Higher Research Officer

2 weeks ago


Tulsa, United States UK Civil Service Full time

Job summary

We are recruiting a Higher Research Officer within the Environment and Transport Team which comprises a team leader, three senior researcher officers and two higher research officers (including this post).


The purpose of this post is to provide impartial, independent, and expert research analysis on environment policy to support Senedd Members and committees and to publish articles to inform debate and aid understanding of the Senedd�s work.


The role of a Higher Research Officer involves understanding areas of devolved policy as well as having the ability to work flexibly, leading on your own research work and supporting senior researchers across a wide variety of subject areas.


You will need to have a good understanding of current Welsh policy in at least one of the following policy areas: nature conservation (terrestrial and/or marine); fisheries; environmental governance; climate change; energy; water and flooding; and waste. You will need to demonstrate excellent research skills. You will be expected to be flexible, work proactively with research colleagues across a range of policy areas and work across the whole Service providing support to teams where there is high demand.


You�ll be responding to requests from Senedd Members; preparing briefing for committees; creating digital content to be published via our social media channels and identifying opportunities for cross service working. You will have the opportunity to develop digital skills, including producing data visualisations and helping to create interactive content.


We work as �one team� and have a culture of working across teams to help support each other in times of high demand. You will therefore be expected to adapt as the role evolves and to work across teams as required. You will work in an agile way to support and develop ways of working in Senedd Research, through participation in cross service improvement groups, editorial board activities and any service plan priorities where opportunities arise.

Job description

Key tasks:

Undertaking research and analysis in response to requests from committees or individual Senedd Members and their staff.

Supporting Senedd committees with scrutiny of legislation, policy and financial issues, working independently and with the team leader and senior researchers.

Developing and maintaining a comprehensive understanding of the environment policy areas you will be working on, and developing the skills and knowledge to assist with work across the Environment and Transport team�s policy areas; using this expertise to improve services to committees, Senedd Members and information available to the wider public.

Producing engaging proactive content, including research articles, data visualisations, and supporting other researchers to deliver content that contributes to open and well-informed debate.

Supporting the publication and promotion of external content through social media.

Developing and maintaining digital skills and expertise to improve the information available to Members of the Senedd and the wider public.

Working with stakeholders to develop a network of expertise, identifying opportunities to work with academics and other knowledge mobilisers so that Members of the Senedd have access to a wide range of evidence.

Developing effective relationships with Senedd Members and their staff and working collaboratively with colleagues from different service areas across the Welsh Parliament and other UK parliaments.

Contributing to the development of Senedd Research ways of working and contributing to a one team ethos.

Person specification

Job Specific criteria:

1. Communication skills: You will be a strong communicator and will have excellent interpersonal, written and oral communication skills enabling you to produce rigorous, impartial and engaging briefings for politicians and digital content for a wider audience.

2. Research skills: You will need excellent research skills. These include the ability to critically review and summarise a wide range of views accurately, for different audiences. You will be able to work independently to quickly learn new subjects.

3. Sound judgement: You will demonstrate sound judgement and have experience of making effective decisions in a challenging environment. You will have experience of providing information and advice that is sensitive to political issues and free from bias.

4. Subject knowledge: You will need to have a good understanding and practical experience of research at least one of the following environmental policy areas: nature conservation (terrestrial and / or marine); fisheries; environmental governance; climate change; energy; water and flooding; and waste.

Desirable criteria:

The following qualities are not essential for this particular post but have been deemed as desirable. These will only be taken into account in the event of two (or more) candidates acquiring the same score at either application or interview stage.

1. Digital skills: You will have good digital skills including any of the following: social media content development, media production, digital storytelling, data visualisation, and experience of content editing.

Benefits

Alongside your salary of �35,159, Welsh Parliament contributes �9,492 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Learning and development tailored to your roleAn environment with flexible working optionsA culture encouraging inclusion and diversityA with an average employer contribution of 27%

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