Research Manager
We are the national body for careers education in England, delivering support to schools and colleges to deliver modern, 21st-century careers education.
The Careers & Enterprise Company is a great place to work. We operate within a fast-paced and collaborative environment. We are brought together by one thing: our passion to ensure young people get the best possible start in life and are supported to find their best next step.
Are you someone with a passion for technical and vocational education who wants to bring their expertise and skills to bear in a role that catalyses careers education to support young people into, within and on from vocational pathways? If so, read on.
Role Summary
At The Careers & Enterprise Company (CEC), evidence plays a key role in supporting effective, impactful careers education. The Policy & Impact (P&I) team is a dynamic and purpose-driven team at the centre of the CEC’s Strategy & Communications division, generating insights to inform policy and practice and drive impact for young people.
This is an opportunity for a dynamic Research Manager to help build a new evidence base on parental engagement in careers education. Parents are key influencers in their children’s careers thinking, and as a result, the CEC has a parental engagement strategy with the aim of supporting Careers Leaders to enhance parental engagement in careers in their institutions. Part of this work to date has included the development of a suite of Careers Leader resources and training called Talking Futures. This role will play a crucial part in exploring how to take the CEC’s parental engagement strategy to the next stage, aiming to develop a questionnaire tool for parents that builds on early exploratory research. You will run a year-long project to test questions to create key evidence for the careers system.
Previously, the CEC has developed and successfully rolled out the FSQ, using our digital tools to bring student insight data on career readiness and essential skills into the careers system. The parent questionnaire tool will build on this.
The Research Manager will run a year-long process, designing and delivering qualitative and quantitative research and working with experts across the CEC, as well as external stakeholders, to explore the collection of structured and effective parent data using the existing careers infrastructure. There is also the potential to work closely with our Data & Digital Team to scale collection and insight nationally and locally.
We are looking for a highly analytical, curious and collaborative individual with a strong background in mixed-methods research. Identifying, generating and using a wide range of evidence and data, on this exciting new project, you will work with the Senior Manager, Research and Insight and across the Policy & Impact Team and also with the Senior Strategic Development Manager in the Education Development Team responsible for parental engagement.
Our organisation has a privileged opportunity to make a difference to the lives of millions of young people, helping to inspire and prepare them for the fast-changing world of work, and we want you to help us make it happen.
To apply, please visit our website via the apply button, complete the application form and cover letter and upload a copy of your CV (removing all personal details).
Please describe in your cover letter:
- How do you meet the criteria in the job profile?
- What skills and experience will you bring to the role to ensure its success?
- What is your motivation to lead a project to create a standard data set to inform effective parental engagement in careers education?
Closing date: 4th September 2024 (midnight)
It is our policy to review all applications within two weeks from the closing date. If you do not hear from us within three weeks following the closing date, then your application has unfortunately not been successful on this occasion. We are unable to provide feedback to candidates who have not been shortlisted and attended an interview.
