Post: Postdoctoral Researcher - Impact, Evaluation, Information and Policy

Location: The post holder will work across all Childhood Matters Services in Co. Cork and will be predominantly based in Blackpool, Cork City. Remote working arrangement is possible for this role.

Salary: €48,000 per annum - part time/job share possible for suitable candidate(s)

Childhood Matters is a voluntary agency based in Cork City providing integrated mental health, social care and residential supports to children and families. Its service delivery models are both clinically and trauma informed, and Childhood Matters is one of the largest non-statutory employers of allied health professionals and social care staff in the region. We are committed to evidence-based practice and to this effect have recently established a dedicated Research and Evaluation function to evaluate services, contribute to the social care, social work and mental health empirical literature base.

We aim to do this by providing high quality and methodologically robust research and evaluation, and by informing our policy positions for vulnerable children and families across Ireland. The specific aims of the evaluation and research function are outlined in the job description and involve evaluation and research activity including: conducting and overseeing research and evaluation within and outside of Childhood Matters, working in collaboration with others to advance Childhood Matters research agenda.

The role works in collaboration with other teams, including those working on the development, implementation, use and analysis of data from the Childhood Matters Children’s Services Electronic Record Keeping System. This role will also work to monitor and report on outcomes; develop and track longitudinal data on programme effectiveness; and assist in the translating of evidence into practice across the organisation.

Job purpose

The purpose of the evaluation and research function in Childhood Matters is to contribute to the achievement of the organisation’s strategic goals through providing leadership with regards to evaluation and research internally and externally; ensuring analysis of data in a timely, effective and efficient way and by providing high quality and methodologically robust evaluations.

Please see Job Description attached below.

Application Procedure

Please submit a Cover Letter and CV outlining your suitability for this position to hr@childhood-matters.ie by 11h November 2024.