Overview
Internal Applicants Only – Senior Research Fellow, Wales Centre for Public Policy – Sbarc/Spark, Cardiff
This post is currently open to employees of Cardiff University only. Please do not apply if you do not have a current contract of employment with the University.
Internal Applicants Only – 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. We are a member of the What Works Network, have been recognised internationally for our pioneering demand-led approach to evidence use and knowledge mobilisation. Further details are available at www.wcpp.org.uk.
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)
Interested candidates are encouraged to contact the Centre’s Director, Dan Bristow at: dan.bristow@wcpp.org.uk
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.
Closing date: Monday, 27 July 2026
External applications are currently not being considered for this post. If the decision is made to open the post to external candidates, the strapline at the top will be removed and you will be given ample time to apply – please check back periodically for details.
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
It is the University’s policy to use the person specification as a key tool for short-listing and we only invite candidates to interview who clearly evidence that they meet (or partially meet) each of the essential criteria. During the application process you will be asked to attach a supporting statement. This statement must outline how you meet the criteria below and we recommended formatting this by using each criterion as a sub-heading and providing your relevant experience/evidence below each sub-heading. It is crucial that you save your supporting statement with the vacancy number (e.g. ID:468) in the filename as failure to do so may result in it being omitted from your application. If you are shortlisted for interview and would like to discuss any reasonable adjustments for the interview process, please contact CARBSHR@cardiff.ac.uk .
Mae’r swydd hon ar agor i weithwyr Prifysgol Caerdydd yn unig ar hyn o bryd. Peidiwch ymgeisio os nad oes ganddoch gytundeb cyflogaeth ddilys gyda’r brifysgol.
Ymgeiswyr Mewnol yn Unig – 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 yn
y Ganolfan, gan gymryd lle’r Cyfarwyddwr Polisi ac Ymarfer presennol
(Gwasanaethau Cyhoeddus). Bydd yr ymgeisydd llwyddiannus yn ymuno â grŵp
rheoli’r Ganolfan, ac yn rhannu cyfrifoldeb am lunio ei chyfeiriad yn y
dyfodol.
Gan weithio’n agos gyda gweinidogion ac uwch arweinwyr
gwasanaethau cyhoeddus, byddwch yn gyfrifol am arwain a chefnogi timau ymchwil
o fewn y Ganolfan, yn ogystal â chomisiynu a chydweithio ag arbenigwyr allanol
blaenllaw. Byddwch yn darparu
tystiolaeth ac arbenigedd annibynnol, ansawdd uchel i fynd i’r afael â rhai o’r
heriau economaidd, amgylcheddol a chymdeithasol mwyaf dybryd sy’n wynebu Cymru.
Mae hwn yn gyfle unigryw i weithredu ar ryngwyneb ymchwil a pholisi, gan
sicrhau bod tystiolaeth gadarn yn cael ei throsi’n ddirnadaeth ymarferol sy’n
llywio penderfyniadau ac yn gwella canlyniadau gwasanaethau cyhoeddus.
Mae hon yn rôl uwch o fewn y Ganolfan, sy’n cynnig y
cyfle i arwain rhaglenni ymchwil ac ymgysylltu, rheoli timau a phartneriaethau,
a chyfrannu at gyfeiriad strategol gwaith y Ganolfan. Byddwch yn gweithio wrth
galon trafodaethau polisi cyfredol, gan feithrin perthnasoedd cryf â llunwyr
polisi ac ymarferwyr, ac yn ffurfio datblygiad a chyflawni ymchwil a
gweithgarwch polisi effeithiol.
Caiff Canolfan Polisi Cyhoeddus Cymru ei chyd-ariannu gan
y Cyngor Ymchwil Economaidd a Chymdeithasol a Llywodraeth Cymru, ac mae’n
pontio’r bwlch rhwng y byd academaidd a pholisi drwy gynhyrchu, cyfuno a
defnyddio tystiolaeth a geir drwy ymchwil. Rydym yn aelod o Rwydwaith What
Works, ac wedi derbyn cydnabyddiaeth ryngwladol am ein dull arloesol yn
seiliedig ar alw o ddefnyddio tystiolaeth a gwybodaeth. Mae rhagor o fanylion
ar gael yma: https://wcpp.org.uk/cy/.
Mae CPCC yn cynnig amgylchedd gwaith ysgogol,
cydweithredol a chefnogol. Rydym yn darparu trefniadau gweithio hyblyg, cynllun
pensiwn a phecyn buddion hael, a mynediad at ystod eang o gyfleoedd hyfforddi a
datblygu. Mae’r rôl wedi’i lleoli yn SBARC, Parc Ymchwil Gwyddorau Cymdeithasol
cyntaf y byd, ar Gampws Arloesi Prifysgol Caerdydd sydd werth £300 miliwn.
