Job role
INTERNAL APPLICANTS ONLY
About the role
The Rees Centre wishes to appoint a researcher with expertise in qualitative research.
This post is an excellent opportunity to be a member of a mixed-method research group with responsibility for carrying out research under the “Enhancing Care Stability: Hadley Research Initiative”. This case-study work seeks to understand how current models of practice, and their enactment by practitioners in assessment and care planning, may impact the nature and frequency of placement changes for children looked after.
Reporting to the Principal Investigator (Teresa Williams), the post holder will lead the design, delivery, analysis and write-up of case-study work in one or more local authority areas.
The postholder will also contribute towards the wider research initiative, sharing responsibility for maintaining research relationships with the advisory group and with involvement in some project administration.
This post is part time (0.5 FTE) and offered on a one-year fixed term basis.
Applications for this vacancy are to be made online and you will be required to upload a supporting statement and a CV as part of your online application. Your supporting statement must explain how you meet each of the selection criteria for the post.
Only applications received before 12.00 midday on Monday 8 September 2025 will be considered. Interviews are planned to be held on week commencing 6 October 2025, at the Department of Education, Oxford.