Senior Research Analyst HWE

Grade C: £31,373 (National Framework) or £36,7750 (London Framework - if you are London office based or homebased and live within the boundary of the M25) - There is also an additional homeworking allowance of £553 per annum for those working from home.

Contracted Hours: Full time 37 hours

Contract Type: Permanent

Location: London (office or homebased) or home based

Closing Date: Tuesday 24th September 2024 at 11.59pm

Interview Date: Friday 18th October 2024 at 11.59pm

For an informal discussion or further information about this role, please Sue Edwards - Research and Insight Manager at [email protected]

This role is NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points based system. Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn.

Help us improve health and care

We are the independent champion for people who use health and social care services. We're here to find out what matters to people and help make sure their views shape the support they need. Our sole purpose is to help make care better for people. We have an ambitious vision to ensure that health and care works for everyone. Using the power of people's stories, we aim to help improve how services are run now and in the future. To help us do this, we are looking for an exceptional Senior Research Analyst who wants to use their skills to make a difference.

Join our small but dynamic team and in return you'll get to enjoy a great place to work, with excellent benefits.

Why this could be a great role for you....

As our Senior Research Analyst you will help deliver real impact in improving health and care services and policies for the 152 services we monitor. You will play a vital role in the delivery of quality research and analysis, supporting the network to apply creative and innovative approaches to engaging communities and how they collect people's views about health and care.

We're looking for someone who can provide leadership in research and analysis whilst delivering advice and guidance to the Healthwatch network to maintain high quality research practices.

What we can offer you...

Your health and wellbeing are important to us and are supported through our benefits scheme

- 27 days' annual leave, rising with service to 32.5 days, plus 8 Bank Holidays

- NHS pension scheme, with around a 14% employer contribution

- Free employee assistance service 24 hours a day

- Discounts to supermarkets, high street stores, electronics and fleet cars

- Discounted gym vouchers

- Cycle to work scheme

- Internal reward scheme where you could earn yourself a voucher or two!

- Equipment for homeworking

We want to make working for Healthwatch England a great experience for everyone, and to role model a diverse and representative culture. To support an inclusive environment where colleagues feel empowered to bring their whole self to work, we support a variety of staff networks, including the Race Equality Network, LGBT+ Equality Network, Carers Equality Network, Disability Equality Network and Gender Equality network.

We want to support you to succeed and be your very best with opportunities for training and development; along with the support of experienced managers and mentors.

We are committed to being open and transparent around our processes and we endeavour to offer every candidate the opportunity to perform at their best throughout the recruitment process. We seek to support candidates to identify potential challenges and work with them to identify and facilitate reasonable adjustments as appropriate. Should you require assistance and/or would like to request a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process, please contact a member of the team via email: [email protected].

What you will bring...

You will be an experienced qualitative and quantitative researcher and data analyst with experience of managing or delivering research projects to influence policy or service delivery. You'll have a good understanding of different research methodologies and excellent written and verbal communication skills. You must be able to work flexibly and at pace across a number of thematic areas.

Healthwatch England Behaviours

We work creatively for change

We aim in all we do to enable people who don't have power over their health, or the health and care services they use, to have that power. That's why we value and seek everyone's experiences, as well as taking extra care to hear from those who find it hardest to have their say. We find creative ways to transform how we do things, how local Healthwatch do things and how health and social care needs are identified and met.

We are clear, confident leaders

We lead boldly and confidently, within our Healthwatch network and in our dealings with other organisations. We are clear about what to do and say because we follow our purpose, our strategy and the evidence people share with us. We speak plainly, clearly, directly, honestly and constructively.

We are committed and consistent

We are ambitious, take pride in our work and have high expectations of ourselves, so we challenge each other, our network leaders and other stakeholders to do things better every time - and we welcome challenge from all of these colleagues. We are reliable and consistent. We follow through on our commitments and stick to our strategic objectives to make a real impact, as individuals and as a team. We operate together as a team, together with our network and together with our partners, sharing insight and resources to make them go furthest.

We make a real difference through our relationships

We plan and act with a good understanding of our current and future environment, so we can be flexible, seize the right opportunities and make the most difference. We connect people and organisations so they can do their part to bring about the changes our vision, purpose and plans are striving for. We listen actively, so we can develop and nurture dynamic, responsive and respectful relationships with others, especially our network.

Healthwatch is committed to promoting a fair and inclusive workplace where all our people can flourish and reach their full potential. We know diverse teams allow for a more creative and productive environment and therefore encourage applications from everyone regardless of: age, gender/sex, gender identity or expression, religion or belief, disability, ethnicity or sexual orientation.

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