Over the last year, we’ve seen our community power message really begin to take hold. At the same time, we’re developing as an organisation. We’re looking to further increase our impact by expanding our work with partners who are looking to turn the principle of community power into reality.

We’re now looking for a Senior Practice and Research Lead with great skills in quantitative analysis to join our brilliant team and help us do just this.This is an exciting opportunity to be involved in two core functions of our work, which are increasingly closely linked: our research builds on the insight of our partners putting community power into practice, and our practice work builds on the research we lead across the country.

Our current portfolio sees us work across the UK and therefore requires regular travel as a core responsibility. We expect the need to travel approx. 2-3 times per month to locations across the UK, which may involve the possibility of overnight stays and weekend work.

Your job will include:

• Delivering impact:supporting the delivery of practice work, in particular designing and delivering deliberative workshops and producing compelling outputs to achieve impact.
• Deploying strong data analysis skills, with the ability to work across projects and different types of datasets.
• Partnership working:building and maintaining strong relationships with practice partners and working collaboratively to co-design solutions with professionals and communities.
• Business development:contributing to revenue generation through following up leads, writing proposals and devising project budgets.
• Project management:managing projects to ensure practice work is delivered within budget and to agreed timelines, and to a high quality.
• And more…As part of a small, friendly and informal organisation you’ll have the opportunity to participate in other activities and support the wider development and delivery of New Local’s vision and strategy.

Who we’re looking for

We are seeking a self-motivated and ambitious individual to join our successful team. Candidates may have direct working experience in this area, but we are also open to alternative career trajectories which can demonstrate the right skills and competencies as highlighted in thejob description.

This role is for you if you’re an impact-driven individual who thrives in multi-faceted environments and projects. You will have the ability to design and deliver, end-to-end, practice focused interventions for our partners as well as confidently deploy your research skills to support the development of more traditional thought leadership work and discrete project tasks that seek to demonstrate the impact community power can have on organisations and society.

We welcome applications from any background, and areas of particular interest include (but aren’t limited to): think-tanks, consultancies, broad public sector (local and national); VCSE; the NHS; and other council services.

We do not have set ideas about what background you will be from or the specific experience you will bring and would look for our candidate to be:

• A warm connector, someone who is able to build strong, supportive relationships with individuals and teams inside and outside the organisation.
• An excellent communicator,who can write and speak clearly about the organisation, the work they are delivering, and the project tasks they are undertaking.
• A keen planner,whose project management skills and attention-to-detail are able to keep projects timely and impactful.
• Action-oriented,someonewho is able to draw out the learning and implications of project findings and use this to shape practical recommendations for change.
• Entrepreneurial,someone who likes new opportunities and is comfortable supporting business development.
• Someone who is able to prioritise,who is comfortable working across a variety of projects and to different deadlines.
• Driven by achieving positive change, both through our practice work and New Local’s broader political and societal goals.
• A collaborative and supportive colleague,able to work in a highly creative environment that encourages excellence from all members of the team.