Research and Impact Assistant (Fixed term)
| Posting date: | 21 May 2025 |
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| Salary: | £31,637 to £37,174 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 11 June 2025 |
| Location: | Liverpool, Merseyside, L2 2QP |
| Company: | Liverpool John Moores University |
| Job type: | Temporary |
| Job reference: | 5056_1747824892 |
Summary
Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) is a distinctive, unique institution, rooted in the Liverpool City Region and with a global presence. Our students and staff, past, present, and future, are the beating heart of our city and can be found in every corner of every industry and community. We couldn't exist anywhere else and have shaped the city in which we belong. Working with the people of Liverpool to improve lives and support communities is at the heart of why we were founded and why we exist today.
Liverpool John Moores University is seeking an experienced and highly motivated evaluation or research practitioner to join the Student Voice and Evaluation team located within our Teaching and Learning Academy.
You will work with the Head of Access, Participation and Student Success and the Student Voice and Evaluation team to support the development and delivery our evaluation plans for our 2025-29 Access and Participation Plan and other student equity activities to develop a better understanding of what works to support student equity across every stage of the student lifecycle. Building on our LJMU Evaluation Framework you will help to develop a suite of high-quality resources and tools as well as guidance and training to support the University to better evaluate our student equity and Access and Participation Plan activities and programmes.
With experience in both quantitative and qualitive research and evaluation methods you will work with academic and professional services colleagues across all areas of the University as well as supporting our students and officers and colleagues within John Moores Students' Union.
Strong oral and written skills, as well as the ability to work well with others are pre-requisites for this role, as is a strong organisational ability, to ensure deadlines and regulatory requirements are consistently met in a professional manner.
You will play a key role in supporting the University to meet it targets and ambitions in our Access and Participation Plan and addressing barriers to equality of opportunity for students.
You will be required to be in the office a minimum of 3 days per week (although flexible working arrangements can be considered). This is a fixed term post from 1st August 2025 - 31st July 2029.
In return, we offer an excellent benefits package including generous annual leave entitlement, pension scheme, induction and development support as well as family-friendly policies.
This is an exciting time to join the University as we deliver the LJMU Strategy 2030, the 2025-29 Access and Participation Plan, and its vision of LJMU as an inclusive civic university transforming lives and futures, by placing students at the heart of everything we do.
If you feel that this is the role you have been looking for and your skills and experience can make a real difference at LJMU, we look forward to hearing from you.
Informal enquiries can be made to Leanne Taher-Bates, Head of Access, Participation and Student Success on l..
LJMU is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants from all backgrounds and communities irrespective of age, transgender status, disability, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity and religion or belief. All our appointments are made on merit. Please note all of our vacancies will be closed to applications at midnight on the advertised closing date, unless otherwise stated.
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