Housing Officer

Yorkshire and the Humber

Permanent, full time

Morgan Hunt are currently working with a housing provider who are looking for a Housing Officer to join their team in Yorkshire and the Humber on a permanent basis.

As a Housing Officer, you will be responsible for providing a complete housing service through the acquisition of new properties, re - letting the existing portfolio and developing effective solutions to manage and reduce ASB across the Yorkshire area.

The role;

• Responsible for the existing properly portfolio, the acquisition of new properties and all pre let inspections are completed and paperwork electronically updated

• Responsible for identifying and raising repairs electronically, setting timescales for completion and liaising with the landlord in relation to any repairs

• Completing sign ups with service users, ensuring all documentation in relation to the tenancy is completed, understood and uploaded electronically

• Liaising with landlords and maintenance contractors in relation to housing related issues such as repairs and handover dates

• Developing existing partnerships and identifying new potential opportunities alongside the Housing Manager

• Responsible for the monitoring of deposit payments to letting and estate agents

• Completing property inspections on existing portfolio and pre - termination inspections when required

• Record, monitor and investigate all cases of ASB with progress achieved

The candidate;

• Experience of working within a social housing or lettings team, with a track record of working under pressure

• Experience of working with vulnerable or difficult customers and the knowledge and awareness of safeguarding and professional boundaries

• Knowledge of Housing Management and / or lettings

If you enjoy working in a fast paced, customer focused environment with the ability to remain calm under pressure and work to tight deadlines then this role could be perfect for you! You will need excellent written and verbal communication skills as well as the ability to negotiate. Due to the nature of this role, an Enhanced DBS and driving licence is essential.

Morgan Hunt is a multi-award-winning recruitment business for interim, contract and temporary recruitment and acts as an Employment Agency in relation to permanent vacancies. Morgan Hunt is an equal opportunities employer. Job suitability is assessed on merit in accordance with the individual's skills, qualifications and abilities to perform the relevant duties required in a particular role.

Housing Officer

Enfield 

£31,082.46 per annum 

Permanent

Full Time - 37.5 hours per week

Our client has a great opportunity for a generic Housing Officer to provide a comprehensive housing management service which offers their customers value for money and efficiency in the management of their tenancy. 

Within this role you will manage a geographical patch of approx. 250 properties, ensuring an efficient and effective service is provided in the following areas of operation:-

• Rent arrears and income collection

• Lettings / Transfers/Mutual Exchanges

• Voids management

• Resident Involvement

• Anti-Social Behaviour

• Estate and health and safety inspections

• Tenancy Audits and Tenancy Management

Occasional evening and weekend working may be required.

This role is internally called Customer Services Manager.

Their ideal candidate will have experience of:

• Working in a similar role and an understanding of social housing regulation.

• Rent arrears control including filing particulars of claim and representation at court

• Investigating and concluding all aspects of anti-social behaviour.

• Providing excellent customer care

• Voids monitoring and control, including inspection of void and specifying properties and new acquisitions and developments.

• Letting and allocation of property including different types of tenancy agreements and leasehold management.

• All aspects of tenancy management.

• Understanding of housing law

• Excellent Excel skills to intermediate level

• Educated to GCSE level or equivalent experience

A full driving licence and access to a car is also essential for this position.

Our client is a ‘Disability Confident Employer’, and they are committed to making their recruitment process open and fair, and they will work with individuals with a disability to make their roles accessible wherever possible. They welcome and embrace those from all faiths and none. They are an anti-racism organisation and have a zero tolerance on racism and all forms of bigotry.

If this sounds like you and you are passionate about providing excellent customer care, they would love to hear from you!

Closing Date for applications is 25th June 2021

Interviews will be held on the 1st/2nd July 2021

Recruiting for a Housing First Support Worker to join our Service in Kent!

GBP 23,000 working 40 hours per week, plus 25 days Annual Leave, Pension schemes, Staff discounts, healthcare and more. This is a Fixed Term Contract ending on 31 March 2022.

