Senior Research Officer; Post-16 Education

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

- 383350

**Salary**:

- £45,003 - £53,935
- A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

**Job grade**:

- Senior Executive Officer
- Management Band 1

**Contract type**:

- Temporary
Fixed term
Secondment

**Length of employment**:
**Business area**:

- WP - Research Service

**Type of role**:

- Education and Training

**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time

**Number of jobs available**:

- 1

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About the job

**Benefits**:
Things you need to know

Location
- Cardiff

About the job

**Job summary**:
We are recruiting for a temporary Senior Research Officer within the Children, Education and Lifelong Learning Team in the Research Service at the Senedd.

You will be working directly with Members of the Senedd, their staff, and with Senedd Committees at an exciting time of significant focus on the policy areas covered by this post. As well as possessing the necessary skills required for the role, you will have the ability to work collaboratively, creatively and confidently with a variety of people. As a post with senior responsibilities you will be expected to have excellent research and communication skills. You will also need relevant policy knowledge, as well as the ability to provide advice and briefings on aspects of Welsh policy and legislation that fall within your area of expertise.

There will be a requirement to attend the office in Ty Hywel, Cardiff Bay to suit business needs.

For more information, please view the job description.

**Interviews will be held in person in Ty Hywel, Cardiff Bay on 30 January 2025**

**Job description**:

- Take individual responsibility for providing timely, high quality advice, analysis and briefing, particularly on Higher Education, Further Education and Skills.
- Provide confident and effective research support and advice to Senedd Committees and their Chairs.
- Develop effective relationships with Members of the Senedd and their staff.
- Work collaboratively with colleagues from different service areas across the Senedd to provide tailored and integrated support to Members of the Senedd and their staff.
- Maintain the highest standards of accuracy, impartiality and independence in your own research and briefing work.
- Work creatively to present impartial, engaging information to a range of audiences. Maximising social media opportunities for disseminating information and engaging with our audience.
- Develop links and identify opportunities for joint working and for sharing information with your counterparts in other UK legislatures, academics, external stakeholders and others connected with public policy in your area of expertise.
- Share responsibility for, and contribute to, the leadership and development of the Research Service.

**Person specification**:

- ** Research skills and experience**: Experience of delivering policy research or briefing, in writing and verbally, including the ability to interpret and critically review complex technical, legislative and public policy information.
- ** Political awareness**: Sound judgment and sensitivity to political issues with the ability to shape your behaviour to deal confidently, impartially and objectively with Members of all political parties.
- ** Subject knowledge**: Extensive knowledge and understanding of **at least one** of the following policy areas with a **good understanding across all three**: Higher Education, Further Education, Skills. This includes policy knowledge within the Welsh context, but also within the wider UK context.

Welsh language criteria:
The language skills for this post have been assessed Courtesy Level Welsh.
To pronounce Welsh names, answer the telephone, greet people or make introductions bilingually

To understand and use proactively familiar, everyday, expressions

To understand very short texts where people are giving basic information about themselves or others in correspondence, on forms or to interpret content using the technology available.

For further information on the Welsh language levels, please visit our website.

**Benefits**:

- Alongside your salary of £45,003, Welsh Parliament contributes £13,037 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%

Things you need to know

**Selection process details**:
**Interviews will be held**in person** in**T**ŷ Hywel, Cardiff Bay** on 30 January 2025.**

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

**Security**:
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**Medical**: