KTP Research Associate

Would you like to make an impact on the future of housing need in the UK? As the Associate for The Almshouse Association, the successful candidate will lead a Knowledge Transfer Partnership project between University of Suffolk and The Almshouse Association and will be based in Windsor at The Almshouse Association’s office, but the role will also involve travel across the UK. The Associate will enable The Almshouse Association to develop the almshouse model into an agile integrated housing solution.

Qualifications

The associate will be at postgraduate level with at least an MSc in Social Sciences.

Experience

• Excellent interpersonal skills with ability to, and experience of, working with a range of people in external environments.
• Excellent analysis skills, particularly analysis of workshop/focus group outcomes and synthesis into meaningful data.
• Experience of independent research.

The project will position almshouses as the gold standard in community-driven charity-led housing by showcasing their social and wellbeing benefits, raising awareness, and strengthening government support for almshouses. Interviewing and engaging with a range of stakeholders, including almshouse residents, you will enable a step-change in the perception and support for almshouses, across a broad range of stakeholders including local authorities, government, and philanthropists. The overall aim of the project is to ensure almshouses are recognised as the exemplar form of community-led housing and expand their reach across the UK in areas of greatest housing need and be accepted as part of the governments housing strategy.