We are delivering the Key Worker Housing Needs & Empty Homes project, funded by Scottish Government, in partnership with the Scottish Empty Homes Partnership and Scottish Futures Trust.
This initiative builds on our previous partnership research on Key Worker Homes in the South of Scotland, and aims to equip all Local Authorities in Scotland with tried-and-tested tools for assessing and mapping local key worker housing needs, and progressing solutions, including bringing empty homes back into use for key workers.
Under the direction of SOSCH’s Partnership & Learning Manager, the Researcher will lead on the specification and implementation of delegated research tasks, e.g. literature reviews, online surveys, interviews and focus groups, case study research, and collating and working with quantitative data.
They will also:
- help to plan, organise and deliver meetings, workshops and events;
- contribute to written research outputs, oral presentations and wider public communication of the research;
- support the planning, management and monitoring of the research;
- help to build and maintain SOSCH’s relationships with external partners, funders and stakeholders, and;
- help to ensure that our research is of a high quality, rigorous, robust and ethically sound.
The role would suit an early career researcher with qualifications, training and experience in a range of methods and tasks relevant to the role, values aligned with SOSCH and the principles of community development and empowerment, and a demonstrable capacity for collaboration, flexibility and adaptability.
For this exciting opportunity, we are seeking applications from people with a degree in a relevant subject or equivalent experience, and formal training in relevant research methods. Further details of the skills, experience and attributes we require can be found in the Job Specification (see below.)
This is a part-time position (0.6 FTE / 21 hours per week) for a fixed period of 22 months, with a salary of £30k p.a. pro rata plus employer pension contribution. The role will be home based with occasional attendance at meetings and events in Scotland, especially South Lanarkshire and South Ayrshire (the applied case study areas for the project.) We welcome applications from people based anywhere in Scotland.
For further details / an informal chat please contact: Chris Dalglish, SOSCH Partnership & Learning Manager – / 07901 507 021
For an application pack, please contact: Caroline Part, SOSCH Business Manager – / 07912 638 508
View/download the full Job Specification (PDF)
Closing date for applications is Friday 12th June 2026 at 5 p.m.