Job Overview:
Working alongside our Kent Homeless Connect services in the Tonbridge and Malling area, the Housing First Support Worker will provide support to the most excluded and hard to reach rough sleepers. Focusing on finding permanent housing as quickly as possible, Housing First offers people their own home and then gives them the intensive support needed to maintain their tenancies and move on with their lives away from the streets.

The Housing First Support Worker will work with service users to promote social inclusion and alongside other members of the team to promote independent living, encouraging service users to maximise their skills and choices, enabling them to sustain their tenancies.

Look Ahead operates trauma and psychologically informed approaches, ensuring that our service users benefit from being supported through strengths-based practices. The Housing First Support Worker shares responsibility by ensuring that a holistic and cohesive model of support is embedded across Kent.

Key Responsibilities:
- Deliver street and community based outreach to a caseload of entrenched rough sleepers experiencing multiple and complex issues
- Use the 'Housing First' model to enable service users to access secure, safe and stable accommodation and to resettle into this
- Provide harm reduction interventions to service users to empower them to engage in safer lifestyles
- Deliver ongoing and intensive support to help service users set up their home and maintain their tenancy. Offer support over treatment and other issues assertively, however this engagement will be optional for service users
- Provide intensive support and advocacy to service users supporting them to navigate, engage with and stay engaged with services
- Manage own workload, requiring excellent time management skills, a proactive approach to your work and the ability to prioritise
- Manage and support Peer mentors who will contribute to the service delivery
- Provide tailored support to service users to meet individual need and aspiration, with service users being able to choose, as far as possible, what, how and when support is delivered
- Offer support in the service users' homes as well as in the community
- Develop and maintain links with all key agencies and service providers in the local community
- Ensure Look Ahead Health and Safety policies are adhered to at all time and uphold all health and safety responsibilities within relevant policies and local protocols
- Adhere to all other Look Ahead's policies and procedures. Engaging in learning and development activity to increase knowledge and skills
- Engage positively in reflective practice sessions with colleagues.
- Undertaking any other duties consistent with the grade and nature of the post as assigned by the Team Leader/Service Manager

Person Specification:
- Thrives on change and enjoys dynamic diverse environments
- Is confident with high levels of self-esteem
- Enjoys social interaction and the company of others, joins in local activities to encourage customer involvement
- Approachable and open behaviour
- Is fundamentally calm and resilient, does not let emotion adversely affect them or obscure their judgement
- Has a practical and logical mind and is naturally well organised, Flexible
- Open to feedback and self development
- Is respectful, articulate and sensitive in style of communication
- Is essentially customer-focused
- Is motivated towards excellence and improvement of personal performance with a can do attitude
- Ability to cope positively with challenging and diverse behaviours

Skills, Knowledge and Experience:
Essential:
- Up to NVQ Level 2/3 or equivalent or experience in the social care/charity sector working with complex need clients
- At least one year's experience engaging in outreach/support services to entrenched rough sleepers
- Full Driving Licence and access to use of vehicle

Desirable:
- Experience working with vulnerable adults with complex needs
- Tenancy management and welfare benefits

For the full job description, please visit the Look Ahead website.

Christian Family Concern runs a well-established supported housing scheme in South Croydon, for young single mothers and pregnant young women. We liaise with local authorities and other agencies, and are supported by local churches.

We are currently looking for a HOUSING SUPPORT WORKER

35 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Salary £22,022 per annum (£12.10 per hour)

The successful candidate will join our housing team in supporting the young mothers who live in our accommodation.

An Enhanced DBS check will be required

Standing Together Against Domestic Abuse seek to appoint a dynamic experienced manager to lead the Standing Together Housing Team.

