Research & Evaluation Officer

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Work closely with Senior Research and Evaluation Officers, other Research and Evaluation Officers, District & Borough Councils and other Public Health colleagues to develop, design and implement evaluations for public health projects
• Put in place appropriate quantitative and qualitative data collection processes to meet the needs of the evaluation and ensure that the data is analysed appropriately
• Proactively manage all aspects of the evaluation process, including identifying and overcoming barriers to delivery of a robust evaluation and escalating issues to a Senior Research and Evaluation Officer and/or other team members as appropriate
• Keep Public Health colleagues informed of the progress of the evaluation through verbal and written updates and attendance at relevant group meetings as required, including regular attendance of the quarterly Public Health Evidence & Intelligence Team meeting and relevant stakeholder meetings
• Present evaluation findings to stakeholders via high-quality reports and slide sets
• Disseminate evaluation findings to senior managers, commissioners, and stakeholders through verbal presentations, as required

As well as working on the Healthy Hubs project, the post holder will be required to work on other Public Health evaluations so they will need to be able to manage their time appropriately.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to a minimum of masters degree level in a related subject
• Evidence of formal research skills training (quantitative and qualitative methods)

Desirable

• Excellent interpersonal, verbal and writing skills
• Self-motivated with proven ability to work proactively and independently under the guidance of senior colleagues
• High level of organisation and time management skills and ability to prioritise workload and work to deadlines
• Ability to work effectively across different teams and departments in a collaborative manner
• Ability to travel regularly between a number of different sites around the county

Experience

Essential

• Experience of evaluating social care and/or health interventions using robust methods
• Experienced in undertaking mixed methods research
• Skilled in qualitative and quantitative data collection and analytical methods
• Skilled in writing up research findings (to academic journal publication standard)

Desirable

• Experience in using NVivo software for qualitative data analysis
• Experience in using quantitative data analysis software (e.g. SPSS)
• Good basic understanding of epidemiology and statistics
• Experience of taking a leadership role in the robust evaluation of a social care and/or health intervention
• Experience in evaluation report writing
• Understanding of the health and social care system at local level
• Awareness of data collection issues and how to minimise poor quality data

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

Hertfordshire County Council

Address

County Hall

Pegs Lane

Hertford

SG13 8DE

Employer's website

https://www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/home.aspx (Opens in a new tab)