Mae hon yn rôl lawn amser tan ddiwedd y tymor grant
presennol ar 31 Mawrth 2028. Rydym yn agored i drefniadau rhannu swydd a
gweithio hyblyg, megis oriau cywasgedig.
Cyflog: £61,823 – £67,468 y flwyddyn (Gradd 8)
Anogir
ymgeiswyr sydd â diddordeb i gysylltu â Chyfarwyddwr y Ganolfan, Dan Bristow: dan.bristow@
wcpp.org.uk
Mae
Ysgol Busnes Caerdydd yn ysgol fusnes a rheoli flaenllaw yn y DU, yn
cynnal achrediadau AACSB ac AMBA ac yn y 1af safle 1af am ei Hamgylchedd
Ymchwil a’i 2il ar Bŵer Ymchwil (REF2021). Mae gan yr Ysgol bwrpas Gwerth
Cyhoeddus ac mae’n canolbwyntio ar gyd-greu addysg a gwybodaeth o ansawdd
uchel, rhyngddisgyblaethol sy’n darparu gwerth economaidd, cymdeithasol ac
amgylcheddol. Mae gweithgareddau’r Ysgol yn gogwyddo tuag at bum Her
Fawr: Gwaith
gweddus, economïau
teg a chynaliadwy, sefydliadau
yn y dyfodol, llywodraethu
da, ac arloesedd
cyfrifol.
Dyddiad cau: Dydd Llun, 27 Gorffennaf 2026
Nid yw ceisiadau allanol yn cael eu hystyried ar gyfer y swydd hon ar hyn o bryd. Os penderfynir agor y swydd i ymgeiswyr allanol, bydd yr isbennawd ar y brig yn cael ei thynnu a rhoddir digon o amser i chi wneud cais – cadwch olwg ar y dudalen am fanylion.
Mae Prifysgol Caerdydd wedi ymrwymo i
gefnogi a hyrwyddo cydraddoldeb ac amrywiaeth a chreu gweithle cynhwysol. Rydym
o’r farn bod modd gwneud hyn drwy ddenu, datblygu a chadw ystod amrywiol o bobl
o lawer o gefndiroedd gwahanol. Felly, rydym yn croesawu ceisiadau gan
bobl o bob rhan o’r gymuned, beth bynnag fo’u rhyw, eu hethnigrwydd, eu
hanabledd, eu cyfeiriadedd rhywiol, eu hunaniaeth draws, statws eu perthynas,
eu crefydd neu eu cred, eu cyfrifoldebau gofalu neu eu hoedran. Rydym yn
croesawu ac yn annog ceisiadau yn arbennig gan y rhai o grwpiau nad ydynt
wedi’u cynrychioli’n ddigonol o fewn gweithlu’r Brifysgol, fel y rhai sy’n
uniaethu fel LGBT+, o gefndiroedd ethnig leiafrifol neu’r rhai ag anableddau.
Er mwyn helpu ein cyflogeion i sicrhau cydbwysedd rhwng eu gwaith a’u bywydau
personol, byddwn hefyd yn ystyried cynigion i weithio’n hyblyg neu rannu swydd.
Caniateir i geisiadau gael eu cyflwyno yn
Gymraeg, ac ni fydd cais a gyflwynir yn y Gymraeg yn cael ei drin yn llai
ffafriol na chais a gyflwynir yn Saesneg.
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
Nodyn pwysig: Polisi’r Brifysgol yw defnyddio manyleb
y person fel arf allweddol ar gyfer rhestru byr. Dylai ymgeiswyr ddangos eu bod
yn bodloni’r HOLL feini prawf hanfodol yn ogystal â’r rhai dymunol, lle bo
hynny’n berthnasol. Fel rhan o’r broses ymgeisio, gofynnir i chi ddarparu’r
dystiolaeth hon drwy ddatganiad ategol. Sicrhewch fod y dystiolaeth yr ydych yn
ei darparu yn cyfateb i’r meini prawf wedi’u rhifo a amlinellir uchod (eg ID:468)
. Bydd eich cais yn cael ei ystyried yn seiliedig ar y wybodaeth a ddarperir
gennych o dan bob elfen. Os byddwch chi’n cael eich rhestru ar gyfer cyfweliad
ac hoffech drafod unrhyw addasiadau rhesymol ar gyfer y broses gyfweld,
cysylltwch â CARBSHR@cardiff.ac.uk .
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