Research and Influencing Officer

Are you committed to gender equality and promoting the rights of young women and girls in the care system and their babies. If so, we would love to hear from you.

NYAS Cymru has services across Wales, and we have an exciting new programme called TogetHER which is a sister project from our Unity work which provides wrap around support to girls and young women when their babies are at risk of entering care.

Our new Programme TogetHER will aim to advance the rights of young women in care who have children and undertake key research into why the number of babies born to care experience young women become the subject of child protection. This post will be key in working in partnership with key partners, have research experience and be able to influence with decision makers and Welsh Government to advocate for change.

With funding from the National Lottery for Wales, we are looking for a Research and Influencing Officer, working 35 hours per week (part time job share may be considered).

The purpose of this role will be to support NYAS Cymru’s sector-leading research and policy programme aimed at improving the lives of care experienced young women and girls across Wales.

For more information, please view the attached job description. If you would like to have further information and to arrange an informal discussion on the position, please contact Phoebe White, Policy & Influencing Manager - NYAS on phoebe.white@nyas.net

Benefits include:

• Additional sick pay
• Enhanced pay for family friendly leave
• Health care cash plan 
• Employee Assistance programme and other wellbeing resources
• Death in Service
• Learning and development opportunities 

 Please note: When completing the application form, it is important that you refer to the person specification within the job description and detail how you can evidence the criteria. The job description can be located at the right hand side of the page.

NYAS operates robust safe procedures to ensure the protection of the children, young people and adults at risk we work with. To comply with NYAS’s Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, references and a Digital Risk Assessment.

In accordance with UK immigration law, NYAS is required to ensure that all prospective candidates have the legal right to work in the United Kingdom. Therefore, proof of eligibility to work in the UK will be required as part of the recruitment process.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early once we receive a high number of applications.

About NYAS

As an established leading rights-based charity, NYAS (National Youth Advocacy Service) is well positioned to ensure that children, young people, and adults across England and Wales are fully respected, represented, and supported in expressing their views and having their rights upheld.

We work with care-experienced children, young people, and adults who are often reliant on statutory services suffering the negative impact of the cuts in public expenditure. Our combination of social care and legal services places us in a unique position to ensure that they receive the services they need and that their voices are heard.

We are an equal opportunities employer and we are committed to creating an inclusive environment which means NYAS welcomes applications from all individuals regardless of age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or belief, or any other protected characteristic.

 NYAS is proud to share that we are a Disability Confident Employer and we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for our vacancies.

Work with us to help change young lives.