Research and Insight Manager x2 at Rise North East

Contract Type: Fixed term

Role Type: Employment

Hours: Full time

Application deadline:

Based: Flexible

Salary: £30,126 to 34,760

Salary Type: Salary Scale

Location: Regionwide

Role description: Manager

Salary

£30,126 – £34,760 (per annum)

These roles are both 1.0 FTE and are both for an initial fixed term until 31^st March 2027, however, they may be extended subject to future funding.

Hours

37.5 hours (30 hours during a 4-day working week)

Applicants will be interested to know that Rise is currently operating a 4-day working week with full time employees gifted one day off per week (Fridays) but still paid a full-time salary.

Location / Flexible Working

We’d like to see you once a week in either of our offices in North Tyneside or County Durham but can be flexible in busy delivery periods.  

We are open to talking about flexible working options and could consider options as diverse as job sharing and annualised hours, such as term-time only.

Job summary

Reporting to the Strategic Lead for Research and Insight, the Research and Insight Managers will have an important role in supporting Rise’s Place Based work. There are two separate roles available: one covering North Tyneside, Newcastle & Northumberland, and one covering Sunderland & Durham.

The successful candidates will collaborate with Place colleagues at Rise, partner agencies, networks and communities, to develop and deliver a range of quantitative and qualitative research, insight, monitoring, evaluation, analysis and reflection activities. The outcomes of which will help to measure the impact of Rise’s work, inform future funding applications and influence decision making.

As part of this work, the successful candidates will undertake report writing, create and deliver presentations and may be required to organise and facilitate workshops and events with support from colleagues.

Further information

All applications must be submitted to recruitment@risenortheast.co.uk using the application form. Please note CVs will not be accepted.

Please state within your application if you are applying for a specific post (either in North Tyneside, Newcastle & Northumberland or Sunderland & Durham) or if you would like to be considered for both posts.

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Paul Biddle (Strategic Lead for Research & Insight) via email on paul.biddle@risenortheast.co.uk

Information:

Closing date for applications is 23 November 2025