Research Management Jobs

We're the UK's specialist blood cancer charity and our vision is clear: we’re here to beat blood cancer. We fund world-class research; provide information and support to patients and their loved ones; and raise awareness of blood cancer.

As Research Impact and Engagement Lead, you will be integral in leading our impact and engagement workstreams within the research team. You will lead the implementation our research impact programme to ensure that we appropriately monitor and report on the impact of our life-saving research. You lead the delivery of a programme of researcher engagement activity into regular practice, establishing our stewardship programme to bring us closer to our funded researchers and the wider blood cancer research community. 

This is an exciting time to join the organisation as we work to deliver our strategy, funding impactful research to drive forward the day when nobody dies of their blood cancer or its treatment.  

Expected travel for this role is approximately 1 day a week: meetings with researchers, conferences, team workshops, team/department away days plus two all-staff away days a year

We are committed to actively promoting equality, diversity, and inclusivity. In line with our strategy we welcome approaches from individuals from underrepresented groups, including minority communities, and applicants with a disability, to better reflect the community we serve and help broaden our perspectives.

First stage interviews will be virtual and held on 13th and or 14th February 2025. 

Second stage interviews will take place in person at our London office, to be held the following week, date TBC.

Student Fundraising Executive

Hybrid & remote working options available

£25,000-£29,000 (dependent on experience)

Immediate start

About us

Meningitis Research Foundation is an international health charity headquartered in the UK, driven by a passionate mission to prevent the devastating impact of meningitis. Founded by individuals whose lives were profoundly affected by meningitis; we are dedicated to enabling positive change by uniting people and knowledge to save lives.

Currently, our student team supports hundreds of students per year to take part in some incredible fundraising challenges. This includes national and international treks and marathons, such as climbing Kilimanjaro, trekking across the Morocco High Atlas Mountains, or running 26.2 miles through Budapest.

Working as one of our Student Fundraising Executives you will be joining our Events and Community Fundraising team and be involved in organising, recruiting, and resourcing students from across the UK and Republic of Ireland.

You will learn to build relationships with university partners and be involved in supporting the students who sign up to become fundraisers for our charity.

This is a hugely rewarding role, with a lot of variety. Full training for the position will be provided and you will join an incredibly supportive, successful, and passionate fundraising team.

Key tasks and fundraising activities.

• Attending meetings and presenting to student groups across the UK.
• Promoting Meningitis Research Foundation.
• Speaking about our student programme to universities across the UK developing and building relationships.
• Attending meetings and presenting to student groups across the UK.
• Promote student challenges and recruit students to sign up to events, engaging with students both face to face, online and via the telephone.
• Account manage a group of university partners.
• Provide stewardship and support for student challenge participants, through regular contact, and providing ideas and merchandise to aid the success of their fundraising efforts.
• Maintain accurate and up to date CRM records of participants and financial information relating to events.
• Produce progress reports to the team.
• Identify and implement ways of solving problems and optimising new opportunities.
• Provide assistance in the running of other fundraising events and activities.
• Create newsletters, supporter communications and social media content.

Skills and experience required.

• Genuine interest in working within the charity sector.
• Effective communication skills, both face to face and over the phone.
• Good organisational skills and ability to use initiative and work with autonomy.
• Experience working within a RAG society of within the charity sector desirable but non-essential.
• Ability to work anti-social hours (evening and weekends) during our student sign up season (Sept-Nov). All travel and accommodation paid for.

This is a full-time vacancy with opportunities for training development and progression and is a great starting point for a successful career within Fundraising.

To be considered for the position, please apply with an up-to-date copy of your CV and a cover letter, detailing your reasons for interest in the role and suitability. This will be reviewed by our internal recruitment team, who will be in touch with you to discuss the role in more detail if suitable.

Interviews to be held week commencing 3rd of February.

Closing date for applications- 27th of January.

A fantastic opportunity has arisen to play a leading role at Cure Parkinson’s, as our PR Manager (maternity cover). This role will be responsible for leading the charity’s media presence and PR activity, ensuring our voice and message are heard as a progressive research charity innovating on behalf of people living with Parkinson's, determined to urgently find a cure.

Joining us at an exciting time for the charity, you would be part of a small but dynamic team with the opportunity to develop and make your own mark.

The ideal candidate will have experience of working in a busy press office, of strategically planning and executing media campaigns and a demonstrable record of securing national and regional coverage with high engagement and reach. You will have a flair for writing and generating news stories, and exceptional people and communication skills.

This is a fixed-term maternity cover contract (min 12 months). 

About us

We’re Breast Cancer Now, the research and support charity. We’re the place to turn to for anything and everything to do with breast cancer. However you’re experiencing breast cancer, we’re here. 

The brightest minds in breast cancer research are here. Making life-saving research happen in labs across the UK and Ireland. Support services, trustworthy breast cancer information and specialist nurses are here. Ready to support you whenever you need it. Dedicated campaigners are here. Fighting for the best possible treatment, services and care for anyone affected by breast cancer.

About the role

We’re seeking an exceptional celebrity relationship manager to join our talented and ambitious press, PR and celebrity team.

We’re looking someone with demonstrable experience of recruiting, managing, and stewarding high profile talent who will help us be there for everyone affected by breast cancer.

With a new engagement and stewardship strategy, it’s never been a more exciting time to join this team. The role holder will be the day-to-day contact for our celebrity supporters and will nurture these existing relationships as well as recruiting new talent who help us reach diverse audiences most impactfully.

Playing a pivotal role in launching and delivering Breast Cancer Now’s new Ambassador Programme, the role holder will ensure these key stakeholders have an exceptional experience of the charity and that together we drive progress towards realising our bold ambition that by 2050, everyone diagnosed with breast cancer will live and live well.

As the key internal contact for all things celebrity, you’ll evolve ways of working to engage celebrity support for greatest success now and in the long-term.

The successful candidate will develop and deliver an annual celebrity engagement plan that accelerates our celebrity activity and delivers meaningful results for both our celebrity supporters and the charity.

About you

With a track record of stewarding impactful working relationships with celebrities/VIPs, a strong contacts book and awareness of the issues that can impact people affected by breast cancer, you’ll be excellent at identifying opportunities for celebrities to support the charity.

Adept at building and sustaining trusted and influential relationships with celebrities and their agents, you’ll learn what motivates and interests them, keep abreast of their changing needs and circumstances, and identify ways to work together for mutual benefit both in the short- and long-term.

Building trusted and influential relationships internally at all levels, you’ll educate colleagues around the value celebrities can bring to their work and advise on the sorts of opportunities that will entice talent for best results, and manage celebrity engagement across the charity to ensure a seamless experience.

With a natural sense of pace and proactivity, and a close eye scanning the external environment and celebrity arena, you’ll spot and seize opportunities to engage celebrities with the charity across its work portfolio.  

You’ll also be astute in spotting any potential/actual reputation issues concerning celebrities connected to the charity profiled in the media and help to handle any cases to minimise reputational damage to the charity.  

Strategic and insight-driven, you’ll have a passion and appetite for keeping abreast with developments around celebrities and their work with organisations, feeding this intelligence back into the charity, including the development of the new Ambassador Programme.

Job description and benefits

Please download the job description and our attractive benefits package.

Primary location of role and hybrid working

This role is primarily based in our London office. Our hybrid working model allows you to work up to 3 days per week at home.

When applying

We hope you choose to apply for this role. To support your application, you’ll be asked to submit your anonymised CV and a supporting statement. Please refer to the essential criteria on the person specification and clearly provide as much information as you can with examples, to demonstrate how and where you meet the criteria. If you’ve any immediate questions please contact us.

Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion

We’re committed to promoting equity, valuing diversity and creating an inclusive environment – for everyone who works for us, works with us, supports us and who we support.

Closing date 9am on Friday 31 January 2025

Interview date Week commencing 10 February 2025

This is a key role within Learning and Work Institute’s research and development team, with responsibility for developing high-quality evidence and knowledge. You will play an integral role in maintaining excellence in the production of evidence and advice on learning, skills and employment. The ideal candidate will bring strong knowledge and experience of a range of statistical, analytical and evaluation techniques and an interest in the policy context for learning, skills and employment.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Undertake quantitative analysis to explore the effectiveness of different interventions and identify cohorts and areas most likely to benefit from them. 
• Support the implementation of evidence-based approaches and the development of new trials and pilots. Develop and utilise appropriate research and analytical methods and tools. 
• Develop and manage systems for gathering, recording, analysing and presenting data from a range of projects for maximum impact. 
• Contribute to the production of high-quality research, policy and evaluation reports, interpreting often complex evidence in a way that is accessible to a wide range of audiences. 
• Contribute to high quality evidence synthesis projects and evaluations to support policy makers, commissioners and practitioners to make decisions grounded in the latest, best available research. 
• Ensure research and findings are communicated to key stakeholders, including policy makers, commissioners and practitioners, in an informative and accessible way. 
• Support the design of toolkits and other dissemination products which key stakeholders can engage with and use to drive change in the way they design and deliver services. 
• Manage small projects and lead on elements of large projects. 
• Support the development and training of the wider team in collaboration with senior R&D staff. 
• Support income generation, in collaboration with other L&W staff, including contributing to the preparation of funding proposals. 
• Represent L&W at external meetings and undertake public speaking/presentations with support as necessary. 
• Undertake project administration and coordination tasks related to research activity. 
• Supervise interns, associates and temporary staff in relation to research activity, including possible line management responsibility for research interns. 
• Contribute to a positive, open and collaborative approach, operating in line with Learning and Work Institute’s core values and Staff Charter. 
• Demonstrate a commitment to equality of opportunity. 

Travel and occasional overnight stays will be required. 

About You

Essential

• Degree (in economics, statistics, research or social science with significant statistics element), equivalent qualifications or evidence of equivalent experience 
• Quantitative analysis skills, including regression, weighting, significance testing
• Skills in conducting analysis using statistical software packages such as Stata and SPSS 
• Ability to develop sampling strategies and draw samples using statistical software 
• Knowledge of large administrative and survey datasets in the areas of lifelong learning, employment and skills 
• Strong track record of organising, coordinating and managing a range of activities against competing deadlines and priorities 

Desirable

• Experience of designing complex quantitative analysis projects
• Experience of designing and analysing experimental or quasi-experimental evaluation projects (including randomised control trials, matched statistical designs, difference-in-difference designs or regression discontinuity designs) 
• Skills in designing and analysing value for money and/or economic evaluation (including cost-benefit analysis, Social Return on Investment) 
• Experience of disseminating statistical findings from research and evaluation via written reports, workshops and presentations 
• Experience of undertaking policy-related research projects, using a range of research methods

The successful candidate will have to undergo an enhanced DBS check. 

Benefits

Salary of £25,200 - £34,125 , depending on experience and location

- 31 days' holiday increasing to 33 days after 5 years’ service, of which 3 are shutdown days in addition to public holidays.

- Generous company pension scheme with 8% employer contribution

- Group Life Assurance 3*salary

- Hybrid working (with 40%-60% of your time in the office)

- Flexible working practices

- Employee Development Scheme

- Retailer Discounts

- Enhanced occupational maternity, adoption, paternity and shared parental pay

- Enhanced occupational sick pay

- Eye care scheme

- Employee Assistance & Wellbeing Programme

- Silver award in Investors in People

How to Apply

To apply, please fill out the application form and upload your CV and a short supporting statement answering the 4 questions below (no more than 250 words per question please).

1. Please tell us what attracted you to the researcher role at Learning and Work Institute. When answering this question, explain why you are interested in L&W in particular, and the attributes you bring to this specific role and the organisation.
2. Please outline your key research and analytical skills and capabilities, providing examples of how you have used them. When answering this question, explain how your skills and capabilities meet the job description and person specification. Examples should be detailed and include key considerations that you took into account when applying your skills and capabilities.
3. Please describe a time that you had to work as part of a team to deliver a project, and your role in delivering the project. When answering this question, explain the aspects of the project that you had responsibility for, how this related to the wider project and the steps you took to ensure there was effective teamwork and the project was successfully completed. Consider the key aspects to effective teamwork, and how these are demonstrated by your example.
4. Please tell us about a time you managed/coordinated a project or piece of work. How did you ensure that it was completed to time and quality expectations? When answering this question, explain the steps you took when managing/coordinating the project or piece of work, how you planned and prioritised tasks and the time required to complete them, and the outcome you achieved by doing this successfully.

Applications will only be considered when submitted with a CV and supporting statement.

The closing date for applications is: 2nd February 2025

L&W is passionate about equality and diversity, it drives our organisational values and mission, and we are particularly keen to receive applications from all under-represented groups in society.

Philanthropy Research Manager

Historic Royal Palaces is the independent charity that looks after the Tower of London, Hampton Court Palace, Kensington Palace, the Banqueting House, Kew Palace and Hillsborough Castle & Gardens.

Departments: Development
Home Palace: HM Tower of London
Status: Established/Permanent
Salary: £45,835
Salary Rate: Per Annum
Days/Hours of work: Full time, 36 hours per week, Monday - Friday

About the role and about you

We are the independent charity that loves and looks after six of the most wonderful palaces in the world.   

The palaces are the setting for the stories that shape us all, and we’re bringing them to people in ways that mean more to them.  We want everyone to find themselves in the spaces and stories we share. 

As Philanthropy Research Manager you will be at the heart of the Development Team’s plans to grow Historic Royal Palaces’ income from major donors, charitable trusts and corporate supporters. With fundraising priorities spanning all six palaces, and projects spanning capital builds and heritage conservation to education and sustainability, this is an opportunity to build prospect pipelines from a broad range of audiences. The Philanthropy Research Manager will develop a research plan informed by the Development Team’s strategy. You will work in close partnership with our fundraisers to provide timely and accurate insight which enable the right donors to be approached with the right projects at the right time. 

This role is ideal for an experienced prospect researcher keen to build and manage their own proactive research programme, whilst being reactive to the needs of fundraisers and our existing donors. You will have outstanding research skills and a desire to adapt your approach to maximise the impact of your work. You will have an enthusiasm for building relationships with fundraisers and other key stakeholders to support the delivery of excellent supporter experience. 

Benefits include: 

• Hybrid working
• Enhanced holiday entitlement
• Generous Employers Pension Contributions (up to 11%)
• Annual Pay reviews & Bonuses
• Critical Illness Cover & Life Assurance
• Family friendly policies and benefits 
• Staff discounts and membership to all palaces 
• Salary:  £45,835 per annum

Closing date: 23:55pm 26th January 2025

We have adopted a hybrid model of part working from home and part working from site, we are open to discussing what best works for individuals and their work life balance whilst also delivering the business requirements. 

Historic Royal Palaces is an equal opportunities employer and truly values a diverse workforce.  Applications are welcome from candidates regardless of their background. 

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As our Research and Participation Officer, you’ll enjoy working on a diverse range of projects, collecting and analysing data, coordinating participation activities, administrating evaluation activities, and contributing to reports and other outputs. Reporting to the Insight and Impact Manager, you’ll work closely with colleagues across the organisation, conducting research and generating insights to support with Starlight’s overall priorities. You’ll need to be highly organised to coordinate different tasks and activities so the team can achieve maximum impact. You’ll have strong analytical skills, with a good grasp of different methodologies, and you’ll be able to listen to, understand and work with children, young people, families and health professionals to embed their voices into Starlight’s work.

You will be naturally curious and enjoy a varied role, from engaging with children, families and health professionals in different environments, to desk-based research and working with data. You will be willing to seek clarification before you start something new and have the ability to flex and respond to a fast-changing environment. You will be eager to listen, sensitively seeking to understand, whilst balancing the needs and impact on self, others and Starlight. With a desire for and commitment to self-development, you’ll reap the benefits of our development programme, where you’ll have the opportunity to increase your self-awareness and understanding of your impact on others and to see how our shared values and individual strengths and preferences are key to achieving our objectives. 

To support the long-term strategic growth and development of Horatio’s Garden, we are seeking an exceptional and experienced Senior Impact Researcher to drive the creation of a new impact framework that will establish best practice, gather and evaluate the strong evidence we need to demonstrate the positive difference the gardens make.

To apply, please write a one page covering letter, explaining why you would be suited to this role and send this along with your CV – please note that any applications without a covering letter will not be considered.

At Horatio’s Garden, we build and look after extraordinary gardens in the heart of NHS spinal injury centres. These gardens are a critical part of rehabilitation and offer reflection and adjustment, privacy and solace, joy and companionship to all who need it. We lead regular gardening sessions to grow and cultivate plants, arts workshops to offer new skills, and a programme of live music and events. Designed to be enjoyed all year round, these gardens offer a warm, welcoming place for family and friends who may have travelled hours for a visit.Our vision is for everyone with a spinal injury to have a Horatio’s Garden as part of their rehabilitation care.

This exciting new 12-month role will be central to creating an evidence-based culture at Horatio’s Garden, contributing to actions and policies to drive excellence in our service and support fundraising and advocacy.

You will be confident to spearhead the organisation’s evidence and data gathering requirements and work with a variety of external stakeholders including the NHS.

The successful candidate will work closely with the new Patient Experience Lead by providing evidence-led data to help develop new strategies to ensure we are offering the best possible experience for people with spinal injuries, from activities to communications.

The outcomes will inform our robust five-year plan for a sustainable future and form the foundation for deeper impact study and development on the charity’s essential role in NHS care delivery.

We are looking for someone who will thrive in a fast-growing charity who can balance research and strategic needs with the reality of service delivery.

We are looking for someone to work three days, with a salary of £45,000 pro rata. We offer a flexible working arrangement with mutually agreed days in our gardens including Stoke Mandeville and London & South East in Stanmore.

Main duties

• Define key outcomes as well as metrics of impact on people with spinal injuries, families, staff and volunteers
• Desk based research to understand relevant measurements and best practice in the field. This would also involve working with research bodies, such as NPC, Pro Bono Economics and Oxford University and other spinal injury charities
• Design a research and impact evaluation protocol, working with the garden teams across the UK and critically the NHS
• Develop and submit research ethics application to the NHS, as required
• Implement the protocol, working with Horatio’s Garden teams to implement and embed systems, processes and tools to collect data and evidence
• Analyse data and evidence alongside the Patient Experience Lead to support the development of new strategies to ensure we are offering the best possible experience for people with spinal injuries
• Programme monitoring – develop systems to monitor and evaluate the charity’s arts and gardening programmes
• Act as the internal and external lead for monitoring and evaluation including the development and management of the charity’s yearly data collection gathered by the University of Oxford Crankstart internship programme
• Produce reports and presentations as required demonstrating the organisation's impact for colleagues, stakeholders and funders
• Developing the impact strategy for the future
• Represent Horatio’s Garden at conferences or research events where appropriate

Personal specification

Essential

• Practical experience of clinical data gathering
• Advanced analytical skills including research methodologies and quantitative analysis
• Excellent IT skills, including spreadsheets (e.g. Excel) and databases
• Experience of collecting, inputting, managing, analysing and reporting on data
• High level of attention to detail and ability to work with complex data sets
• Ability to communicate monitoring and evaluation data clearly and concisely to non-expert audiences
• Experience producing evaluation/ impact reports and presenting findings to a range of audiences
• Commitment to the charity’s mission and own personal development, as well as an openness to feedback
• Able to work collaboratively with diverse stakeholders, including those not from a data background

Desirable

• Understanding of NHS ethics
• Experience of managing budgets and being cost-effective, especially systems development and external evaluation
• Experience of working in the charity / health sector

As a charity we are committed to creating and promoting a culture that protects and preserves the welfare of the vulnerable people in our care. Our safer recruitment practices support this by ensuring that there is a consistent and thorough process of obtaining and evaluating information from and about candidates including criminal record checks, to ensure that all persons appointed are suitable to work for our charity.

