Evaluation Researcher - 36 hours
Job Description
Job summary
Please note this is a hybrid role with an expectation to travel to our London Office on a weekly basis
Do you thrive on designing & implementing research that makes a real-world impact?
Would you like to contribute to the improvement of clinical practice at a leading healthcare organisation?
At BPAS we're looking for an Evaluation Researcher to join our team on a permanent basis, for 36 hours per week over Monday to Friday. This is a hybrid role where your time will be spent between home and our office in London.
About the role
As an Evaluation Researcher, you'll be responsible for designing & delivering evaluation projects that assess the impact of new clinical practices & operational innovations within BPAS.
You will work on a variety of projects, including scoping & conducting reviews, analysing data, & engaging with patients & stakeholders to inform service development. Your role will involve producing detailed reports, presenting findings, & supporting the implementation of improvements.
This is a dynamic position offering the opportunity to contribute to high-quality research that shapes both BPAS services & the wider sector.
About You
You'll be an experienced researcher with a strong academic background, ideally including a Masters degree or equivalent experience. You'll have expertise in both qualitative & quantitative research methods, with experience in protocol development, data analysis, & report writing. Knowledge of sexual & reproductive healthcare would be an advantage.
Main duties of the job
- Conduct literature and scoping reviews on topics related to service redesign, assessing the quality of evidence and care
- Design and implement data analysis, research, and evaluation to ensure service developments are effective from cost and quality perspectives
- Develop resources to evaluate services and projects including methodological frame, data gathering and analysis tools, report templates, user guidance and training
- Write reports for internal and external stakeholders, publication, and presentation
- Present findings at academic conferences and other events
- Prepare manuscripts for publication and lay summaries or social media/blogs for wider dissemination
- Participate in clinical, project, and research governance
- Contribute to the strategic development of the research and evaluation function at BPAS
We are also looking for:
- Ability to interpret and synthesise data
Project management experience and delivering projects within specified timescales
Excellent writing and presentation skills
About us
British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) is the UK's largest independent women's reproductive healthcare charity. We work mainly on behalf of the NHS across the country providing abortion, contraception, STI testing & treatment. We specialise in evidence-based, not-for-profit care reproductive healthcare.
Working with us:
Alongside a supportive and friendly working environment, BPAS has generous benefits:
- Life assurance cover at 3 times salary
- 34 days annual leave per year
- A defined contribution pension scheme.
- You will have access to our employee benefits programme through BHSF which includes special health & wellbeing services & lifestyle offers for you & your family. This includes various salary sacrifice schemes, counselling services & free private GP appointments.
BPAS is committed to safeguarding & promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults, children & young people through a safer recruitment framework. This includes a thorough selection process & a number of pre-employment checks.
Job responsibilities
Further information and a full job description can be found on the right hand side of the page and is available for you to download and review.
Location: This is a hybrid working role, with an expectation to travel to our London Office on a weekly basis:
- The Conduit - 6 Langley Street, London WC2H 9JA
Salary: £46,528 - £53,853 per annum, depending on skills & experience. (Salary includes ILW)
Hours of work: 36 hours
- Monday 09:00 to 17:00 - Home
- Tuesday 09:00 to 17:00 - Home / The Conduit
- Wednesday 09:00 to 17:00 - The Conduit
- Thursday 09:00 to 17:00 - Home
- Friday 09:00 to 15:30 - Home / The Conduit
Interested so far? Don't delay, apply today!
This job advert may close before the advertised closing date if sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested.
The Small Print: All applicants must be pro-choice.
If you do not hear from us within 2 weeks of the closing date, unfortunately you will not have been shortlisted on this occasion.
References: All offers of employment are conditional based on satisfactory pre-employment checks. We require applicants to provide 3 years of employment references including information on reasons for leaving and any gaps in employment.
COVID-19: BPAS encourages all applicants to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and we invite you to share evidence of your vaccination status. This is in addition to the requirement to provide evidence of vaccination/immunity against the following conditions of Tuberculosis, Hepatitis B, MMR and Varicella for clinical roles directly involved in patient care.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to a degree in relevant subject to health services research, including both qualitative and quantitative research, or equivalent experience
Desirable
- Higher degree, minimum of a masters degree, relevant to health services research (e.g., improvement science, public health, epidemiology)
General
Essential
- Do you support a woman's right to choose abortion?
- Are you the family or friend of a current BPAS employee? If yes, please state the name and nature of the relationship
- This role is a hybrid role based at our London Office (WC2H 9JA) working 36 hours per week over Monday to Friday - Can you commit to this working pattern?
Desirable
- Please add any additional information if required to support your application.
Experience
Essential
- Audit and evaluation protocol development, implementation, analysis, and report writing
- Gathering data of variable quality from multiple sources and making judgments on its relevance and reliability
- Taking leadership for the delivery of projects within a wider programme of work
- Undertaking research/evaluation in a multi-stakeholder environment
Desirable
- Committee participation
- Line management
Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Strong understanding of the methods and skills needed for the conduct and analysis of both quantitative and qualitative studies and evaluations
- Knowledge of breadth of research design, methodologies and processes commonly encountered in a health and social care research
- Ability to use Statistical and Qualitative analysis using standard packages (e.g., STATA, SPSS, R, Dedoose, NVivo etc)
Desirable
- Knowledge of sexual and reproductive healthcare evidence, focusing on abortion care
- Contributions to the preparation of grants for onward funding of research.
- Familiarity with working with NHS, private and independent (third) sector agencies
- Power BI
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details
Employer name
British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS)
Address
6 Langley Street
London
WC2H 9JA
