Research Officer (Innovation & Impact)

About The University

Swansea University is a research-led university that has been making a difference since 1920. The University community thrives on exploration and discovery and offers the right balance of excellent teaching and research, matched by an enviable quality of life.

Our stunning waterfront campuses and multicultural community make us a desirable workplace for colleagues from around the world. Our reward and benefits, and ways of working enable those who join us to have enriching careers, matched by an excellent work-life balance.

About The Role

Join Swansea University’s School of Management to play a key role in delivering a strategic ESRC Impact Acceleration Account (IAA) project focused on capturing and evidencing real-world research impact. This exciting opportunity will see you working across government, NHS, industry, and third sector organisations to support the development of REF Impact Case Studies and high-quality impact outputs. You will engage directly with stakeholders, collect and analyse impact evidence, and help shape how research translates into meaningful societal and organisational change.

Based within the Innovation Intensive Learning Academy (Innovation ILA), this role offers a unique opportunity to work at the intersection of research, policy, and practice, contributing to both academic outputs and real-world impact. If you are passionate about applied research, stakeholder engagement, and making a difference beyond academia, this role offers an excellent opportunity to develop your career in a dynamic and collaborative environment.

The School of Management, part of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at Swansea University, is a research-intensive business school with a strong reputation for impactful, interdisciplinary research. The School has demonstrated excellence in research impact, with a significant proportion of outputs recognised as world-leading or internationally excellent.

This post is embedded within All-Wales Intensive Learning Academy for Innovation in Health and Social care (Innovation ILA) and a research environment that brings together academic expertise across innovation, management, and societal transformation. Innovation ILA works closely with partners across public, private, and third sectors to understand and support innovation in complex systems, including health, social care, and regional development.

The role is also closely aligned with the School’s Innovation Intensive Learning Academy (ILA) and wider REF & Impact Acceleration Account (IAA) portfolio, which focuses on accelerating the translation of research into real-world impact. These activities include collaboration with Welsh Government, NHS organisations, industry partners, and third sector organisations to co-develop solutions to societal and organisational challenges.

This ESRC-IAA funded project focuses on strengthening the University’s capacity to capture, evidence, and communicate research impact. It will support the development of multiple REF Impact Case Studies by building structured evidence, engaging stakeholders, and developing sustainable approaches to impact generation and evaluation.

The successful candidate will join a dynamic and collaborative environment that operates at the interface of research, policy, and practice, with opportunities to contribute to high-quality research outputs, stakeholder engagement, and future funding development.

See more on the All-Wales Intensive Learning Academy for Health and Social Care, here: https://www.swansea.ac.uk/som/innovation-academy/ 

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

The University is committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity in all its practices and activities. We aim to establish an inclusive environment and welcome diverse applications from the following protected characteristics: age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race (including colour, nationality, ethnic and national origin), religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation.

As an inclusive and welcoming workplace, we value people for their skills regardless of their background. Applications are welcome in Welsh and will not be treated less favourably than those submitted in English.

Welsh Language Skills

The Welsh language level required for this role is Level 1 - A little. The role holder will be able to pronounce Welsh words, answer the phone in Welsh (good morning/afternoon) and use very basic everyday words and phrases (thank you, please etc.). Level 1 can be reached by completing a 1 hour course.

The University is a proud bilingual institution, our Welsh Language Strategy outlines our aspiration to promote the language and enable our staff to engage with the language as an additional workplace skill and as a gateway to new cultural and social opportunities. Applications are welcome in Welsh and will not be treated less favourably than those submitted in English. Welsh speakers have the right to an interview in Welsh. Applicants for a role where Welsh skills are essential are expected to present their application in Welsh and will be interviewed in Welsh, if shortlisted.

Additional Information

Applications for this role will take the format of a CV submission and cover letter.

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