(REF: VEWEB/OCT08/IVRRO)
Full time: 35 hours per weekStarting salary £24,591 rising to £26,928 p.a. (incl. London Weighting)
Volunteering England (VE) has a generous terms and conditions of service package. This includes flexible working, 25 days annual leave plus 3 days to cover Christmas and New Year, six days paid Employer Supported Volunteering time, 5% non-contributory pension after three months service and an interest free season ticket loan.
The Organisation
VEis a charitable organisation and are the national volunteering development agency for England, committed to supporting, enabling and celebrating volunteering in all its diversity.
The Institute for Volunteering Research (IVR) is an initiative of VE, in association with the Centre for Institutional Studies at the University of East London. Established in 1997, IVR is a specialist research agency, focusing on volunteering and voluntary action. It carries out a wide ranging research programme, including research and evaluation for a range of government departments, volunteer-involving organisations and the volunteering infrastructure. We aim to conduct research that is both academically rigorous and relevant to practitioners and policy makers.
The Role
The primary purpose of the role is to carry out research in the IVR by undertaking projects, and reporting on findings, so as to improve knowledge and evidence for Volunteering England, the volunteering infrastructure and volunteer-involving organisations on the policy, practice and theory of volunteering.
The successful applicant will have a good honours degree; experience in social research; an understanding of qualitative and quantitative research methods and statistical analysis; and a good knowledge of the voluntary sector or volunteering research agendas.
These posts are based within the IVR, which is itself located within the Public Affairs Directorate of Volunteering England.
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