Research Involvement Lead

Location

Work from home | India

Job description

Research Involvement Lead

We are recruiting a Research Involvement Lead to support the involvement of people affected by stroke in the work of the Research team and wider UK stroke research community.

Position: CE228 Research Involvement Lead

Location: Homebased, U.K nationwide

Hours: Part-time, 28 hours per week (We will consider part time hours between 14-28 hours per week)

Salary: Circa £28,000 per annum (based on 28 hours per week) (inner London weighting £2,639 per annum (based on 28 hours per week)or outer London weighting £1,404 per annum (based on 28 hours per week)  may also be applied in accordance to where you live)

Contract: This is a fixed term contract for 12 to 16 weeks (6 May – 29 July 2024)

Benefits: 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays (this will increase with service up to 30 days, full time equivalent) cashback and discount scheme, employee assistance programme, learning and development, pension scheme, Life Assurance, Eye Care vouchers, Long Service Award, Tax-free childcare, Health Cash Plan, Working Pattern Agreement, flexible working opportunities available.

Closing Date: 27 March 2024. We reserve the right to close these vacancies early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Interview Date: Week commencing 15 April 2024

Interviews will be held via video conferencing. Please let us know if this will present any challenges when you email your application.

The Role

The meaningful involvement of people affected by stroke is key to the research approach and strategy, working to embed their perspectives in the charity’s work and wider UK stroke research. This role will ensure the voice of lived experience continues to effectively influence and shape practice on a fixed term basis of 12 to 16 weeks.

This will primarily involve managing the active Stroke Voices in Research (SViR) lived experience network of over 100 members. You will manage member recruitment, developing and matching to research requests and providing support to members and researchers. This includes managing members’ involvement in funding panels, supporting members and ensuring accessible design.

You will take on discreet individual projects as part of the ongoing involvement programme. These may include: managing the evaluation and development of SViR activity, involvement case studies, co-designing facilitation guidance, recommendations for the coordination of research involvement with other teams and services (to be decided with the post-holder).

You will also collaborate with the research and other teams on projects to improve involvement and representation. These include EDI research and action planning, as well as piloting an approach to paying people affected by stroke for involvement.

About You

You will have experience of supporting people affected by condition areas to actively take part in projects and programmes, and the ability to communicate best practice in involvement. You do not need experience of research but this would be an advantage.

You will be able to work flexibly with minimal supervision, picking up on existing work and collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to bring others together around shared goals.

The role will work as part of a supportive team and wider involvement network, collaborating with the Involvement Officer, Knowledge and Insight and joining national / organisation-wide networks of involvement professionals and those leading on involvement projects as part of their roles.

To fulfil the role, you must be a resident of the UK and have the right to work in the UK.

When you click to apply, you will be able to see the full responsibilities and person specification for further information on the role.

Please submit your CV and a covering letter of no more than two pages demonstrating how you meet the person specification and what you bring to the role in terms of you skills and experience. Please state any preferences for flexible options in your covering letter.

About the Organisation

When stroke strikes, part of your brain shuts down. And so does a part of you. That’s because a stroke happens in the brain, the control centre for who we are and what we can do. It happens every five minutes in the UK and changes lives instantly. Recovery is tough, but with the right specialist support and a ton of courage and determination, the brain can adapt.

Everyone deserves to live the best life they can after stroke. And it’s a team effort to get there.

The charity provides specialist support, funds critical research and campaigns to make sure people affected by stroke get the very best care and support to rebuild their lives.

The organisation is working to improve the diversity of the team.  Because individuality leads to a richer experience for its people and better support for those affected by stroke.

People from all backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply. And particularly applications from those with lived experience of stroke and those from under-represented communities.

Every five minutes, stroke destroys lives. Help rebuild them and join the team.

The charity developed a bold new corporate strategy so that they can rebuild more lives after stroke and make a bigger difference to people’s lives. To help deliver the strategy and make a real difference, we are looking to recruit talented people to a number of new roles.

If you would like to support stroke survivors to rebuild their lives, we want to hear from you!

You may also have experience in areas such as Research, Researcher, Research Assistant, Research Involvement Lead, Research Coordinator, Research Administrator, Research Involvement.

PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.

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