Senior Research Fellow, Wales Centre for Public Policy

Job Advert Senior Research Fellow, Wales Centre for Public Policy

The Wales Centre for Public Policy (WCPP) invites applications for a Senior Research Fellow to take on a leadership role within the Centre, replacing the current Director of Policy and Practice (Public Services). The successful candidate will join the management group in the Centre and share responsibility for shaping its future direction.

Working closely with ministers and senior public service leaders, you will be responsible for leading and supporting research teams within the Centre, as well as commissioning and collaborating with leading external experts. You will provide independent, high-quality evidence and expertise to address some of the most pressing economic, environmental and social challenges facing Wales. This is a distinctive opportunity to operate at the interface of research and policy, ensuring that robust evidence is translated into practical insights that inform decision making and improve public service outcomes.

This is a senior role within the Centre, offering the opportunity to lead programmes of research and engagement, manage teams and partnerships, and contribute to the strategic direction of WCPP's work. You will work at the heart of current policy debates, building strong relationships with policymakers and practitioners, and shaping the development and delivery of impactful research and policy activity.

Co-funded by the Economic and Social Research Council and Welsh Government, the Wales Centre for Public Policy bridges the gap between academia and policy by generating, synthesising and mobilising evidence from research. Further details are available at .

WCPP offers a stimulating, collaborative and supportive working environment. We provide flexible working arrangements, a generous pension scheme and benefits package, and access to a wide range of training and development opportunities. The role is based at SPARK, the world's first Social Science Research Park, located within Cardiff University's £300 million Innovation Campus.

The role is full time and is fixed term until the end of the current grant term on 31 March 2028. We are open to a job share and flexible working arrangements, such as compressed hours.

Salary: £61,823 - £67,468 per annum (Grade 8)

Cardiff Business School is a leading business and management school in the UK, holding AACSB and AMBA accreditations and ranked 1st for its Research Environment and 2nd on Research Power (REF2021). The School has a Public Value purpose and focuses on the co-creation of high quality, interdisciplinary education and knowledge that delivers economic, social and environmental value. The School's activities are oriented towards five Grand Challenges: Decent work, fair and sustainable economies, future organisations, good governance and responsible innovation.

Date advert posted: Tuesday, 4 August 2026

Closing date: Sunday, 6 September 2026

Cardiff University is committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity and to creating an inclusive working environment. We believe this can be achieved through attracting, developing, and retaining a diverse range of staff from many different backgrounds. We therefore welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of sex, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, trans identity, relationship status, religion or belief, caring responsibilities, or age. We especially welcome and encourage applications from those from under-represented groups within the University workforce, such as those who identify as LGBT+, Ethnic Minority or those with disabilities. In supporting our employees to achieve a balance between their work and their personal lives, we will also consider proposals for flexible working or job share arrangements.

Applications may be submitted in Welsh, and an application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.

Cardiff University is a signatory to the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), which means that in hiring and promotion decisions we will evaluate applicants on the quality of their research, not publication metrics or the identity of the journal in which the research is published. More information is available at Responsible research assessment - Research - Cardiff University

Hysbyseb Swydd Uwch-gymrawd Ymchwil Canolfan Polisi Cyhoeddus Cymru

Mae Canolfan Polisi Cyhoeddus Cymru(CPCC) yn gwahodd ceisiadau am Uwch Gymrawd Ymchwil i ymgymryd â rôl arwain yny Ganolfan, gan gymryd lle'r Cyfarwyddwr Polisi ac Ymarfer presennol(Gwasanaethau Cyhoeddus). Bydd yr ymgeisydd llwyddiannus yn ymuno â grŵprheoli'r Ganolfan, ac yn rhannu cyfrifoldeb am lunio ei chyfeiriad yn ydyfodol.

Gan weithio'n agos gyda gweinidogion ac uwch arweinwyrgwasanaethau cyhoeddus, byddwch yn gyfrifol am arwain a chefnogi timau ymchwilo fewn y Ganolfan, yn ogystal â chomisiynu a chydweithio ag arbenigwyr allanolblaenllaw. Byddwch yn darparutystiolaeth ac arbenigedd annibynnol, ansawdd uchel i fynd i'r afael â rhai o'rheriau economaidd, amgylcheddol a chymdeithasol mwyaf dybryd sy'n wynebu Cymru. Mae hwn yn gyfle unigryw i weithredu ar ryngwyneb ymchwil a pholisi, gansicrhau bod tystiolaeth gadarn yn cael ei throsi'n ddirnadaeth ymarferol sy'nllywio penderfyniadau ac yn gwella canlyniadau gwasanaethau cyhoeddus.

