Research Liaison and Evidence Lead

2 months ago

Sheffield, United Kingdom Department for Education Full time

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 292648**Salary**:

- £33,952- A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%**Job grade**:

- Higher Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- DFE - Strategy Group**Type of role**:

- Analytical
- Social Research**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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- Manchester, North West England, M1 2WD : Sheffield, Yorkshire and the Humber, S1 2FJAbout the job

**Job summary**:
At DfE, we are proud of the commitment we make to diversity and inclusion and of the progress we have made. We have active & vibrant staff networks, special leave policies and workplace adjustments put in place for those who need them. We are continuing to build a diverse DfE, in an inclusive environment which nurtures and realises potential in all, at all levels. Equality and Diversity - Department for Education.

Do you have a passion for nature and the environment? Do you enjoy working in a team? Do you want to make a real difference by harnessing the power of education to respond to climate change? Can you see yourself advising policy decisions to ensure the education system is at the forefront of responding to climate change through mitigation and adaptation?

Within this important and exciting role, your technical knowledge and expertise relating to research, evidence and evaluation will give you the opportunity to influence and shape the delivery of the commitments set out within the Department for Education’s (DfE) Sustainability & Climate Change Strategy.

Your role will be wide ranging, from building an understanding of climate risk to support the development of a new national climate risk assessment framework for education, to rapid evidence reviews and dissemination of research to support the design and delivery of policies within the Strategy, and liaising with academics to keep abreast of the most up-to-date relevant research and communicate our evidence gaps to influence the direction of future research and evaluations of DfE sustainability and climate change policies. The focus of the role will change over time to remain aligned with DfE and Government priorities.

You will have a key role in the development of DfE’s evidence-base relating to sustainability and climate change, with the aim of understanding and embedding within DfE policies the risks of overheating, flooding, and water scarcity to education in England.

You will liaise with other government departments, external organisations, and academic institutions that produce research in relevant areas, working to communicate and embed an understanding of the evidence within the sustainability and climate change policy teams and influence the direction of future research to help us address our evidence gaps.

**Job description**:
The role holder will be responsible for bringing research expertise to the development and delivery of a key initiative which has the potential to change the way DfE understands climate risks to education.

You will work in a supportive, friendly multi-disciplinary team within Sustainability & Climate Change Unit (SCCU), You will work closely with sustainability specialists, providing social research expertise to a high-profile and fast-moving policy area. You will have the support of the Sustainability and Climate Change Analysis Team, which currently comprises two operational research analysts and one other social researcher, as well as a Grade 6 social researcher.

Your specific work will focus on research and evidence across a portfolio of activity. You will:

- Lead the team's liaison with academia and research organisations
- Build and manage relationships with external organisations undertaking research, to ensure you are able to feed the outputs into the development of our climate risk assessments
- Identify opportunities for building on and using existing research to develop DfE's sustainability and climate related evidence base - identify our evidence gaps and generate research questions to stimulate activity
- Lead engaging dissemination of evidence to SCCU and colleagues for example via newsletters, presentations and written summary reports
- Provide support to policy and operational teams to ensure we set up proportionate evaluation of our sustainability initiatives as required
- Undertake ad hoc analysis including quality assurance to provide resilience across the team as needed

There will be opportunity to get involved in wider team activities and priorities as they arise.

We’re looking for a social researcher growing in experience, who is confident in their analytical abilities, inquisitive, able to build collaborative relationships and feels strongly that analysis and research should be of the highest standard. A personal interest in and understanding of sustainability issues will also be

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