Blackpool Council
Location
Blackpool, Lancashire | United Kingdom
Job description
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: 37 per week
Salary: Grade H4, £49,498 - £54,718 per annum
Closing date: 3rd April 2024 at 23:59
Blackpool has been awarded the prestigious National Institute of Health Research's, Health Determinants Research Collaboration (HDRC) funding - one of only 10 such awards made across the country. 5 million over 5 years will enable us to deliver an innovative programme of research that will support Blackpool to become fully research active. We will scale up our highly innovative community co-research model so we can improve the unacceptable health inequalities faced by our community. Putting the Blackpool community at the heart of everything we do.
To do this, Blackpool Council will work alongside Lancaster University, Blackpool Teaching Hospitals, a range of community partners and crucially, our residents, as equal partners in this ambitious and ground breaking project.
We are looking for a highly skilled and experienced Workforce Development Research lead who will lead the capacity/capability building element of the project, developing and delivering support, coaching and mentoring, as well as formal training for Blackpool Council officers, teams and projects, to develop and embed a research informed approach to their work. Alongside this work, the role will develop research bids, deliver generic research activity and develop a wide range of accessible research outputs as well as research papers for publication. Working as part of the HDRC team, the post holder will be part of the HDRC Research Team in Blackpool Council.
Interviews for shortlisted candidates TBC.
Click here to view the Job Description.This post requires access to PSN (Public Services Network) services or networks and the successful post holder will be required to undertake a Basic Disclosure check of unspent convictions through Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS). This post is also subject to satisfactory references, medical clearance, evidence of any essential qualifications and proof of legal working in accordance with the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996.
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£49.5k per annum
