Workforce Development Trainer - Research

Contract - Temporary until 30th September 2027

Hours - 22.20hrs

Salary - NJC H1 £38,220 - £40,777 per annum

Closing Date - 11th March 2026

This post is open to employees currently On Notice/At Risk and Internal.  Please note applications from employees currently On Notice/At Risk will be given priority. On Notice/At Risk employees should complete the application form as normal, upon submission you must email the Recruitment Team – recruitment@blackpool.gov.uk to ensure that your application form is marked as priority.

 Blackpool has been awarded the prestigious National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR)'s, Health Determinants Research Collaboration (HDRC) funding. £5 million over 5 years is enabling us to deliver an innovative programme of research to support Blackpool to become fully research active. We will scale up our highly innovative community co-research model so we can improve the unacceptable health inequalities faced by our community. Putting the Blackpool community at the heart of everything we do.

To do this, Blackpool Council is working alongside Lancaster University, Blackpool Teaching Hospitals, a range of community partners and crucially, our residents, as equal partners in this ambitious and groundbreaking project.

We are looking for a highly skilled and experienced Research Training Officer who will support the capacity/capability building element of the project, developing and delivering support, coaching and mentoring, as well as formal training for Blackpool Council officers, teams and projects, to develop and embed a research informed approach to their work. Working as part of the HDRC team, the post holder will be part of the HDRC Research Team in Blackpool Council.

Interviews for shortlisted candidates TBC.

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We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children/vulnerable adults. This post is subject to satisfactory reference history of at least two years, Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check, medical clearance, evidence of any essential qualifications and proof of Right to Work in the UK in accordance with the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996.

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