Public Health Research Assistant

Public Health Wales

Job summary

Fixed Term or Secondment until 31st March 2027

If you are interested in applying for the secondment position, you must obtain permission from your current line manager prior to applying for this post.

Are you an experienced researcher looking for an opportunity to help protect and improve health and wellbeing in Wales?

Public Health Wales is recruiting a fixed-term Public Health Research Assistant within the Policy and International Health Directorate. This is an exciting opportunity to apply your research skills in a dynamic and innovative directorate. .

Why not get in touch for an informal discussion? Reach out to the email listed within this advert.

In-person interviews to be held in CQ2, Cardiff

Main duties of the job

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivatedresearch assistant to join the Policy and International Health Directorate, to workwith the Specialists Projects team and Health Equity teamin a spilt role.

You will bringdemonstrableanunderstanding and experience in the application of research methods, both qualitative and quantitative,and an awareness of the principles of evaluation. You will use excellent communication skills to work inside and outside of Public Health Wales.

You will use excellent project management skills, for the work you are involved in, ensuring the work programme runs to time and is documented appropriately.

On a day-to-day basis, the post holder will work with theProgramme/Project Leadsand other members of the teamtosupportthe design,deliveryand dissemination of research to support public healthobjectives.

Professionally, they willbe managedbythe Senior Public Health Specialist.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of carrying out literature reviews.
  • Demonstrable experience of quantitative and qualitative data collection.

Skills

Essential

  • Competence in the use of analytical software for quantitative and / or qualitative analysis e.g. SPSS, R, NVivo.

Knowledge

Essential

  • Awareness of evaluation methods.

Other (Please Specify)

Essential

  • Ability to travel between sites, including regular travel to the base location (TBC) as well as attendance at directorate away-days (typically in Cardiff).

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Closing Date: 26 July 2026

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