Research / Impact Officer

Research / Impact Officer
Band: Band 5 - £142.87 to £179.17 per day
Contract Length: Until 31 March 2025
Location: Leeds (80% work from home)
IR35: In scope

You will be responsible for supporting Impact Manager, managing career progression and impact assessment of schemes and programmes that form part of the training and fellowship portfolio.
The purpose of the Senior Impact Officer post is to be responsible for the delivery of identified projects or clearly defined areas in order:

To assist the Impact Managers in managing impact assessments of schemes and programmes that form part of the training and fellowship portfolio
Supporting Impact development and management
Responsible for developing standard operating procedures (SOPs) to ensure that robust and effective administrative processes are used
Prepare draft guidance for Impact assessment pathways for programmes and awards
Undertake defined research and evaluation into supported programmes as required
Liaise with external stakeholders and other funders to monitor and track progression of award holders.
Assist the impact manager to manage change in response to external events and new policies

Skills / Education sought:
Statistical knowledge
Advanced working knowledge of word processing, databases, spreadsheets
Ability to analyse, interpret and present complex information
Degree or equivalent experience in a social science, health science, mathematics or other relevant research methodology discipline.
Demonstrable experience of research and/or research management or demonstrable experience within a senior administrative post
An understanding of public sector health research and its management
An understanding of research impact assessment methods
Good interpersonal skills, including the ability to communicate effectively as an advocate for health services research and development
Assimilate information quickly, and apply knowledge quickly and effectively to new problems
An understanding of quantitative and qualitative methods and data analysis
Understanding of data protection, FOI and information management
An understanding of health research capacity development

IMPACT, RESEARCH, IMPACT OFFICER, NHS, GOVERNMENT, PUBLIC SECTOR, STATISTICS, FOI, QUANTITATIVE, QUALITATIVE, DATA ANALYSIS, INFORMATION MANAGEMENT, HEALTH, DATABASE, SPREADSHEET

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