Home Office immigration jobs – Senior Research Officer In Croydon

Overview

Position Title: Senior Research Officer

Company: UK Home Office

Location: Croydon, England, United Kingdom

Job Description

The Home Office leads on a wide range of policy covering crime, policing, counter terrorism, immigration and border security – all issues that are at the heart of the Government’s agenda. The challenges and opportunities the Department faces are significant and can change rapidly in the global environment in which we operate. This makes the Home Office a very exciting and stimulating place to work. We have a great reputation for policy making that’s supported by strong analytical advice

At Senior Research Officer (SRO) level you will be expected to have advanced social research skills and a proven track record of delivering and applying those skills. You will be expected to lead and manage all stages of the research process, including research design, analysis, write-up and dissemination.

Responsibilities:

• Working with senior managers to design and implement appropriate quality assurance processes, ensuring accurate analytical outputs to meet policy needs.
• Managing wider stakeholder relationships, for example, with academia, to enable the Home Office to stay up-to-date with the most recent research and evidence.
• Managing, leading and delivering on quantitative and qualitative research projects that enable the department to make timely, evidence-based decisions.
• Providing timely, pragmatic advice on a range of quantitative and qualitative methods. ô Managing your own time and workload effectively, learning lessons and continually striving to improve your performance.
• Communicating succinctly the results of analysis – to both analysts and non-analysts. Providing advice, with support of senior analysts, to Ministers and senior officials on the outcomes of research and analysis.
• Managing staff to continually improve their performance and analytical outputs by valuing achievement; providing feedback, coaching; building confidence and setting the direction.
• Analysing and synthesising a range of evidence to present compelling summaries and narratives of knowledge regarding various social policy areas.
• Managing relationships effectively with immediate policy and operational colleagues to ensure maximum buy-in and use of analytical work being delivered.
• Working collaboratively with analysts from other professions (e.g. economists, operational researchers) on both specific projects and wider analytical programmes.
• Designing evaluations and research projects; undertaking primary research and conducting secondary analysis of data.