Standing Together Against Domestic Abuse is a national charity bringing communities together to end domestic abuse. Standing Together pioneered this Coordinated Community Response (CCR) approach in the UK in 1996. The CCR is a multi-agency partnership model for keeping survivors safe and holding abusers to account. These agencies include the police, criminal justice partners, housing providers, local authorities, social services, healthcare workers, faith communities and charities.

The is an exciting opportunity to lead and develop the Standing Together Housing Team.

In this key role, as Housing Team Manager you will have Strategic oversight the housing teams these include Housing First, Domestic Abuse Housing Alliance and Whole Housing Approach. You will develop the business plan ensuring successful expansion of the all the housing business streams: Please see the Standing Together Against Domestic Abuse website for more information.

As the successful candidate you will have:

• Knowledge of both the Housing and the Domestic Abuse sectors

• Project Management and business planning skills

• Extensive leadership and management experience at a Senior Level

• A creative and strategic approach to all aspects of your work

• The ability to inspire and motivate, and create high performing inclusive teams

Remote working whilst restrictions are in place, otherwise a combination of some travel to Standing Together’s Office

Standing Together is committed to ensuring our workforce is reflective of our diverse population and is therefore committed to increasing representation of staff of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds across all roles and at all levels. We strongly encourage applications from within BAME communities.

Are you efficient, enthusiastic and have a passion for communications? This is an exciting role in a vibrant, entrepreneurial charity which has ambitious plans. We are looking for a committed team worker who is full of initiative with exceptional communication skills.

Tyndale House possesses one of the finest libraries for biblical research in the world, packed with specialist material on the language, culture, history, and meaning of the Bible. It also has facilities for medium- and long-term accommodation. The institute enjoys close links with the University of Cambridge and many postgraduates, church leaders, and visiting scholars have found it an ideal setting for their own study.

You will have experience of working in a similar environment, and have a high level of IT skills, together with excellent written and verbal communication skills. You will be flexible, able to carry out a wide range of tasks quickly and accurately and enjoy working in the context of an international community of scholars.

If you feel this position fits your skills, values and experience (or potential), and playing a role in fulfilling the purpose of Tyndale House excites you, then we would love to hear from you.

Please see the Job Description attached for further information.

Closing Date for Applications: midday on Monday 12th July 2021

Interviews: w/c 12th and 19th July 2021

Start Date: ASAP

Community Officer (Housing)

Chippenham, Wiltshire

£27,153 - £29,867 FTE (+ £750 Car Allowance) per annum – depending on skills 

Contract type: Permanent 

Working hours: Part Time – 18.5 hours per week

In April 2021, our client merged to create a bigger, better, organisation. They now provide over 25,000 homes to more than 54,000 people, they deliver over 3 million hours of care to individuals every year and have a geographical reach from Newcastle upon Tyne to Salisbury, Wiltshire. They have a staff team of approx. 4,000 people.

Their story is about building better lives. They are committed to building more homes and providing more care and support to more people, whilst still delivering the locally-focused services to the people who need them most. 

Everything they do comes back to people – whether that’s providing a good quality, safe home, helping someone to live an independent life, addressing social injustice and equality and everything else in between. 

Their vision is to be an organisation where people can enjoy happiness, health and prosperity.
 

About the role 

Our client is currently seeking a Community Officer to work within their supported housing department in Wiltshire. 

You will help to provide an excellent service to all their customers and work with partner agencies to help customers achieve an independent and positive life and to enhance the environment and communities within the schemes and neighbourhoods.

Reporting to the 55+ Sheltered Services Manager you will ensure the delivery of high quality holistic services across their older people's accommodation. You will be responsible for the overall management of the schemes within their 55+ sheltered housing stock and for the provision of a support service at one 55+ leasehold scheme. 

You will also deliver health and safety within the communal areas, maintain accurate records and work with the Supported Housing Team and colleagues from other departments to deliver a safe and efficient service.

Please note that if you are successful in this role, we will require a DBS check to be completed. Further details will be sent following offer. 
 

About you 

Qualified, capable and willing to gain qualification and/or have equivalent level of skills and experience to CIH/NVQ Level 2 in Housing/Support are essential. 

A good standard of general education and the ability to use email, Microsoft Office and other relevant IT systems is also required. Report writing, data analysis and a working knowledge of welfare benefits, relevant legislation, and how to access sources of funding and services for people who are struggling financially is also needed.
 

Benefits

In support and recognition of their colleagues who will help them deliver their employer strategy, they offer a fantastic benefits package. This includes; annual holiday entitlement (plus statutory bank holidays); a defined contribution pension scheme; trust based flexible working and a Confidential Employee Assistance Programme (EAP). 
 

All individuals who apply to work here are considered on their merits in line with their Diversity and Inclusion strategy and policy.

Our client is a Disability Confident Employer therefore they actively encourage applications from individuals with disabilities and try to provide access, adjustments, equipment or other practical support where required. All applicants with a disability who meet the ‘essential eligibility criteria’ for the role, as detailed in the job description, are guaranteed an interview.

If you need any assistance, adjustments or adaptations throughout our selection processes please let them know.

At Carers Support (Bexley) we want to make a real difference to the lives of carers in Bexley and Greenwich.  We are committed to tackling the isolation and loneliness that many carers feel by providing information, advice, support, respite and other services to those who dedicate their lives to caring for their loved ones. We pride ourselves in working with carers young and old, and their families, in a positive, responsive, professional and creative way to improve their lives. 

We are looking for an experienced leader with a positive approach and strong people skills. We need a great communicator who will act as an ambassador for Carers Support, forging and sustaining strong relationships with our key stakeholders. The successful candidate will embody the vision, values and ambitions of Carers Support and will support and motivate the team of staff and volunteers accordingly. Our Carers are at the heart of everything we do and we want a CEO that can drive this culture. 

The successful candidate will:

• Be a real people person, building strong relationships and partnerships

• Passionate about improving the lives of carers, both within the organisation and more widely

• Drive a strong customer service ethos across the organisation

• Provide strong leadership to the team and volunteers

• Ensure good governance, supporting the Management Committee

Are you inspired by church architecture? Are you fascinated by the history of churches and want them to remain part of our heritage and a vital part of community life? Are you experienced in assessing funding applications and/or supporting historic buildings to be well maintained and sustainable?

As the independent, UK-wide charity supporting churches, chapels and meeting houses of all Christian denominations, the National Churches Trust supports and promotes church buildings of historic, architectural and community value by inspiring support, preserving heritage and promoting sustainability. Our aims are to help maintain the UK’s heritage of church buildings and to enhance their ability to serve local communities; and to promote the benefit to communities of church buildings and to inspire everyone to value and enjoy them.

Grant funding is at the heart of our work. The Trust allocates in the region of £1.2m of funds across Cornerstone, Gateway, Foundation and Micro-grant grant schemes annually. The grants team is also responsible for recommendations to a number of trusts and foundations each year. Another priority for the Trust is developing new projects to help churches become sustainable and well maintained, and our partnership work, such as with other funders, local churches trusts, and other organisations.

The opportunity has arisen for a new Church Support Officer to join our Church Support team. The post-holder will assist with assessment and administration for our grant programmes, and have the necessary knowledge and skills to offer churches wider support, and to implement robust management and maintenance schemes which will assist with the sustainability of churches. You will have excellent organisational and planning skills, be able to manage a varied workload and be an effective team player based from our office in London.

Applications are welcome both from new graduates as well as more experienced applicants. The post is available for an immediate start, and so applications will be reviewed as they are received. As such, interviews may be held sooner than advertised and this advertisement may close early. The workload and responsibilities would be tailored to the experience of the successful candidate.

More information about the role and the Trust’s work, and how to apply, can be found on our website via the Apply button.

Final closing date: Noon Friday 2 July 2021

Interview dates: 14 and 15 July 2021 (Westminster, London)

Community Partnership Manager (Housing / Community Safety / Neighbourhoods)

£32,496.75 per annum

Birmingham

12 Months Fixed Term Contract

Full Time - 37hrs per week

Our client is working in partnership with Birmingham City Council and the West Midland Police & Crime Commission. They have been successful in securing Safer Streets Funding from the Home Office for a targeted area within Stockland Green in North Birmingham. This will enable investment in target hardening improvements such as better street lighting and CCTV alongside wider community safety improvements for residents alongside an ambitious and intensive programme of community development. 

Already a deprived neighbourhood, as categorised by the 2019 Index of Multiple of Deprivation, the area is characterised by a significant concentration of vulnerable resident’s living in houses in multiple occupation / exempt accommodation with significant support needs. West Midlands Police have characterised the area as one of their six impact areas with over a 100 crimes a day being reported on a daily basis in 2019. 

Despite the significant challenges there is a sense of optimism amongst partners and the community with a new ward forum soon to consult on a new neighbourhood plan and the amazing volunteering endeavour of Stockland Green Action Group, Friends of Brookvale Park and Highcroft Committee. 

This funding is an opportunity to build on this and bring tangible results for the community as part of a wider plan to recover Stockland Green. Working in the Partnerships Team in the Pioneer Group, engaging with local partners and community organisations this is a chance to make a difference.

Closing Date Friday 2nd July 20201 - Noon

2x Permanent

1x 12 Months fixed term contract

We are looking to recruit highly motivated and committed individuals to join our high performing, friendly and supportive team that prides itself on the difference we make to our clients lives on a daily basis.

SHP (Single Homeless Project) is one of London’s leading homelessness prevention charities and a dynamic and growing organisation changing 8,000 lives every year across London - from supporting people in crisis, to helping them take the final steps towards independence and employment.

We will be commencing a new contract with the Ministry of Justice on 28th June 2021, delivering a pan London Housing Advice & Interventions Service, in partnership with St Mungo’s. With SHP staff co-located in probation offices, you will be working in close partnership with Probation Services, to support people on probation to either sustain their current accommodation or to secure new housing as needed.

We are seeking three Housing Advice Workers to join our team to deliver housing advice, guidance and support to these clients. Working with clients in your local designated boroughs, you will produce comprehensive and high-quality assessments on their support needs; particularly their housing, employment and financial needs and follow the most suitable pathway for them. 

 To be successful, you will need to demonstrate:

• An understanding of working in supported housing or floating support services, with a demonstrable knowledge of Housing and other related legislation 

• Experience of managing complex and difficult situations in relation to vulnerable client group(s). 

• Ability to effectively liaise with a range of service providers or agencies in order to establish or improve services for clients. 

• An understanding of the principles underlying a quality service, and customer focused, with proven ability to empower service users. 

• Ability to be self -motivating, work under pressure, and manage time effectively, prioritising different areas of work according to need.

Closing date for applications: 1st July 2021 (at Midnight)

Interviews to be held on: 9th July 2021

This post will require an Enhanced DBS check to be processed for the successful applicant.

Our attractive benefits package includes:

• A salary increase after successfully completing six months.
• A 37.5 hour working week including flexible working hours (core hours are 10am – 4pm) in non-accommodation services
• 25 days annual leave, increasing annually to the maximum 30 days (plus paid Bank Holidays),
• A contributory pension scheme: SHP will contribute the equivalent of 5% of your annual salary
• Staff Health Cash Plan and discounts scheme
• Comprehensive and integrated training programme designed specifically to develop the skills and knowledge involved in our work

SHP is actively committed to equal opportunities and the promotion of diversity and inclusion, in all of our services and workplaces.  We are also Disability Confident Committed, a Stonewall Diversity Champion and are IIP Silver accredited. 

Are you interested in telling the inspiring and powerful stories of the children and families that come to Great Ormond Street Hospital? Do you thrive on coordinating and organising content across an organisation? Are you excited at the prospect of working for a renowned, well-loved national brand? Then this role could be for you.

We are looking for a Stories and Case Studies Officer to join Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity’s busy and ambitious communications team.

You will work closely with patients and their families to sensitively interview and communicate their stories. The role will also be responsible for ensuring our centralised asset management system, ResourceSpace, is kept up to date with all family content, through collaboration with teams across the charity. We can offer brilliant opportunities to develop your communications career in an inspiring and stimulating professional environment.

About the team:

Reporting into the Stories and Case Studies Manager, the Stories and Case Studies Officer will be joining a high achieving, fast-paced Communications team, whose remit covers Stories & Case Studies, Press, Internal Communications and Artist & Celebrity Liaison.

About you:

You will be a highly efficient organiser and passionate storyteller, with the ability to sensitively interview patient families and write thorough family stories that demonstrate the impact of our funding areas. A natural relationship builder with a keen eye for detail, you’ll be comfortable interacting with a range of stakeholders to coordinate stories and family content across the organisation.
The ideal candidate will have:

• Experience of working with children and families in sensitive situations
• Proven experience in database management and administration
• An understanding of consent and maintaining the confidentiality of personal data
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• The ability to manage competing priorities and to work to tight deadlines

About the charity:

Every day brings new challenges at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH). Every day, over 600 seriously ill children from across the UK arrive for life-changing treatments. Every day, young lives hang in the balance as patients, families and staff battle the most complex illnesses. And every day, the brightest minds come together to achieve pioneering medical breakthroughs that change the lives of thousands of children – and change the world. This extraordinary hospital has always depended on charitable support to give seriously ill children the best chance to fulfil their potential. Without donations, Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity can’t help?fund?ground-breaking research, advanced equipment, child and family support services, and the rebuilding and refurbishment of wards and medical facilities. Our staff help to raise these vital funds for the hospital. A better future for
seriously ill children starts with you.?

Recently awarded with a ‘Best Companies 2-star accreditation’ and placed at number 17 on the 2019 Sunday Times Best 100 Not-for-Profit Companies list – we offer a range of attractive benefits including; a flexible approach to working, 30 days holiday, life assurance, enhanced employer pension contributions, and a discounted season ticket loan.

How to Apply

Please click on the apply button in the top right-hand corner where you will be taken to a short application form to complete.

As part of your application, you should include a cover letter detailing how you meet the person specification, why this specific opportunity is right for you, and why you want to join the charity.

The Charity is committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures.

Location: Central London, WC1N
Contract Type: Fixed Term, 12 months
Hours: Full Time, 37.5 per week
Salary: £31,000-£34,000 per annum

Closing date: Friday 16th July 2021

Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis, and we reserve the right to close the role prior to the closing date, should a suitable applicant be found.

Therefore, you are encouraged to apply right away, to avoid disappointment.

Due to the large number of applications we receive, we are unfortunately only able to inform shortlisted candidates of the outcome of their application. If you do not hear from us within two weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been successful on this occasion. If your application is unsuccessful, we hope that you will not be discouraged and will still apply for other suitable vacancies in the future.

You may have experience of the following: Communications Officer, Content Manager, Marketing Communications Officer, Press Officer, Journalist, Journalism, Communications Officer, PR, In-House Journalist, Newspaper, Creative Copywriter, Content Creator, Charity, Third Sector, NFP, Not for Profit, etc.

Ref: 100283

37 hours per week

ABOUT LAUNCHPAD

Based in central Reading, Launchpad provides vital information and support for vulnerable individuals, couples and families in Reading who do not have a stable place to live or are at risk of losing their home.  Founded as a soup kitchen in 1979 by students at the University of Reading, the charity now provides a holistic service that works in three ways – we prevent homelessness, provide homes and rebuild lives.

