Senior Practice and Research Development Officer (Adults), CHM
Posted 1 day ago by Guardian Jobs
£32,684 Per year
Undetermined
Hybrid
Sheffield, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Senior Practice and Research Development Officer (Adults) role involves leading a small team to develop and deliver high-quality learning resources in adult social care. The position requires substantial experience in the sector, excellent facilitation skills, and the ability to translate complex research into accessible formats. The role is part-time, hybrid, and offers a fixed-term contract for 18 months with potential for extension. The successful candidate will engage with various stakeholders to enhance evidence-informed practice in adult social care.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead a small team of Research and Development Officers in creating learning resources.
- Design and deliver workshops, webinars, and events for diverse audiences.
- Quality assure learning programme materials and written resources.
- Support team members in developing their facilitation skills.
- Scope, commission, write, and edit event materials and resources.
- Facilitate sector-wide discussions and learning events.
Key Skills:
- Substantial experience in adult social care or related sectors.
- Excellent facilitation, leadership, and communication skills.
- Strong understanding of research, policy, ethical, and legal frameworks.
- Ability to translate complex evidence into accessible learning.
- Experience in designing and delivering educational resources.
Salary (Rate): £32,684 per annum
City: Sheffield
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: Other
The Vacancy
For over 60 years this children's charity has been building a better childhood for all. They have supported evidence-informed practice in adult social care for twenty years and for almost thirty years in the children and families’ sector. They are now seeking a Senior Practice and Research Development Officer to join their adult’s team. This senior role is ideal for someone with excellent facilitation skills and substantial experience in adult social care or related sectors . While the position requires engagement with and understanding of research it is not a primary research role . The successful candidate will have experience designing and delivering resources, workshops, webinars, and events for a range of audiences, including senior leaders. The role requires a strong understanding of research, policy, ethical and legal frameworks relevant to practice and the ability to translate complex evidence into accessible learning. Strong leadership, communication, and collaboration skills are essential. The post holder will lead a small team of committed Research and Development Officers developing and delivering high-quality learning resources in various formats.
The role involves:
- having substantial experience in adult social care or related sectors
- presenting, chairing, and facilitating a range of sector-wide discussions, workshops, webinars and other learning events
- supporting the team to develop their facilitation skills
- scoping, commissioning, writing and editing, event materials and written resources, and supporting the team with this
- quality assuring learning programme materials and written resources.
About The Employer
The employer is part of a wider charity. For over 60 years, the charity has been building a better childhood for all. The employer works with organisations across adults’ and children’s social care, health, criminal justice, and higher education, supporting evidence-informed approaches to improve policy, services, and outcomes for people of all ages. By bringing together research evidence, practice wisdom, and lived experience, they collaborate with professionals and experts to develop tailored resources, learning opportunities, and specialist support that meet the needs of their partners.
About The Charity
For more than 60 years, the charity has championed the rights and amplified the voice of children and young people in the UK. They interrogate policy and uncover evidence, blending in lived and learnt experience to shape future legislation and develop more effective ways of supporting children and families. Bringing people and organisations together is fundamental to how the organisation improves the systems that babies, children, young people and their families rely on to thrive. They push boundaries, even looking beyond childhood itself to consider transitions into adulthood and the impact of childhood issues on an entire lifespan. They are united for better childhoods and brighter futures.
The Benefits
- 30 Days Annual Leave
- Winter Holiday Closure & Break
- Generous Pension Scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Flexible Working
- Employee Assistance Programme
Applications close at 08:00am on Wednesday 14th January 2026 . Successful applicants will be notified by Thursday 22nd January 2026 and invited to interview. Assessment and interviews to be conducted on Tuesday 27th January 2026. Please note that the employer reserves the right to close this vacancy early should they receive a high volume of applications. They encourage interested candidates to submit their applications as soon as possible. Interested? Please click the job board apply button to be taken to the next stage where you can find out more information and complete your application by following the instructions (you may need to scroll down). This employer is actively seeking to broaden the diversity of its staff group and they warmly welcome applications from candidates underrepresented in the charity sector, including those from Black and Global Majority communities, disabled people, LGBTQ+ individuals, and people with lived experience of the issues this organisation works on. No agencies please.