Research Involvement Officer Chesterfield, England
Job description
Location (UK):Office Hybrid* - London / Chesterfield
Hours: Full-time, 35 hours per week
Salary: £33,630 per annum (London), £30,420 per annum (rest of UK) - pending pay review
Benefits: Read more about the excellent benefits we offer on our profile page
Travel: Occasional travel to London and Chesterfield offices required
Closing date: 23:59 hours, Wednesday 24 May 2023
Through our diversity and inclusion strategy, we have made a commitment to increase the diversity of our charity and we welcome candidates from a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences. We want our employees, volunteers and trustees to represent the broad diversity of the communities of which we are a part.
Versus Arthritis is committed to keeping children, young people and vulnerable adults safe from harm. During the recruitment process Versus Arthritis will undertake safer recruitment practices and relevant checks to ensure applicants are suitable to work with children, young people and vulnerable adults.
About the role
To embed high-quality, meaningful involvement of people with lived experience of arthritis into all our research activities. You will support the successful implementation of our research involvement offer and champion the voice of people with arthritis.
You will be the main contact point for our network of people with arthritis interested in getting involved in research, supporting the continued recruitment, training, and stewardship of this group. You will maintain the link between the Research Involvement, Volunteering and Involvement teams, as we seek to embed a charity-wide offer which works seamlessly for people giving their time to us.
Key requirements
- Leading responsibility for the stewardship of our network of people with lived experience interested in getting involved in research. This includes onboarding new and diverse involved people, designing and delivering training and capacity building activities, regular communications, network monitoring and striving to provide a consistently high quality and excellent experience.
- Assisting in the delivery and continued review of a clear and consistent offer to researchers and external partners around research involvement, including working with colleagues in the charity and wider sector.
- Acting as an advocate, supporting researchers, other colleagues and partners to understand, design and implement highly effective research involvement activities.
- Leading on research involvement communications, as a key part of building and maintaining relationships with a diverse group of people with lived experience, ensuring content and format meets audience needs. This will include the development of group email updates and case studies, whilst ensuring that our web pages are updated and accurate.
- Inputting into understanding, monitoring, and reporting on the impact of research involvement.
*As a hybrid worker the expectation is that you will spend around 40% of your working time in our office spaces or working in community settings. As an inclusive employer we will consider home-based working for anyone where office-based hybrid working would be a barrier to being able to work for us, for example for someone living with a long-term health condition or disability.
Interviews
Interviews on Microsoft Teams, date to be confirmed but expected to be during w/c 5 June.
We do not wish to receive contact from agencies or media sales.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: £30,420.00-£33,630.00 per year
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Company pension
- Wellness programme
- Work from home
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Chesterfield, S41 7TD
