PhD placement

Cardiff & Llandudno (with hybrid working)

The Organisation

Our client provides leadership and expertise in welfare and early years in Wales.

Their vision is to make a positive difference to support for children, adults, and their families and carers.

To do this, our client leads in developing and regulating the workforce, service improvement, data, and research to improve support.

Our client is now looking for a PhD placement student to join them for an Administrative Data Research placement for a fixed-term of three months (for a full-time student) or six months (for a part-time student).

The Benefits

- Fixed monthly payment of £1,855 per month (pro rata for part-time students)

This is a unique opportunity for a PhD student studying at a Wales Higher Education Institution to join our client’s dedicated team and gain practical experience in the Welsh public sector.

You will have the chance to apply and develop your research skills on real-world issues, contributing to the transformation of support services in Wales.

So, if you’re looking to make a meaningful impact whilst enhancing your academic and professional portfolio, our client would love to hear from you.

The Role

As a PhD student on placement, you will support our client’s administrative data work by contributing to linked data research projects in adult support services.

Additionally, you may:

- Be supported to access data on the SAIL Databank
- Encourage and support data owners to share their data in the SAIL Databank
- Conduct linked data research on a topic related to adult support services
- Promote linked data research through written materials

You will engage in activities such as contributing to our client’s priority-setting project, supporting their adult support services linked data research group, and promoting the value of linked data research in adult support services. You will be expected to adhere to governance protocols, maintaining confidentiality and following organisational policies.

About You

To be considered as a PhD placement student, you will need:

- To be currently undertaking or about to commence (from September/October 2024) a PhD on support services using linked data research or a large dataset/datasets, at a Wales Higher Education Institution
- Permission from supervisors, institution, and funders (if applicable) to participate in this placement
- Knowledge of a range of data science, quantitative and statistical analysis techniques
- Skills in using software for statistical analysis
- Good English communication skills

Other organisations may call this role Data Science Researcher, Support Research Assistant, Research Assistant, Research Associate, Research Analyst, or PhD Research Placement.

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