Outreach and Communications Research Co-Ordinator

Role Description

Introduction

The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Research Support Service (RSS) aims to provide seamless access to support, advice, research design and collaboration from pre-application to post-application for researchers working across the remit of NIHR in England. 

We are seeking an Outreach and communications co-ordinator to work alongside the RSS Specialist Centre team to deliver its objectives.  The postholder will be situated within the growing social care research group in the School of Business & Society, which includes other large programmes of related work, such as the executive and administrative functions of the national NIHR School for Social Care Research.   

Main purpose of the role

• To lead outreach and engagement activities to promote the RSS and contribute to the delivery of the strategic programmes, across social care stakeholders.
• To support the delivery of RSS objectives through the postholder’s knowledge and experience of social care research.
• To lead on delivery of the Centre’s communication plan.

Skills, Experience and Qualifications needed

• Masters degree with research component or equivalent experience
• Understanding of the relationship between practice and research in social care and knowledge of how to apply research methods in social care to develop high quality research
• Knowledge of the context of adult and children’s social care in local authorities, practitioner teams and local community and voluntary services.
• Ability to communicate effectively through different mediums with a variety of different stakeholders ranging from academics, local authority managers, social care practitioners, community service managers, people with lived experience, and others.
• Knowledge and experience of constructing or working with communication strategies
• Use digital technologies including Google applications and/or Microsoft Office
• Communicate effectively in verbal and written formats, including the use of a variety of digital tools

This is a fixed term contract until September 2028. 

Please refer to the job description for further information.

Interview date: To be confirmed

For informal enquiries: please contact Nicky Braithwaite- nicky.braithwaite@york.ac.uk 

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