Making Research Happen Officer x3

Reference: R0003055

Service Area: Public Health

Directorate: Adult Social Care and Health Integration

Salary: £37,261 - £39,493

Hours: 37 hours per week

Contractual Status: Fixed term until September 2028

Are you a looking for a totally new and unique opportunity?

Middlesbrough Council with Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council and Teesside University has secured over £5 million funding from the National Institute of Health and Care Research (NIHR) to establish a Health Determinants Research Collaboration (HDRC). We need a new team of enthusiastic professionals to support this.

Working with the rest of the HDRC team, the Making Research Happen Officers will support research delivery and performance across the locality and champion the role of research across the two Local Authorities. They will also be responsible for helping to enable the development of the HDRC, leading to an embedded infrastructure with research activity becoming the foundations and culture in Middlesbrough Council and Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council.

The three Making Research Happen Officers will work as a team but will each be allocated to one of three themes, working with the relevant Directorates in Middlesbrough Council and Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council – specifically the themes are:

Children’s and Families.

Adult Social Care.

Regeneration and Economic Growth.

Initially, the roles will focus on supporting the development of the HDRC and associated research delivery and infrastructure. As the HDRC embeds, the role will move to supporting research investigators, collaborations, and the delivery of other studies.

Given the novelty and uniqueness of the roles, we are excited to welcome applicants from a diverse field and backgrounds the strength of the HDRC team will come from a varied blend of skills and experiences.

The South Tees HDRC is one of 12 that the NIHR has funded in 2022 and 2023 with more coming online in future years, requiring the team collaborate locally and nationally.

These posts will commence on Monday 2nd October 2023 and are fixed term for an initial period of five years.

For a further informal discussion please contact Scott Lloyd, Advanced Public Health Practitioner on scott_lloyd@middlesbrough.gov.uk

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The above post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: £37,261.00-£39,493.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company pension

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: R0003055