About the role
This post is based in the LGA’s Research and Information Team.
We are currently looking for someone to work with us on secondment, or for a fixed term, until the end of March 2025. In this role, you will design and deliver research, and provide data and analytic services for the LGA. You will also manage a small team of research and data analysts. This is a great opportunity for a good social researcher to get some experience of line management and managing a workstream of projects.
Please note: This role is open to local council employees and civil servants only and would be on fixed term and secondment basis only.
About you
The successful candidate will design and deliver social research projects, including surveys, as well as provide data and analytic services for the LGA. They will be a key part of the team that delivers evidence for the LGA’s policy development and lobbying work, evaluates and provides information for sector support and delivers our LG Inform data service to authorities. The team’s work is widely used within the organisation and often features in the media.
It’s essential that you have very good survey design and quantitative skills and are confident working with data. We are looking for a team player with good organisational abilities, and who can manage staff to deliver projects successfully.
The successful candidate can expect to take on a very varied and wide-ranging portfolio of work that supports and promotes local authorities and helps them to improve.
Please see the job description for further details.
You must have the right to work in the UK, the LGA are unfortunately unable to offer sponsorship visas. Evidence for the right to work in the UK will be requested at the interview stage.
To apply
If you would like to be considered for this role, please provide a statement detailing why you are interested, and the demonstrable skills and competencies you would bring to the role against the following headings:
- Survey research skills
- Data analysis skills
- Writing and communication skills
- Delivering projects through others (staff or contractors)
- Other relevant skills/experience
This statement should be no more than three sides of A4.
For further information and to apply online please see below:
Closing Date: 5pm, 11 June 2024
Interview Date: Virtual Assessment on 18 June and virtual interviews on 21 June 2024
At the LGA we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees where everyone is treated with dignity and respect. Our recruitment decisions are based on fair, open competition, with appointment on merit. The LGA are proud to be awarded a “Disability Confident Leader”. If you are require an reasonable adjustment, which is a change to the format or conditions of the recruitment process to accommodate any disability-related needs you may have. Please contact us via Recruitment@local.gov.uk