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Working for the Civil Service:

The Welsh Government's recruitment processes are underpinned by the principle of selection for appointment on merit on the basis of fair and open competition as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's Recruitment Principles.

The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

Vacancy Details:

Group
Chief Operating Officer's Group
Branch
Social Research
Salary range
Team Support - £22,150 - £25,620
Actual starting salary
£22,150
Work pattern

Type of opportunity

Fixed term
Duration
50 weeks
Location of Post
Pan Wales

Interview dates

TBC

Purpose of Post:

The Welsh Government is the devolved government of Wales.

Analysts play a key role in providing high quality evidence to support policy making and the Welsh Government more broadly.

The Social Research and Information Division is a core part of the government's analytical function. The division comprises around 65 social researchers who work closely with policy and other analysts (e.g. statisticians, economists) to provide analytical advice and evidence to support key policy decisions in devolved areas such as education, health and the environment.

Government analysts are also based within policy divisions, including the Equality, Poverty, Children's Evidence and Support Division - there are two posts available in this Division.

The Welsh Government's Equality, Race and Disability Evidence Units, based in the Equality, Poverty, Children Evidence & Support Division have been recently established

There are three units:
the Equality Evidence Unit, the Race Disparity Evidence Unit and the Disability Disparity Evidence Unit.

The work of the Units will include investigating long-standing problems underpinned by sufficiently robust statistics and research across the Welsh Government and the wider public sector in Wales; improving the collection of data; and delivering innovative ways to address ongoing evidence needs relating to equalities and socio-economic disadvantage.

Unit staff are a mixture of analysts (including social researchers and statisticians) and policy officials.

Post one:
in the Equality Evidence Unit within the Equality, Poverty, Children Evidence & Support Division

This role will involve working closely with researchers and statisticians on cross cutting equality, ethnicity and disability evidence across a range of topic areas.

This includes providing research support to the multi-disciplinary team of researchers, statisticians and policy officials.

The role will involve working closely with colleagues to support in drafting evidence reviews, quality assurance of research reports and analytical outputs and providing general administrative support to the equality, race and disability evidence units.

Post two:
in the Social Justice Research Team within the Equality, Poverty, Children Evidence & Support Division

This post will provide administrative support to the Equality, Poverty and Children's Evidence and Support Division and in particular support the delivery of the Social Justice Research team's programme of work.

This includes providing research support to the team of researchers.

The role will involve working closely with colleagues to support in various tasks.

For example, drafting evidence reviews, quality assurance of research reports and analytical outputs and providing general administrative support to the Division.

Post three:
in the Corporate Research Branch within the Social Research and Information Division

This role will involve research and analysis using a range of methods and sources of data to help inform improvements to the way the Welsh Government works.

This will include designing, carrying out and reporting on primary research projects (for example, surveys) with Welsh Government staff and stakeholders as well as analysis of other organisational data (such as administrative data).

The role will also involve conducting evidence reviews and developing social research best practice guides for the team.

There will also be an opportunity to assist with corporate responsibilities such as producing bulletins for the Social Research Division.

Post four:
in the Housing Research Branch within the Social Research and Information Division

This role will be based within the housing research team but will involve working closely with researchers on a wide range of topic areas across the climate change and rural affairs directorate policy areas, including housing, the environment and rural affairs.

The role will involve assisting with the design, delivery, analysis and reporting of primary and secondary research. Likely tasks include conducting evidence reviews, developing and administering small-scale online surveys, and assisting with qualitative research. There will also be an opportunity to assist with corporate responsibilities, such as providing administrative support for the Welsh Government's Government S