Launchpad has remained open throughout the pandemic, our teams working tirelessly to ensure extremely vulnerable people in Reading continue to receive the help they desperately need.  But this work won’t stop when the lockdown eases – we anticipate there will be even more people in housing crisis because of issues such as evictions, redundancy and mental health.

THIS ROLE

As a permanent member of staff, you will play a big part in supporting Launchpad’s vital work whilst our team is expanding and looking to the future.  You are an enthusiastic and professional fundraiser looking to build your career in the not for profit sector.  Whether you are managing community or corporate relationships to ensure they receive the best possible experience, ensuring our database (ThankQ) is accurate, up-to-date and relevant or managing one of our events, you will play a central role in raising funds for Launchpad and building our community of supporters to have a real and lasting impact on helping local people in need.

You will support the Fundraising Manager by helping to plan and deliver Launchpad's major annual fundraising events, and support the implementation of the community and corporate fundraising strategies.  You will lead on the generation of income with a particular focus on community, corporate and volunteer fundraising to support current and new projects.  You are a strong communicator who can engage effectively with different audiences to generate long-term support for Launchpad.  Using these skills, you will increase awareness of our work in the local community and with local businesses and develop those relationships to keep them productive and mutually beneficial.

You have a proven track record in event management, combined with experience and knowledge of using a CRM system, preferably gained in the not for profit sector.  Your excellent attention to detail and strong administrative skills coupled with your ability to prioritise and manage a varied workload whilst meeting deadlines make you an ideal candidate.

To apply, please visit our website where you will find more information and further details on how to apply.

The closing date for applications is 12noon on Wednesday, 7 July and interviews will be held on Wednesday, 14 July.

Whilst appointments will always be made on the merits of the application and performance in the selection process, Launchpad is committed to achieving greater diversity, inclusion and equity in our workforce – and actively encourages and welcomes applications regardless of sex, gender, race, age, sexuality, beliefs or disability.

The Centre for Justice Innovation is looking to recruit a research officer to help us build the evidence base for justice reform in the United Kingdom.

You will join our research team in working to understand and support new ways of working in the criminal and family justice systems, with a particular focus on courts. Your work will include qualitative research, descriptive data analysis and literature review,

Your work will initially focus on two key projects: research into Family Drug and Alcohol Courts (FDACs): specialist family courts which support families who are at risk of having children removed due to parental substance misuse; and an evaluation of specialist responses to domestic abuse within criminal courts.

You will also participate in research around other areas including supporting the diversion of  young people away from the justice system and supporting the development of criminal problem-solving courts which use the authority of the court to enhance support, and will work with our practice development and policy teams to translate research findings into meaningful change.

Your duties will include:

• Contributing to the design of research projects;
• Managing the day-to-day delivery of research projects;
• Undertaking qualitative research with practitioners and service users;
• Analysing data to create insights;
• Writing reports and briefings;
• Communicating research findings to a wide range of audiences including practitioners and policy makers;
• Enhancing the Centre's reputation as a source of quality, trusted, leadership and support in promoting and developing innovation in the UK’s justice systems; and
• Contributing to the Centre’s wider work in policy, practice and research.

As a small team, every employee is expected to play a significant role in influencing how the Centre develops. Roles and objectives may change and all members of staff work flexibly in response to changing business needs.

About us

At the Centre for Justice Innovation, we seek to build a justice system which every citizen believes is fair and effective. We believe that the justice system should be focused on solving the issues that drive crime and social harm; that it should be fair in how it treats people; that it should be proportionate in the things it does; and that those on the front line should be given the freedom and support to come up with innovative solutions to the problems their communities face.

It is the policy of the Centre for Justice Innovation to treat all employees and job applicants fairly and equally regardless of their sex, sexual orientation, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion, age, disability, offending history or trade union membership status.

The Centre operates a range of flexible working policies to ensure that all employees can create a positive work/life balance and ensure their work is positively structured alongside family and other caring responsibilities. These policies include flexible working hours, time off in lieu, and remote working and remote collaboration tools. This post is open to job-shares