Research Officer

5 months ago


Belfast, United Kingdom MPA Recruitment Full time

**Job**: Research Officer Criminal Justice

**Type**: Temporary

**Location**: Greater Belfast

**Salary**: 50,684-£52,213

**Hours of work**: 37 Hours Per Week (Monday
- Friday)

MPA Recruitment are pleased to announce two roles available for Research Officers in the Belfast Area.

**Main duties and responsibilities of both the Research Officers are**:

- The provision of timely, accurate, high quality and impartial research and analysis to individual MLAs, Assembly Committees, and senior managers within the Assembly Secretariat.
- To retrieve, synthesise and analyse information from a wide range of regional, national, and international sources, including online databases.
- Responsibility for authoring Bill Research Papers that are published prior to the Committee Stage of the Assembly’s legislative passage.
- The production of a range of research outputs, including customised research papers, legislative analysis briefings, financial impact assessments, blog posts, data visualisations and digital dashboards. Research must be drafted to publication standard; be well written, concise, and accessible. Research conclusions can propose recommendations on ways forward for Committee and MLA consideration as required.
- The presentation of research briefings to Assembly Committees and responding to Committee members’ questions in public and closed sessions. Research briefings can include making recommendations on potential lines of questioning of Committee witnesses and departmental officials.
- Provide specific support to the legislative scrutiny function of MLAs, Committee Clerks and Committees including - supporting the promulgation of Private Members Bills, identifying potential witnesses for Committees, identifying key witnesses (e.g. academic specialists, scientific specialists) and assisting the Committee with round table stakeholder events (e.g. facilitating and reporting).

**Essential Criteria**:

- **Criteria for Research Officer (Criminal Justice) **_
- Be in possession of at least a second-class honours degree (or equivalent or post-graduate qualification), which contained at least 50% of the course content relating to criminal justice related law or policy. Applicants must, indicate how their qualification/s meet the above requirement.

**AND**

2. Following completion of the above qualification, have at least two years of work experience of:
a) Conducting objective, evidence-based criminal justice related research; **and**

b) Producing and delivering evidence-based research findings on criminal justice matters to help inform discussion and decision making relating to policy development.

**Salary**: £50,684.00-£52,213.00 per year

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Application question(s):

- Be in possession of at least a second-class honours degree (or equivalent or post-graduate qualification), which contained at least 50% of the course content relating to criminal justice related law or policy. Applicants must, indicate how their qualification/s meet the above requirement.
- Following completion of the above qualification, have at least two years of work experience of:
a) Conducting objective, evidence-based criminal justice related research; and

b) Producing and delivering evidence-based research findings on criminal justice matters to help inform discussion and decision making relating to policy development.

Work Location: In person


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