Join Our Team! We Are Hiring a Research Lead

Job Title: Research Lead
Location: Remote
Start Date: ASAP
Salary: €10,172pa
Line Manager: Programme Lead
Duration: 45 months
Hours: 7 hours per week.

About Young Social Innovators.

Young Social Innovators is a non-profit organisation that believes in the power of youth. Its vision is to empower, equip and inspire young people to change the world for good. Through its programmes, training and events, Young Social Innovators enables young people to grapple with difficult social issues, advocating reform and advancing change. Each year, circa 15,000 young people are supported to explore social and environmental issues that concern them and come up with a variety of responses to these. In this way, Young Social Innovators builds social capital and helps young people create a fairer and more caring Ireland connecting into a wider global movement for change.

Purpose of Role

Ignite Community Research Lead (ICRL) will work closely with the Head of Education to plan and establish of a dedicated research component for the IC programme.  They will be responsible for establishing baseline data for the 12 counties covered by the project area as well developing KPIs to track and evaluate programme outcomes. The ICRL will create an evidence base for IC and communicate findings to key stakeholders with the aim of influencing decision makers. 

The role requires a dynamic individual with strong research skills and a commitment to excellence. They will have experience of working in the youth/education sector.

Duties of the Role

Programme Responsibilities (include and not limited to):

• Lead on development of an impact analysis plan.
• Creation of baseline data.
• Development of Theory of Change (Logic Model).
• Establishing research and impact KPIs for tracking and evaluation purposes.
• Build up a strong evidence base for IC programme.
• Collate, analyse, and present findings to a variety of audiences.
• Disseminate findings to influence key decision makers and future government strategy in NI and BRI.

Other Duties

• Ad hoc duties as required, in line with the purpose of the role.

Person Specification

• Significant experience of working in impact assessment and/or evaluation and/or project research - minimum 3 years’ experience.
• Proven experience in information analysis.
• Experienced in the design and development of research proposals.
• Strong communication skills, verbal and written, with fluency in English.
• Excellent IT skills and experience of use of technology to support analysis and research projects.
• Strong data management skills.
• Strong commitment to realising a more sustainable, equitable, and resilient world.
• Strong creative and entrepreneurial interests and skills.
• Highly curious and creative.