Government Social Research Service

1 day ago


Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom Government Economic Service & Social Research Profession Full time

**Details**:
**Reference number**:
187995

**Salary**:
£29,000

London minimum 29000; National minimum 27000

**Grade**:
Higher Executive Officer

Research Officer

**Contract type**:
Permanent

**Business area**:
Social Research

**Type of role**:
Analytical

Social Research

**Working pattern**:
Flexible working, Full-time

**Number of posts**:
94

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Location

Bristol, Coventry, Croydon, Darlington, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Nottingham, Sheffield, Stratford

About the job

**Summary**:
Government Social Research (GSR) is the analytical profession within Government for Civil Servants who generate and provide social and behavioural research and advice.

GSR members enable government to understand issues relating to society, groups and individuals; and support policy debate and decision-making through a variety of approaches, advice and evidence. We currently have over 1,800 professionally accredited members across 50+ departments/organisations.

GSR members come from a wide range of professional backgrounds and disciplines covering the breadth of social and behavioural sciences. Our work puts people at the heart of government decision making by providing expertise in applied quantitative and qualitative design and analysis approaches, evaluation and interventions to solve complex problems. GSR takes a scientific and tailored approach supported by bodies of knowledge and a range of research methods to inform, influence and provide robust and defensible decision-making at all levels.

**Job description**:
GSR’s role is to:

- provide analytical insight to enable decision makers to understand systems, processes and change associated with people, groups, organisations and society - their attitudes, perceptions, behaviours and intentions - to inform and improve the quality of strategy, delivery and policy debate decision-making
- anticipate and evaluate the impact of government decisions, understand ‘what works, for whom, to what extent, in what contexts, how and why/why not?’
- provide expert social research advice and evidence to design, challenge, reduce risk, trial, improve quality and implement government strategy and policy
- maintain and grow social research professional skills, knowledge and expertise
- represent society through our membership profile and the work that we do

**Responsibilities**:
To be eligible, there are two entry routes - the Qualification Route and the Experience Route.

Qualification Route Eligibility Criteria
- you need, or should expect, to achieve a minimum of 2:1 in your undergraduate degree; or a 2:2 with a postgraduate degree.
- the qualifying degree must contain a minimum of 30% in social research methods covering all the criteria outlined below (it is not sufficient to hold the majority in one area - coverage across all areas is required)
- if you satisfy both the Nationality and Right to work: Immigration requirements.

Social Research Method Degree Content Criteria

To qualify a degree must include quantitative research methods including research design, data collection (i.e. questionnaire design, sampling, weighting) and data analysis (e.g. statistical analysis).

It must also include at least three of the following:

- qualitative methods, including research design, data collection (i.e. interviewing, focus groups, ethnographic), data analysis (e.g. thematic analysis)
- study design, hypothesis formation, testing and evaluation
- systematic/literature reviews
- interpretation of data (qualitative and quantitative), presentation of results, provision of recommendations/ conclusions

Experience Route Eligibility Criteria
- social research practice experience consists of experience working in a research agency, market research agency or specialist research team.

**Qualifications**:
Please see the essential skills above

**Behaviours**:
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

- Communicating and Influencing
- Managing a Quality Service
- Working Together

**Technical skills**:
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
**Benefits**:

- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension

Things you need to know

**Security**:
People working with government assets must complete basic personnel security standard checks.

**Selection process details**:
This vacancy is using Success Profiles, and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.

Stage 1: Register

Stage 4: Invite to Knowledge Test

Stage 5: KT tests - pass mark set review period (admin process)

Stage 6: Sift - If successful at the online knowledge test stage, you will be sifted on your degree modules using the above criteria.

Stage 7: Those passing the sift, will be taken forward to an interview. The behaviours that you will be assessed against are:
Behaviours
- Managing a



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