Job Title: Senior Research and Impact Officer
Location: Leeds or London (with office-based working on two fixed days each week)
Contract: Full time, permanent
Salary: £33,000 - £40,000 per annum depending on experience

BookTrust is the UK's largest children's reading charity. Working with every local authority and across every region in England, Northern Ireland and Wales, and supported by Arts Council funding, we reach over 3 million families a year through schools, health visitors, libraries and other partners. This incredible network helps us to get children excited about reading from an early age. We know that children who read are happier, healthier, more creative and do better at school.

The Senior Research and Impact Officer (SRIO) role brings scope for dynamic collaboration across the organisation, for creativity and to apply research and data expertise to a range of opportunities. SRIOs shape, drive and deliver ambitious and challenging workstreams in support of our strategy. They will be a voice for evidence-based decision making within BookTrust, ensuring that we put the needs of children, families, and our partners (who include early years practitioners and teachers) at the heart of our work.

Our team comprises researchers from a range of backgrounds with expertise across research approaches. In this new role we are looking for an experienced mixed methods researcher with excellent quantitative and data analysis and visualisation skills.

We will provide excellent opportunities for the postholder to further develop their research, project management and partnership skills in support of a fast changing, purpose-driven national charity. We offer a flexible and supportive working environment and provide on-the-job learning and formal training.

To apply, please upload your CV along with a covering letter showing how you meet the person specification and your motivations for applying for the role. Your covering letter should not be longer than two sides. Please also answer these questions in your cover letter:

BookTrust has a new Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning framework to understand the impact of our work with low-income children and families. What are some of the principles of good evaluation that BookTrust should incorporate into its MEL work, particularly from the perspective of quantitative data?

Please also attach one or two examples of outputs you have produced with a quantitative/data element and also specify if you are applying to be based from our Leeds of London office.

Closing date: 8th December 2022 at 12:00pm (midday)

Interviews: Interview will be in two stages 1st via Microsoft Team on 12th December 2022 and 2nd will be face to face interview in early January.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusivity

We aim to provide an inclusive recruitment process and actively welcome applications from diverse talent pools: minority ethnic candidates, candidates with disabilities and long-term conditions and candidates from underrepresented communities.

We are committed to equality of opportunity and want to ensure we have an accessible application process for all candidates. If you need any reasonable adjustments or would like us to do anything differently during the application process, please contact our HR team.

BookTrust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The recruitment and selection process reflect our commitment to safeguarding therefore, the suitability of all prospective employees will be assessed during the recruitment process in line with this commitment, and pre-employment checks.

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