Disability Hate Crime Project Researcher
| Posting date: | 15 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | £10,000 to £15,000 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £15.00 per hour plus benefits |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 13 May 2024 |
| Location: | CR0 6SR |
| Company: | United Response |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | UNIT173087 |
Summary
Job Title: Disability and Hate Crime Project Researcher
12 months fixed term contract
Hours: 16 per week
Location: Remote or working from a local United Response office
Salary: £15.00 per hour £14,476.80 p/a
Some travelling is involved in this role.
Easy read version of the job description is available please email gill.fay@unitedresponse.org.uk for a copy.
We offer an excellent benefits package that includes:
- 25 days paid annual leave (plus 8 bank holidays, pro rata for part time), which increases after 3 and 5 years’ service
- Pension Contribution
- The opportunity to be part of our UR Stars Recognition Scheme
- Access to free occupational health, physiotherapy, counselling and advice services
- Fully paid training and access to nationally recognised qualifications
- Travel to work scheme (season ticket loan)
- Access to an online shopping platform with discounts from over 3,500 retailers
- Refer a friend scheme
Key Purpose of the role:
The lived experience researcher roles will foster inclusivity, understanding, and actionable insights in addressing disability hate crimes in public transport and go some way to ensuring a high response rate to the initial survey based on their work within the communities across England.
Essential Criteria:
Essential
- Excellent time management and self-organisation skills.
- Ability to work as part of a team to meet short and long-term goals.
- Ability to understand and process complex information and translate it into a simpler format.
- Knowledge and understanding of the barriers to justice facing disabled people.
- Interest in engaging with partners and local community groups to promote collaboration on the project.
Who we are:
United Response is a leading national charity. We have a great team of people who are passionate about providing care and support. This role will see you providing support to people in their own homes. Our support staff champion the rights of the people we support to live, work, socialise and participate in the community, free of discrimination and unnecessary boundaries. In our work we aim to be creative, strong, honest, responsive and united.
United Response is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to the Mindful Employer values and are a Disability Confident Leader, providing support to applicants with disabilities. We guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy. If you are interested in applying for employment with United Response and are in need of support to navigate our website or to complete your application please send an email with your request to recruitment@unitedresponse.org.uk
This position is subject to a DBS Check, the cost to be met by United Response. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early.
Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme