Your Newpany
Hays are partnering with the NI Assembly to recruit a Research Officer – Education, on a temporary basis. The successful candidate will be responsible for non-partisan, objective and evidence-based research, working directly with Assembly Members andmittees.
Your New Role
1. The provision of timely, accurate, high-quality and impartial research and analysis to individual MLAs, Assemblymittees and senior managers within the Assembly Secretariat.
2. To retrieve, synthesise and analyse information from a wide range of regional, national and international sources, including online databases.
3. Responsibility for authoring Bill Research Papers that are published prior to themittee Stage of the Assembly’s legislative passage.
4. The production of a range of research outputs, including customised research papers, legislative analysis briefings, financial impact assessments, blog posts, data visualisations and digital dashboards. Research must be drafted to publication standard; be well written, concise and accessible. Research conclusions can propose rmendations on ways forward formittee and MLA consideration as required.
5. The presentation of research briefings to Assemblymittees and responding tomittee members’ questions in public and closed sessions. Research briefings can include making rmendations on potential lines of questioning ofmittee witnesses and departmental officials.
6. To advise Assemblymittees on subject specific aspects of forward work programmes and inquiries that focus and assist scrutiny, including input to establishing terms of reference, identifying key issues and research requirements.
7. Provide specific support to the legislative scrutiny function of MLAs,mittee Clerks andmittees including - supporting the promulgation of Private Members Bills, identifying potential witnesses formittees, identifying key witnesses ( academic specialists, scientific specialists) and assisting themittee with round table stakeholder events ( facilitating and reporting).
8. To provide research support to Members and themittee Clerk formittee visits that may involve travelling withmittees to external events and longer visits to other jurisdictions.
9. To lead, direct and/or represent RaISe at public events, such as those which form part of the Knowledge Exchange Seminar Series (KESS) and stakeholder events formittees, including drafting opening remarks formittee Chairs.
10. Maintain goodmunication withmittee Clerks, MLAs, and senior managers in order to understand and develop their research requirements.
11. Prepare joint papers with colleagues in other Parliaments and assisting colleagues in other Parliaments with queries for MPs & TDs etc.
12. Proactively forge and develop links withernment officials, departmental liaison officers, external research bodiesmunities and other parliamentary library and research services.
13. Support the development and enhancement of parliamentary library and research services in other jurisdictions through training, mentoring and practical advice.
14. Prepare and deliver training for MLAs, party support staff and the secretariat.
15. Oversee the work of undergraduate and postgraduate placement students working in their area and provide peer guidance to agency and new research staff.
16. Contribute to the peer review of colleagues’ research.
17. Maintain a specialist knowledge of their research portfolio through relevant training, consultation of academic and other literature, maintaining and developing links with subject specialists in other legislatures and attendance at conferences and seminars.
18. Work collaboratively and collegially, as an effective team member;
19. Contribute to the development of RaISe, including designing content for and participating in working groups as required, identifying potential new outputs and potential improvements to service delivery.
20. Manage information and records in accordance with established policies and statutory requirements; and
21. Carry out other duties that the Assemblymission reasonably requires.
What You’ll Need to Succeed
22. Be in possession of at least a second-class honours degree (or equivalent or post-graduate qualification), which contains at least 50% of the course content relating to the subject area of education. Applicants must, in their application form, indicate how their qualification/s are relevant to education policy at the primary and post-primary levels in Northern Ireland.
AND
23. Followingpletion of the above qualifications, you have at least two years of work experience in:
Conducting objective, evidence-based research; andProducing and delivering evidence-based research findings to help inform discussion and decision-making relating to policy development in the area of education (primary and post-primary).
What You’ll Get in Return
24. £ per hour
25. Temporary for up to 3 months
26. Hybrid working
27. Online timesheets with weekly pay
28. Access to retailer discounts
29. Access to thousands of learning and development courses