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.
Within the team, this post has particular responsibility for covering Higher Education, Further Education and Skills. However, as demand requires, the post holder will also need to support work of the other subject areas within the wider remit of the team (for example this includes pre-16 education policy).
There will be a requirement to attend the office in Ty Hywel, Cardiff Bay to suit business needs.
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, maximizing social media opportunities for disseminating information and engaging with our audience.
* Work with Members of the Senedd and their staff on developing and progressing proposals for legislation if within your subject areas. This would involve working with other researchers, lawyers and clerks, as well as external stakeholders.
* 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.
Similar to all posts in the Research Service, you are likely to have to cover subject areas outside your immediate field of expertise in response to the information priorities of our customers and to work flexibly as necessary.
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 at Courtesy Level Welsh.
Candidates Should Have The Ability To
* 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%.
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