Job Title: Behavioural Scientists
Location: Walsall
Salary: £38,553 to £43,570 per annum plus generous annual and flexitime leave
Job Type: Full-time, Permanent
Closing Date: 3rd July 2022
Don’t miss this brilliant opportunity to join a brand new talented unit that will be at the heart of the change agenda for Walsall Council.
The Role
Your enthusiasm for bringing behavioural science expertise to support an intelligence led approach to Council priorities will be a real asset. The impact you will have on policy and programmes and service design to support delivery of our Council Plan and borough ambitions is a real selling point of this role.
These roles provide the opportunity to be part of a newly formed Hub that works across the Council on key strategic programmes including developing a borough wide plan to 2040, Levelling Up, and enabling us to become a Wellbeing Council.
This is a role that provides a good platform upon which to build a career in local government and gives the successful candidates an opportunity to create innovative solutions to behavioural challenges working at the heart of the Council.
The Candidate
You will have an aptitude for thinking strategically about the Council’s work and the way it is delivered and will be responsible for ensuring behavioural insights and human psychology are fundamental elements of any intervention design, and to champion and disseminate evidence -based research and evaluation practices.
Our ideal candidates will have experience in the following areas:
- Population level behavioural change
- Research methods
- Conducting evaluations
- Behaviour change communications
You will receive a salary in the rage of £38,553 to £43,570 per annum plus generous annual and flexitime leave. We will be committed to your professional development, and we can assure you that further opportunities to develop your career will be aplenty. Developing your skills will be as important to us as it is to you.
This post is covered by the Government’s Code of Practice on the English Language Fluency Duty for public sector workers. The postholder will be required to communicate verbally with customers and provide advice and/or information in accurate spoken English.
Please click on the APPLY button to complete your application on the council’s careers page.
Candidates with experience of: Strategic Government Project, Public Sector Programme Behavioural Scientist, Behaviour Analyst, Behaviour, Scientists may also be considered for this role.
