"IPC Consultant/IPC Senior Consultant"

IPC Consultant/IPC Senior Consultant

Oxford Brookes University

Location: Oxford

Salary: £47,389 to £58,225

Hours: Full Time

Contract Type: Permanent

Placed On: 28th January 2026

Closes: 5th March 2026

Job Ref: 188807

Consultant: £47,389 rising to £51,753. Senior Consultant: £53,301 rising to £58,225

The Institute of Public Care (IPC) provides applied research, evaluation, consultancy and training services to the care sector including local authorities, the NHS, government bodies, charities and the commercial sector. Our aim is to improve the health and wellbeing of citizens and communities, delivering a range of projects for individual organisations or programmes of national impact. Find out more from our website: Institute of Public Care

We evaluate and develop the areas of public care that matter most to people, producing swift, actionable, and insightful results. As our team continues to grow, we are looking for enthusiastic and curious team players to join us as consultants. You will be responsible for leading knowledge exchange projects and ensuring successful delivery of our work. Projects could include a wide range of activities, such as facilitating a meeting, interviewing, delivering a training session, designing a survey, analysing and interpreting data, researching good practice, or writing a report. You are likely to be working on several projects at any one time. The projects we deliver are diverse and interesting, and colleagues work on a variety of projects – no two days are the same!

As well as strong communication and problem-solving skills, these roles require an active interest in and experience of public care in the UK - health, adult social care, children and families’ services and / or supported housing. We are particularly interested in applications from people who have either:

• Experience of consultancy or evaluation in the UK public care sector; or
• Been involved in programmes of change, transformation or commissioning within mental health, learning disability, older people’s or children and families’ services.

As an experienced public care professional, we are seeking someone who is keen to make a difference, recognising how the Institute makes an impact not just locally but often delivering nationally significant programmes. This may be an opportunity to pursue your career in a different direction, delivering applied research and evaluation, consultancy and training within the sector that you are committed to.

Please see the job description and person specification for more information.

For an informal discussion about this opportunity, please do not hesitate to contact us on ipc@brookes.ac.uk and we can arrange a call with you.

Please note: Any offer of employment will be subject to referencing and background checks including a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.