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Senior Behavioural Science Research Officer(viewed19 times) CompanyName:MI5 JobLocation:London JobStatus:Full Time JobDescription : Senior Behavioural Science Research Officer Location: London Salary: £64,302Flexible working: we recognise the importance of a healthy work-life balance and offer part-time working and compressed hours in this role. Please note, this is an office-based role with no remote or home working.MI5 keeps the country safe from serious threats like terrorism and attempts by states to harm the UK, its people and way of life. We carry out investigations by obtaining, analysing, and assessing intelligence, and then work with a range of partners including MI6 and GCHQ to disrupt these threats. Through our protective security arm, we provide advice and guidance to government, businesses and other organisations about how to keep themselves safe. A role in MI5 means you'll do unique and challenging work in a supportive and encouraging environment, making a real difference to UK national security.As a Senior Behavioural Science Researcher, you’ll design, develop and lead some of the most impactful behavioural and social science research in the UK. You’ll join our Behavioural Science department and ensure colleagues across MI5 have access to defensible, evidence-based behavioural and social science that can help shape investigations and MI5’s applied work.You’ll bring your significant experience in quantitative and/or qualitative research to our team, as well as a background designing and/or delivering behavioural science research and demonstrable research leadership experience (either thematically or programmatically). This will be supported by line management (or significant research supervision) experience. In this senior role, you’ll manage members of the team, mentoring staff in key areas and providing technical advice and supervision or research project design across the department.Working alongside other researchers, teams and intelligence partners, you’ll lead the solving of intricate behavioural science problems. You’ll provide authoritative, clear and timely research advice and collaborate with other colleagues and departments to embed that research into operational projects. And you’ll contribute to the advancement of behavioural science research capabilities – setting, documenting and implementing best practice across research delivery, project management and training.To apply, you’ll hold a behavioural science qualification at Masters level (or above), with a significant research component within that qualification. You’ll receive a full induction to MI5 and the team upon joining and have access to a range of learning and development opportunities including internal training and professional development days. Please note, you’ll be expected to stay in this role for a minimum of four years, after which time there may be opportunities to progress within the department or to explore other opportunities at MI5 or our partners.You’ll receive a range of great benefits including 25 days’ annual leave (rising to 30 after 5 years), a dedicated budget towards your professional development, paid parental and adoption leave, and access to our on-site facilities including a gym and coffee bars. We also offer part-time and compressed hours in this role, meaning you can enjoy a healthy work-life balance without compromising on what matters to you.In our welcoming and inclusive culture, you’ll also discover a range of sports, social and interest groups to join, as well as a range of affinity networks such as ethnic minority, LGBTQIA+, disability and neurodiversity groups. There’s no ‘type’ of person we look for; different insights, perspectives and experiences are welcomed – and you’ll always be encouraged to be yourself.Job Requirements/ Application Instructions: At MI5 diversity and inclusion are critical to our mission. To protect the UK, we need a truly diverse workforce that reflects the society we serve. This includes diversity in every sense of the word: those with different backgrounds, ages, ethnicities, gender identities, sexual orientations, ways of thinking and those with disabilities or neurodivergent conditions. We therefore welcome and encourage applications from everyone, including those from groups that are under-represented in our workforce such as women, those from an ethnic minority background, people with disabilities and those from low socio-economic backgrounds. Find out more about our culture, working environment and diversity on our website: find out more and apply for this role, please visit our website.To be eligible to apply, you must be a British Citizen. If you hold dual nationality, of which one component is British, you will nonetheless be considered. Candidates must normally have been resident in the UK for seven out of the last ten years. This is particularly important if you were born outside the UK. You can apply at the age of 17 years, if successful you will not be offered a start date prior to your 18th birthday. 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