Leicestershire County Council

Senior Research & Insight Officer - Health Determinants Research

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Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity for the right candidate to support the establishment of a new Health Determinants Research Collaboration (HDRC),which will help address health inequalities through building research evidence around the wider determinants of health. The Leicestershire HDRC is a new nationally funded research team led collaboratively by the County Council alongside partners from local universities.

We are looking for a Senior Research & Insight Officer to help us develop our research infrastructure, capability and capacity to enable us to understand and tackle the wider determinants of health. You will join a new team that will work to achieve our development year milestones and ensure a successful transition to a full 5 year HDRC.

You will support activity in our Development Year Project Plan which includes production of a research environment plan, research workforce development strategy, community engagement arrangements and research governance plan. These will strengthen the foundations for future research on the wider determinants of health in Leicestershire.

Main duties of the job

To apply for this post, you must:

Be educated to degree level in a relevant subject or have an equivalent level of relevant experience. A postgraduate qualification involving research would be desirable.
Have experience in delivering research results within public health / wider determinants of health and experience of applying principles of epidemiology, medical statistics and health care evaluation in a work-based environment.
Have experience of advising managers, colleagues, members and partners on a range of research or business intelligence issues.
Have knowledge of research methodologies and models, approaches, techniques, critiques and methods relevant to the wider determinants of health.
Understand the complexities and challenges of working with partners.
Have skills in research and analysing/interpreting data, deriving meaning and presenting it effectively.
Possess good interpersonal skills and the ability to develop effective relationships with staff at all levels.

You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equal opportunities, and the ability to apply this to all situations.

In addition, we also expect you to shareour commitment to our valuesand will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.

Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.

About us

We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working, part-time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.

Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in theOur Working Stylespage on our career site.

Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality, diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ+ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve.

Date posted

12 February 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£37,410 to £40,083 a year

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

9 months

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

F0023-2146

Job locations

County Hall

Glenfield

Leicester

LE3 8RA

Job description

Job responsibilities

To provide senior level research and insight support to help meet the requirements of the new HDRC development year project and ensure the HDRC moves to successful establishment.

In conjunction with the Business Partner, to manage any HDRC initial survey insight requirements, working with the consultation and community engagement teams as required, related to the wider determinants of health.

To produce and develop a range of statistical information and reports to support the HDRC development year.

To deliver the initial project reporting and returns requirements related to the HDRC development year and internal project progress requirements working with the HDRC project manager.

To support the establishment of appropriate HDRC research guidelines, best practice through research, and development of new approaches.

To support relevant activity in the Development year work plan related to understanding and producing a research environment plan, RKE strategy, research workforce development, community engagement approaches and research governance arrangements and information systems.

In line with the councils policies and values, support the development and delivery of customer focused, high quality research and insight support for the HDRC project. 2.

Support the provision of high quality business intelligence support to the HDRC Business Partner and relevant senior project leads through appropriate communication and dialogue. 3.

Support organisational culture change by driving innovation, service transformation and continuous improvement in research activity. 4.

Ensure the Equality, Diversity and Human Rights considerations are an integral part of HDRC and business intelligence activities.

Main Duties and Responsibilities General 5.

Support effective relationship management arrangements with other LCC Departments, universities, health agencies and partners (where appropriate). 6.

Identify opportunities to promote research and evidence-based decision making throughout the organisation, including supporting managers to ask the right questions at the right time. 7.

Identify opportunities to improve the relevance and efficiency of research and business intelligence activity, including through co-production of reports/dashboards and automating or streamlining processes and new research guidance and approaches. 8.

Provide strategic research, insight and advice by developing and sustaining effective working relationships. 9.

Develop and promote the role and added value of the HDRC Project and Business Intelligence Service within and beyond the council. 10.

Flexible and adaptable approach to doing what needs to be done. Main Duties and Responsibilities Specific 11.

Support on delivering senior research and insight officer aspects of the HDRC Development year work plan. To ensure that all work is of good quality and meets the needs of the HDRC team and the requirements of the corporate and external reporting frameworks. 12.

To deliver the initial project reporting and returns requirements related to the HDRC Development year and internal project progress requirements working with the HDRC Project Manager. 14.

To support the establishment of appropriate HDRC research guidelines, best practice through research, and development of new approaches. 15.

To help communicate the HDRC role and purpose to stakeholders by supporting the overall project communications approach.

16.

Provide support to ensure that the approach taken to research, data quality, analysis, forecasting, and research reporting for HDRC is consistent and robust. 17.

Ensure that appropriate data capture, monitoring, milestone actions and reporting systems are in place to meet HDRC reporting, inspection, and local requirements. 18.

Provide advice and guidance on emerging HDRC project issues to managers and ensure that appropriate research and intelligence is produced. 19.

Help develop HDRC project research, business intelligence and reporting systems that support data quality and insight and enable outcomes to be analysed and reported. 20.

Assist in identifying and monitoring of key metrics to evaluate the impact of research activity and changes. 21.

Support development and implementation of systems related to RKE, data use, secure data environments, CPD opportunities, and research information systems.

Special Factors

The nature of the work may involve the jobholder carrying out work outside of normal working hours.

The postholder may be required to attend from time to time, training courses, conferences, seminars or other meetings as required by his/her own training needs and the needs of the service.

Expenses will be paid in accordance with the Local Conditions of Service.