Job Description

Employer:

DATUS (Enabling Recovery)

Location:

BIRCH Hub (Birmingham) with citywide outreach

Contract:

Fixed-term to 31 March 2026 (extension subject to funding)

Hours:

Full-time (37.5 hours/week) - possibly some evening/weekend work

Salary:

Circa27,000 per annum (DOE)

DATUS is seeking a RIM Lead to build a lean, credible evaluation and learning function at BIRCH. You'll co?design practical tools (contact forms, brief validated wellbeing/recovery measures), support peer?led data collection, turn weekly diaries into ward?level intelligence, and produce a March 2026 report with actionable insights for commissioners.

Apply by:

Tuesday 28 October 2025, 12:00 (noon)

How to apply:

Email your CV and a 2?page statement to james.bennett@datus.org.uk and mel.birkill@datus.org.uk with subject "RIM Lead Application - Your Name".

Include contact details for two referees (one recent manager/supervisor).

Attach documents as PDF or DOCX (max 10MB each).

We welcome applications from people with lived experience and from under?represented groups.

Interview will include competency + values questions and a short practical task (outreach scenario for CRC; data/insight task for RIM Lead).

Reasonable adjustments available on request.

Right to work in the UK required.

Deadline:

Tuesday 28 October 2025, 12:00 (noon)

:

Reports to:

CEO / Project Director

Line management:

PT RIM staff / peer researchers (as assigned)

Checks:

Enhanced DBS and two references

Purpose:

Establish and run the RIM Hub as a lived?experience?led evaluation strand with light academic oversight, generating recovery check?ups, ward?level briefs, and a real?time feedback loop for providers and commissioners.

Key Responsibilities

1. Design & Tools - finalise a light data pack and create a simple data dictionary and Standard Operational Procedures.

2. Governance & Quality - lead GDPR/data minimisation; consent wording; Data Protection Officer liaison; training; basic quality analysis on data entry.

3. Data Collection & Support - coach CRCs/volunteers to achieve high completion; monitor weekly diary returns; resolve fieldwork issues rapidly.

4. Analysis & Reporting - produce monthly snapshots; compile ward?level intelligence briefs; lead March 2026 analysis & report; prepare for next phase.

5. Re?engagement Insight - design light check?ups for those leaving/disengaging from treatment; track re?contact and barriers.

6. Stakeholder Engagement - convene a monthly Advisory Group (providers, Public Health, peers, academics); present findings; enable a feedback loop.

7. Assemblies & Comms - support quarterly stigma?reduction Recovery Assemblies; ensure ethical story use and safeguarding in comms.

8. Risk & Issues - identify data gaps/risks (e.g., duplicate "new completions"); propose ethical audit routes and mitigations.

Illustrative KPIs

1. Implementation & Coordination

- Translate the strategic recovery framework (set by Professor David Best) into an operational plan within the first month, with clear timelines, responsibilities, and reporting points.

2. Training Delivery

- Finalise and deliver the Recovery Ally and Train the Trainer packages, delivering at least

one structured training session per week

from Month 2 onwards, supported by volunteers.

3. Partnership Support

- Maintain active communication with at least

20 partner organisations

, ensuring training opportunities, volunteer placements, and reciprocal activity are coordinated and recorded.

4. Volunteer Coordination

- Recruit and support a small team of volunteers (minimum of 10), ensuring all receive role briefings, supervision, and opportunities to assist with training and outreach.

5. Data & Monitoring Systems

- Assist with developing a simple but robust data capture process (contact logs, training attendance, outcomes) by Month 2; produce monthly reports and a final impact summary by April.

6. Quality & Governance

- Ensure compliance with DATUS safeguarding, supervision, and information governance procedures; maintain accurate records and escalate concerns within 24 hours.

7. Evaluation & Reporting

- Contribute to a

monthly progress summary

and provide data and qualitative insights for Professor Best's evaluation reports to Public Health.

8. Resource Development

- Create and maintain up-to-date training materials, recovery resources, and volunteer guidance packs by Month 2, reviewed quarterly.

9. Events & Assemblies

- Support coordination and delivery of Winter (Dec/Jan) and Spring (Mar/Apr) Recovery Assemblies, handling logistics, speaker support, and follow-up evaluation.

10. Legacy & Handover

- By April 2026, produce a concise legacy handover pack summarising infrastructure established, partnerships active, and recommendations for next-phase sustainability.

Person Specification:

Essential

Track record in applied evaluation/research, ideally in addictions/recovery or public health.

Ability to translate lived?experience insight into usable measures and dashboards.

Strong data governance knowledge; confident with consent, minimisation, and basic data sharing and data protecting processes.

Mixed?methods competence (light quant, rapid qual); clarity in reporting.

Facilitation skills; able to train and support peers/volunteers.

Politically and culturally astute; able to work with commissioners and community partners.

Desirable

Familiarity with NDTMS, OHID metrics, and local authority commissioning.

Experience implementing brief validated scales

Basic data visualisation (e.g., Excel/Looker Studio/Power BI).

Lived experience of recovery (self/family) and/or prior LERO work.

Equal Opportunities

DATUS is committed to equity, diversity and inclusion. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and do not discriminate on the basis of age, disability, gender identity, marriage/civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity, race/ethnicity, religion/belief, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status or lived experience of recovery.

Safeguarding

We are committed to safeguarding adults at risk. All roles are subject to satisfactory references and an Enhanced DBS check. Induction includes safeguarding and boundaries training.

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Job Type: Full-time

Pay: 26,000.00-27,000.00 per year

Benefits:

Company pension
Work Location: In person