date and named using your applicant number (provided by the EMSS Jobs system). Important - Applications will not be considered during shortlisting unless this requirement has been met.

You can find the job description for this post here

For more information or an informal chat about the role, please email hannah.stovin@nottinghamcity.gov.uk

Closing date: 13th October 2024

Please note there may be occasions where we close the advert before the closing date and we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

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About Us

Thank you for your interest in working for Nottingham City Council. As one of the largest employers in Nottingham we offer a wide range of roles across a range of services. In return for your skill, drive and commitment to serving the people of Nottingham, we can help you to develop an exciting and rewarding career, with access to the following benefits.

In addition to working within a great team and a competitive salary you will have access to:

• 26 days annual leave (rising to 33 days after 5 years' service) + bank holidays with the ability to buy additional leave annually
• Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme offering 17.9%
• Smart Working - to support your work life balance
• Health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres, cinema, shopping and much more!

Nottingham City Council is committed to recruiting a talented workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and with different abilities. We recruit for diversity and value difference.

We particularly want to hear from you if you are from the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic community, identify within the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community (LGBT) and if you are Disabled - these groups of people are underrepresented in our workforce, and we'd like to reflect our local population more through our recruitment processes.

We are supportive of flexible working arrangements wherever possible and we would encourage you to discuss this with us during the selection process, should this be something you are interested in.