Local Authority Research Practitioner

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Local Authority Research Practitioner, Stockport

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Location: Stockport, United Kingdom

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Other

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Yes

Job Reference:

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11

Posted:

18.04.2025

Expiry Date:

02.06.2025

Job Description:

Local Authority Research Practitioner
SO2 (£36,124 - £40,476)
37 hours, Full-Time (Part-Time considered)
Temporary (24 months)
Hybrid: Stopford House and homeworking

Application Deadline: 24 April 2025, 11:59pm
Please be aware that we may close this vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
Shortlisting Date: 28 April 2025
Interview Date: 22 May 2025
Interview Type: Face to face

Your Role

This is an exciting opportunity to join Stockport’s Public Health team to influence and shape the research culture and practice of the public health and wider council workforce.

You will provide strategic leadership, training and support to colleagues to generate and use the best data and evidence for decision making, to better address the health needs of our local community and reduce health inequalities.

This role is part funded by the National Institute for Health Research’s Research Support Service (NIHR RSS) Specialist Centre for Public Health and you will contribute actively to their work. The post holder will benefit from bespoke training and development and national networking activities.

About You

To succeed in this role you will need to be committed to improving health and wellbeing, and reducing health inequalities in Stockport.

You will need to have the skills and/or experience to:

• Provide specialist knowledge in research techniques and governance
• Lead on the development of a (public health) research strategy
• Identify and facilitate opportunities for research and evaluation
• Support staff to be research active, to undertake and utilise research to inform public health decisions and commissioning
• Build relationships and work collaboratively with key stakeholders to address the wider determinants of health through inclusive research
• Raise awareness, and advocate for the value of research activity

About Us

Stockport Public Health Department has a track record on strong achievement of many key health outcomes and is a high performing team in Greater Manchester. Working in this dynamic team, staff are strongly encouraged to focus on the wider determinants of health, work closely with elected members as they champion our reducing health inequalities work and extending our partnership programmes with primary care and our wider communities.

At Stockport Council we are one ambitious team on a mission to create opportunities for everyone who lives, works and spends time in the borough. Working at Stockport Council means contributing to one of the most thriving towns in the North. We are keen to recruit people with the right values and behaviours that can help us ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do.

We are proud to be recognised under the Good Employment Charter as an organisation committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues. As members of the charter, we have been recognised as a great place to work for all colleagues and pledge to pay the real living wage, engage staff in key decisions and endorse fair and flexible working conditions.

If you would like to find out more about the role please contact Dr Judith Strobl on [emailprotected] for an informal discussion about the role.

Please note that we have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers and ex-military personnel. As part of the Guaranteed Assessment Scheme you will therefore be guaranteed an interview if you meet both the criteria for the scheme and the essential job role criteria.

Find out if you meet the criteria here: https://www.greater.jobs/our-guaranteed-assessment-scheme

Stockport Council is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive workforce culture - a place where we can all be ourselves and succeed. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and communities to join our workforce.

We want our employees to have a good work life balance and in many job roles we can offer a range of flexible/hybrid working arrangements. We also have inclusive employment policies and staff engagement forums to support our diverse workforce. We will listen to, learn from, and develop our workforce.