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Job Description
Position Details
School of Social Policy and Society
Location: University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham UK
Full time starting salary is normally in the range £36,130 to £45,413 with potential progression once in post to £48,149
As this vacancy has limited funding the maximum salary that can be offered is Grade 7, salary £37,174
Full Time, Fixed Term contract up to December 2027
Closing date: 31st August 2025
Background
Birmingham Pathfinder is a service that offers support to families with children who face serious interconnected social problems. The service operates within Schools and the wider community to assist families to navigate and connect to services that often prove difficult to access and support them to remain connected to these services. The Pathfinder service is based on a trauma-informed, relational, adaptive and strengths-based approach.
As part of the Birmingham Pathfinder (BP) Award—fully funded by the JABSS Foundation—the University of Birmingham is undertaking a comprehensive, three-year mixed-methods evaluation. The evaluation will include a match group trial, as well as qualitative interviews to map the service ‘ecosystem’ in which Pathfinder sits. As part of the project, the Research Group will develop assessment tools that will inform the practice of Pathfinder workers and will be used to collect outcome data for the evaluation. At specific stages of the project, the postholder will spend part of their working week embedded within The Pathfinder Service.
Role Summary
- Work as part of the ‘Women, Crime & Justice Research Group’ contributing to the ‘Birmingham Pathfinder Evaluation’ project (funded by The JABBS Foundation)
- Operate within specialised areas of Criminology and Social Policy
- Analyse and interpret research findings and results
- Contribute to generating funding
- Contribute to public understanding of issues impacting families and children with complex and interconnected needs
Main Duties
The responsibilities may include some but not all of the responsibilities outlined below.
- Develop research objectives and proposals for own or joint research, with assistance of a mentor if required
- Contribute to writing bids for research funding
- Analyse and interpret data
- Apply knowledge in a way which develops new intellectual understanding
- Disseminate research findings for publication, research seminars etc
- Supervise students on research related work and provide guidance to PhD students where appropriate to the discipline
- Contribute to developing new models, techniques and methods
- Undertake management/administration arising from research
- Contribute to Departmental/School research-related activities and research-related administration
- Contribute to public engagement activities of manifest benefit to the College and the University, often under supervision of a project leader
- Collect research data; this may be through a variety of research methods, principally through family needs assessments and research interviews
- Present research outputs, including drafting academic publications or parts thereof, for example at seminars and as posters
- Provide guidance, as required, to support staff and any students who may be assisting with the research
- Deal with problems that may affect the achievement of research objectives and deadlines
- Promotes equality and values diversity acting as a role model and fostering an inclusive working culture.
Person Specification
- First degree in area of specialism and normally, a higher degree relevant to research area or equivalent qualifications
- High level analytical capability
- Ability to communicate complex information clearly
- Fluency in relevant models, techniques or methods and ability to contribute to developing new ones
- Ability to assess resource requirements and use resources effectively
- Understanding of and ability to contribute to broader management/administration processes
- Contribute to the planning and organising of the research programme and/or specific research project
- Co-ordinate own work with others to avoid conflict or duplication of effort
- Knowledge of the protected characteristics of the Equality Act 2010, and how to actively ensure in day to day activity in own area that those with protected characteristics are treated equally and fairly
DBS Required
The University is committed to safeguarding and we promote safe recruitment practice, therefore all associated pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. Due to the nature of the work undertaken in this role all successful applicants will be subject to a satisfactory DBS clearance prior to appointment.
Informal enquiries to Professor Simon Pemberton, email:
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