Mae hon yn rôl uwch o fewn y Ganolfan, sy'n cynnig ycyfle i arwain rhaglenni ymchwil ac ymgysylltu, rheoli timau a phartneriaethau, a chyfrannu at gyfeiriad strategol gwaith y Ganolfan. Byddwch yn gweithio wrthgalon trafodaethau polisi cyfredol, gan feithrin perthnasoedd cryf â llunwyrpolisi ac ymarferwyr, ac yn ffurfio datblygiad a chyflawni ymchwil agweithgarwch polisi effeithiol.

Caiff Canolfan Polisi Cyhoeddus Cymru ei chyd-ariannu gany Cyngor Ymchwil Economaidd a Chymdeithasol a Llywodraeth Cymru, ac mae'npontio'r bwlch rhwng y byd academaidd a pholisi trwy gynhyrchu, cyfuno adefnyddio tystiolaeth a geir trwy ymchwil. Mae Rydym yn aelod o Rwydwaith WhatWorks, ac wedi derbyn cydnabyddiaeth ryngwladol am ein dull arloesol ynseiliedig ar alw o ddefnyddio tystiolaeth a gwybodaeth. Mae rhagor o fanylionar gael yma:

Mae CPCC yn cynnig amgylchedd gwaith ysgogol,cydweithredol a chefnogol. Rydym yn darparu trefniadau gweithio hyblyg, cynllunpensiwn a phecyn buddion hael, a mynediad at ystod eang o gyfleoedd hyfforddi adatblygu. Mae'r rôl wedi'i lleoli yn SBARC, Parc Ymchwil Gwyddorau Cymdeithasolcyntaf y byd, ar Gampws Arloesi Prifysgol Caerdydd sydd werth £300 miliwn.

Mae hon yn rôl lawn amser tan ddiwedd y tymor grantpresennol ar 31 Mawrth 2028. Rydym yn agored i drefniadau rhannu swydd agweithio hyblyg, megis oriau cywasgedig.

Cyflog: £61,823 - £67,468 y flwyddyn (Gradd 8)

MaeYsgol Busnes Caerdydd yn ysgol fusnes a rheoli flaenllaw yn y DU, yncynnal achrediadau AACSB ac AMBA ac yn y 1af safle 1af am ei HamgylcheddYmchwil a'i 2il ar Bŵer Ymchwil (REF2021). Mae gan yr Ysgol bwrpas GwerthCyhoeddus ac mae'n canolbwyntio ar gyd-greu addysg a gwybodaeth o ansawdduchel, rhyngddisgyblaethol sy'n darparu gwerth economaidd, cymdeithasol acamgylcheddol. Mae gweithgareddau'r Ysgol yn gogwyddo tuag at bum HerFawr: Gwaithgweddus, economics a chynaliadwy, sefydliadauyn y dyfodol, llywodraethuda, ac arloeseddcyfrifol.

Dyddiad hysbysebu Dyddiad cau

Mae Prifysgol Caerdydd wedi ymrwymo igefnogi a hyrwyddo cydraddoldeb ac amrywiaeth a chreu gweithle cynhwysol. Rydymo'r farn bod modd gwneud hyn drwy ddenu, datblygu a chadw ystod amrywiol o boblo lawer o gefndiroedd gwahanol. Felly, rydym yn croesawu ceisiadau ganbobl o bob rhan o'r gymuned, beth bynnag fo'u rhyw, eu hethnigrwydd, euhanabledd, eu cyfeiriadedd rhywiol, eu hunaniaeth draws, statws eu perthynas, eu crefydd neu eu cred, eu cyfrifoldebau gofalu neu eu hoedran. Rydym yncroesawu ac yn annog ceisiadau yn arbennig gan y rhai o grwpiau nad ydyntwedi'u cynrychioli'n ddigonol o fewn gweithlu'r Brifysgol, fel y rhai sy'nuniaethu fel LGBT+, o gefndiroedd ethnig leiafrifol neu'r rhai ag anableddau. Er mwyn helpu ein cyflogeion i sicrhau cydbwysedd rhwng eu gwaith a'u bywydaupersonol, byddwn hefyd yn ystyried cynigion i weithio'n hyblyg neu rannu swydd.

Mae Prifysgol Caerdydd wedi llofnodi Datganiad San Francisco ar Asesu Ymchwil (DORA), sy'n golygu y byddwn, mewn penderfyniadau llogi a hyrwyddo, yn gwerthuso ymgeiswyr ar ansawdd eu hymchwil, nid metrigau cyhoeddi na hunaniaeth y cyfnodolyn y cyhoeddir yr ymchwil ynddo. Mae rhagor o wybodaeth ar gael yn: Asesiad ymchwil cyfrifol - Ymchwil - Prifysgol Caerdydd