Senior Demonstrator Strategic Improvement Coach (IMPACT Centre)

*3 positions available*

Part time (50% FTE)
Fixed term for 12 months

Salary: Grade 9 (£54,421 - £63,059 p.a. pro-rata). There is an expectation that appointments will be offered at base spine point.

The closing date for applications is Friday 14 April 2023.
Interviews are expected to take place between 24 April and 10 May 2023.

There is an expectation that work will be undertaken in the UK.

This role will require a membership of the PVG scheme. An offer of employment will be subject to a satisfactory outcome of this process.

This role is not eligible for sponsorship. Applicants require to have existing right to work in the UK.

The University of Stirling recognises that a diverse workforce benefits and enriches the work, learning and research experiences of the entire campus and greater community. We are committed to removing barriers and welcome applications from those who would contribute to further diversification of our staff and ensure that equality, diversity and inclusion is woven into the substance of the role. We strongly encourage applications from people from diverse backgrounds including gender, identity, race, age, class, and ethnicity.

For a full summary of the role please see attached Job Description.

IMPACT (‘Improving Adult Care Together’) is a UK-wide centre for implementing evidence in adult social care, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the Health Foundation. IMPACT is an ‘implementation centre’, drawing on knowledge gained from different types of research, the lived experience of people who draw on services and their carers, and the practice knowledge of social care staff.

Its aims are to enable practical improvements on the ground, and make a crucial contribution to longer-term cultural change, by:

• Supporting more widespread use of evidence in adult social care, leading to better care practices, systems and outcomes for people who draw on care and support, their families and communities
• Building capacity and skills in the adult social care workforce to work with evidence of different kinds to innovate, improve care and deliver better outcomes
• Facilitating sustainable and productive relationships between the full range of adult social care stakeholders to co-create positive change/innovations and improve outcomes for people drawing on care and support and their families
• Improving understanding of the factors which help and hinder the implementation of evidence in practice, and using this to overcome longstanding barriers to positive change

Find out more about the vacancies and how to apply onhttps://impact.bham.ac.uk(University of Birmingham):

Pleasedo notapply online through the University of Stirling website.

The deadline for applications is 14 April 2023.

Interviews will be held between 24 April and 10 May. Shortlisted candidates invited to online interview will be asked to prepare a short presentation focusing on the role and project they are applying to.

• Supported by IMPACT’s national Demonstrator lead, lead negotiation with the Demonstrator site regarding what support will be provided by IMPACT and how this will complement the local site’s responsibilities (the ‘contracting’ process)
• Guided by IMPACT’s national Demonstrator lead, review and synthesise the evidence on the topic in question
• Work with local stakeholders to design the change project and articulate a local ‘theory of change’ to help structure the project. [This will set out key features of the current context, the change process, expected outputs and outcomes, and the underlying assumptions of how change will be achieved]
• Facilitate the change project on the ground, bringing together key stakeholders from across the local site to design, deliver and sustain local change
• Ensure that the local site/service commits to the active and meaningful involvement of people whose voices are seldom heard and to co-production at all stages of the project, challenging and rectifying power imbalances where needed and working sensitively but courageously with issues of power, equality, diversity and inclusion
• Provide support to a local evaluator (identified by the site hosting the Demonstrator), who will lead an evaluation of what is possible to achieve by working in this way/or not, key contextual factors and key barriers/success factors, so that learning is generated and shared. [The role of the coaches is to support this local evaluation, not to carry out the evaluation themselves]
• Work with national policy and practice partners to embed lessons learned nationally (across all four nations of the UK)
• Be the main point of contact for IMPACT’s work with the Demonstrator site
• Have overall responsibility for co-ordinating the activity of IMPACT within the Demonstrator site, representing IMPACT and its values locally and nationally
• Act as a coach and role model in strategic improvement projects in adult social care through demonstrating excellent practice and, where appropriate, mentoring colleagues
• Contribute to the overall success of IMPACT through engaging with its wider activities and participating in sharing of learning and development opportunities

• An understanding of the factors that enable or prevent change in adult social care and how evidence can be used to increase likelihood of success
• Excellent presentation skills, both verbal and written, with an ability to communicate effectively with social care stakeholders including people drawing on care and support, carers, local communities, practitioners, managers, academics and policy makers
• High level of personal organisation and motivation
• Collaborative and flexible approach to work and excellent inter-personal skills
• An awareness of personal strengths and weaknesses in leading projects and an ability to work reflexively
• Ability to assess and organise resources effectively
• Experience of championing co-production, equality, diversity and inclusion in own work area

The role holder will be required to evidence that they can meet the qualities associated with the following behavioural competencies, as detailed within the AUA Competency Framework.

The Faculty of Social Sciences (FSS) is an integrated multi-disciplinary team of academic and professional support staff with research and teaching interests in sociology, social policy, criminology, education, housing studies, social work and dementia. Working collaboratively with students, staff and stakeholders, the Faculty provide high quality undergraduate and postgraduate education, as well as professional development in all these areas through our interdisciplinary links across the University and beyond. The Faculty has a thriving research culture, and we are delighted with its very strong REF 2021 results. The Social Work and Social Policy REF submission achieved 3rd in Scotland for GPA (23rd in the U.K. out of 76 submissions for GPA), the Power Ranking (FTE + GPA) for this submission is 8th in the U.K. The Education REF submission achieved 3rd in Scotland for GPA (23rd in the U.K. out of 83 submissions for GPA), the Power Ranking (FTE + GPA) of this submission is 24th in the U.K.

In addition to teaching, social scientific research is undertaken in the Faculty under the following headings: Crime and Justice; Child Welfare and Protection; Curriculum and Pedagogy; Dementia and Social Gerontology; Educational Studies; Public Services and Governance; and Social Surveys and Social Statistics.

Full information about the Faculty can be found here: stir.ac.uk/social-sciences/

The University of Stirling is committed to providing education with a purpose and carrying out research which has a positive impact on communities across the globe – addressing real issues, providing solutions and helping to shape society. Stirling is 4thin Scotland and 43rdin the UK for research impact, with 87% of its research having an outstanding or very considerable impact on society – and more than 80% rated either world leading or internationally excellent (Research Excellence Framework 2021). Interdisciplinary in its approach, Stirling’s research informs its teaching curriculum and facilitates opportunities for knowledge exchange and collaboration between staff, students, industry partners and the wider community.

The University of Stirling is ranked among the top 30 UK universities for student satisfaction (National Student Survey) and top 10 in the UK for postgraduate student experience (Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey), and has an overall five-star rating in the QS Stars University Ratings.

More than 17,000 students study with the University of Stirling globally, with over 120 nationalities represented on its scenic central Scotland campus alone. The campus – also home to 1,700 staff – has its own loch and castle, and a recent multi-million-pound redevelopment has delivered modern, flexible, and digitally connected study and social spaces at the heart of campus, including enhanced student support and retail and catering outlets.

The University has twice been recognised with a Queen’s Anniversary Prize – the first for its Institute for Social Marketing and Health (2014) and the second for its Institute of Aquaculture (2019). Stirling is Scotland’s University for Sporting Excellence and its recently redeveloped world-class facilities provide the perfect training environment for the University’s sports scholars – many of whom compete at the highest level, including at the Olympics and Commonwealth Games – and for students, staff, and the wider community.

As a signatory to the £214 million Stirling and Clackmannanshire City Region Deal, the University is driving productivity and inclusive growth across the Forth Valley, and beyond. Through pioneering collaborative solutions to global challenges, researchers are putting innovation, skills, and partnership at the heart of a sustainable economic recovery.
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