Research Officer (Caring Employers Programme)
Family Carers Ireland is the national charity supporting family carers across the country who dedicate their lives to caring for loved ones such as children or adults with physical or intellectual disabilities, frail older people, those with palliative care needs or those living with chronic illnesses or addiction.
We provide a range of supports and services for family carers nationally from our local support centres.
The Research Officer for the Caring Employers Programme will assist in the development, management and implementation of the Caring Employers project for Family Carers Ireland, as funded by Dormant Accounts.
The programme is an innovative initiative that aims to support family carers who juggle paid employment outside the home alongside a family caring role in the home.
Caring Employers seeks to work with companies to provide practical supports for their employees who are family carers with the key objective of keeping family carers working and it uses research methods to ascertain and analyse the needs of employees who are carers.
Key Responsibilities:
* Identify and recruit new member targets and opportunities
* Conduct and disseminate surveys, focus group facilitation, analysis of data, report creation and delivery
* Field intensive carer-related cases to the wider Carer Supports Team within FCI
Requirements:
* Proven track record in engaging key stakeholders in cross-organisational activities
* Excellent relationship manager, ideally with experience of conducting research
* Degree in Research or related field, e.g. Marketing, Business, Communications, Health, Psychology, Sociology
* Minimum one year's post-graduate experience in a professional environment
* Familiarity with digital media techniques and survey platforms
Working Conditions:
* Fixed term contract up to 31st December 2026
* 18.5 hours per week
* Hybrid model, based at Family Carers Ireland, Kingswood, Dublin