Researcher - Services

Researcher - Services
Home based with travel across the UK

An Introduction to the Organisation

Our client is dedicated to helping people in horticulture. They provide free support, information, advice, financial assistance and services for horticulturalists and their loved ones experiencing illness, disability, bereavement, family breakdown and financial difficulties.

They have a real focus on improving the health and wellbeing outcomes of people working in horticulture and have an ambitious preventative strategy to create better futures for people working in horticulture.

They are now looking for a Researcher to join them on a part-time, permanent basis, working 30 hours per week.

Our Client’s Commitment to You

- Salary of £36,000 per annum (pro rata)
- 25 days’ holiday, plus Bank Holidays (pro rata)
- Pension
- DIS benefit (3x salary)
- Private healthcare coverage
- Sickness pay
- Comprehensive benefits package
- Well-established family friendly policies, including the ability to have extra unpaid leave
- Time off for dependants

This is a meaningful opportunity for an experienced and insightful researcher with a passion for social impact to join our client’s compassionate organisation and help shape the future of support for people in horticulture.

You’ll have the chance to deliver vital research that drives real-world change, helping to improve health, financial stability, and wellbeing for individuals and families across the horticultural community and making a real difference where it matters most.

What’s more, this part-time role provides the flexibility to do what you love while supporting a mission-driven charity that values your expertise, empowers your voice, and is committed to building a better future for those who care for green spaces.

How Your Role Contributes

As a Researcher, you will help to shape our client’s understanding of the challenges people face and how best to respond to them by designing and delivering impactful research.

You will design, execute, and report on both qualitative and quantitative research initiatives, manage projects and conduct high-quality data analysis through interviews, focus groups, surveys, and statistical techniques.

Aiming to inform and shape our client’s practical support and services, your work will be rooted in a passion for creating better futures, ensuring that they remain attuned to the evolving needs of those they serve.

Additionally, you will:

- Support internal policy development through evidence-based research
- Conduct literature reviews and create briefings for internal and external audiences
- Present research findings in accessible formats
- Lead the development of the Learning and Development Hub’s research content
- Provide support for the creation of research funding applications and reports

What You’ll Bring

To be considered as a Researcher, you will need:

- Experience in a research environment, including working on action research projects
- Experience of quantitative and qualitative research methods and techniques for analysis
- Experience of co-production techniques, analysis software and data manipulation
- Knowledge of best practice and legislation governing research, data protection and safeguarding participants
- Knowledge of current social policy issues relating to health, financial exclusion and social inequalities
- The ability to design lived experience interviews and research surveys

The closing date for this role is 13th April 2025.

Other organisations may call this role Research Officer, Programme Researcher, Qualitative Researcher, Quantitative Researcher, or Project Researcher.

Webrecruit and our clients are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.

So, if you’re looking for a rewarding role as a Researcher, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.