Head of Evaluation and Observational Research

Part-time | Maternity Cover
£55,000 - £65,000 FTE | c. £38,000 actual salary
Hybrid/Flexible locations: London, Birmingham, Blackburn, Bristol, Bradford, Doncaster or Redcar
About the role
The NIoT has an exciting opportunity to cover for a period of maternity leave. This role is a 0.6 FTE and is to cover the Head of Evaluation and Observational Research.
This role will report to the Executive Director of Research and will work within a multidisciplinary research team alongside other Heads of Faculty and Research, and a team of Research Fellows and Research Assistants.
This position includes a Principal Investigator role for the national School-level Professional Development research project at NIoT, and oversight of a portfolio of programme evaluation research within NIoT programme design and delivery.
In addition to being a specialist in designing and conducting primary observational and/or experimental quantitative research, you will be an innovative and practice-minded researcher who strives to make cutting-edge research relevant, engaging, and useful for practitioners in teacher education. You will also play a key role in contribution to the academic environment at the NIoT, for example, teaching and marking at Masters’ degree level.
You will either be looking to take on or extend your experience of leading a research team: both supervising early career resea...