To apply, please write a one page covering letter, explaining why you would be suited to this role and send this along with your CV – please note that any applications without a covering letter will not be considered.

We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from all sectors of society.

NOTE: DBS, medical and reference checks will be conducted as part of the recruitment process.

Reports to: Director of Communications and Impact

Direct/ indirect reports: None

Fixed term: 12 months (part time – three days a week)

Salary: £45K

Location: Flexible, with regular garden visits

Closing date: Monday 10 February

Interview dates: w/c 17 February

Policy and Research Officer 

Would you like to work in a dynamic forward-looking organisation as the Policy and Research Officer, where you can help to advance, promote, and maintain high standards of practice of psychotherapy and psychotherapeutic counselling for the benefit of all?

Position: Policy and Research Officer

Location: Hybrid/London (in the office at least once per month on average)

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full and part time hours considered

Salary: £33,824 per annum (FTE) (pro rata for part time hours)

Closing Date: Monday 20th January 2025

Please note we reserve the right to close the vacancy once we have received sufficient applications, so we encourage you to apply as early as possible.

About the Role

We are looking for a Policy and Research Officer who is passionate about mental health service provision in the UK, to join a vibrant and thriving team, working to build the psychotherapeutic evidence base in support of the public interest and the charitable objectives. This is a particularly exciting time to join as we have just launched our three-year strategy. 

You will be pivotal in developing and implementing the research and policy strategy, including campaigning to national policymakers to drive positive change in the mental health arena. To help to support and promote the research work of psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors.

Key responsibilities include:

• To assist the policy and research manager and wider campaigns team in their ongoing national policy and campaigning work, such as raising awareness of psychotherapy and improving access to psychotherapy.

• Supporting all aspects of policy, campaigning and public affairs work – including MP engagement, campaign design and administration.

• Leading on the devolved policy engagement work in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

• Building relationships with stakeholders within parliament, public bodies, higher education institutions and the wider mental health sector.

• Contribute to work to lobby Government, NHS England, local commissioners and other decision makers and stakeholders.

• Undertake desk-based research to support policy objectives, such as literature reviews and scoping research.

• To support appropriate research projects, including collecting and analysing survey data.

• Provide administrative support to the organisation’s research committees.

• To assist in the organisation’s advocacy work on behalf of members and services.

• Produce written briefings, publications and other materials that communicate complex messages clearly and effectively to different audiences.

• To provide policy and research input to support the delivery of the organisation’s strategy.

About You

This is a role for an individual who is open to new ideas, who is motivational and pragmatic. You will enjoy the opportunity to support an important cause where there is a growing demand in society for greater choices of high-quality mental health service provision. There’ll be scope for professional development as well as personal reward in working with autonomy in a small team and for an important charity. In short, it is an opportunity to make a real difference.

You will need to have the following skills and experience:

• A good working understanding of policymaking, public affairs and campaigning.

• An understanding of parliamentary procedures and how to influence the political and policy making process.

• Ability to understand and analyse information including research reports and legislation.

• Experience of conducting research in an academic context.

• Excellent written communication skills, with the ability to write for a range of non-academic and academic audiences.

• Ability to engage and build positive relationships, including with colleagues from other organisations across the sector, and with higher profile stakeholders such as MPs and policy makers.

• Excellent ability to plan and prioritise multiple projects to meet agreed deadlines and targets, and ability to respond to tight deadlines and changing circumstances.

About the Organisation

The employer is the leading professional body for psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors. Alongside professional support for members, they are the leading research, innovation, educational and regulatory body working to advance psychotherapies, and emotional and mental wellness for the benefit of all. They represent training organisations and over 8,000 individual therapists - working privately or in the NHS or voluntary sector - offering a wide variety of psychotherapeutic approaches or modalities.

You may have experience in areas such as: Policy Assistant, Research Assistant, Policy Officer, Research Officer, Policy Lead, Research Lead, Policy Analyst, Research Analyst, Public Affairs Officer, Public Affairs Lead, Communications Officer, Communications Lead, Communications Analyst, Engagement Officer, Engagement Lead. 

PLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation.

We are recruiting a Head of Research, Impact and Evaluation who will be responsible for coordinating and delivering Open for Business’ research on the economic and business case for LGBTQ+ inclusion, and developing and managing our impact and evaluation measurement systems.

The person will work with our Research Advisory Board, regional Programme Advisory Boards, and Heads of Regions to plan research cycles, develop research terms of reference, conduct primary data collection and secondary data review, perform data analysis, and prepare reports, briefings and other information products that present the key research findings to target audiences.

This person will also be responsible for making our internal impact and evaluation measurement systems track the impact of Open for Business’ programmes and allow us to work more effectively and efficiently.

The role will report to and work closely with the Director of Global Programmes to ensure that both new research cycles and impact measurement activities are aligned to Open for Business’ global programmes strategy. This role may need to travel internationally occasionally.

For further details on the role, including person specification and process for applications, see the job pack below.

The closing date for submissions of applications is 23:59 on 11 February 2025

Permanent, part-time (4 days per week)

Remote working with regular meetings in London

Immediate start

About us

Sustainability First is a leading UK think tank and charity that acts as a critical friend to businesses, regulators, governments, and civil society, to create more sustainable energy and water sectors in the UK. We work tirelessly to advocate for policies that support environmental and consumer protection and to engage the public through accessible and impactful communication. We believe that it is possible to create a thriving economy that respects environmental limits and enables social equity.

About the role

We are seeking an analytical thinker with a curiosity-driven mindset and a collaborative approach to working. This role will be central to our ongoing success as a highly regarded independent research organisation, building an evidence base in favour of embedding sustainability principles into business practices, regulatory and public policy thinking. You will help to amplify our voice with decisionmakers, including business leaders, senior officials in central government, regulatory bodies, and amongst politicians, helping to shape public policy and legislation for a socially equitable and environmentally sustainable economy.

Ideally, you will have a sector-specific understanding (energy and/or water utilities), including familiarity with key policies and strategies, such as Net Zero targets, climate adaptation strategies, and consumer vulnerability protections. You will be able to draft practical policy recommendations, informed by evidence and stakeholder input, and be familiar with key players, including government departments, regulators, consumer groups, industry bodies, and environmental organizations. This is an excellent opportunity to develop a core role in our charity, as well as make a tangible impact on the environment and social equity in the UK.

The post will be primarily based remotely, working from home, but with access to shared office space in Camden and Monument in London. Our board of trustees meet twice a year in person in central London (and twice more online), and our Executive Director is often in London for meetings once or twice a week. You must also be able to attend occasional meetings in central London and be willing to travel (infrequently) within the UK.

For further details about the role, please download the job description.

How to apply

Please click the apply button to be taken to our vacancies page. 

When applying, please submit a CV (no more than three pages of A4) and covering letter that sets out how you meet the selection criteria for this role. Please also complete our Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form. 

Closing date: Sunday 8th February 2025.

Interviews will be online via Microsoft Teams in February.

We apologise that due to the expected high levels of applications we may not be able to reply to all candidates. If you have not heard from us by 28th February, please assume you have not been shortlisted.

Sustainability First is an equal opportunities employer and promotes equity, diversity and inclusion through its work, and through its employment practices. You must be able to work in the UK to take up this role.

The Food Foundation is an award winning charity with a vision of a sustainable food system which delivers health and well-being for all. We are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace where every team member feels valued and empowered. We believe that embracing Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) is fundamental to our success and the positive impact we make.

An exciting opportunity has arisen at The Food Foundation to work at the intersect of research, advocacy and policy. The postholder will undertake policy-relevant research on a range of topics such as health and environmental outcomes, food prices and food insecurity.

The postholder will sit within the policy team but will work with colleagues across the organisation, leading research and supporting science communications. You will work closely with colleagues and academic partners to shape research questions that provide the necessary insights to support our advocacy, engagement and campaign work. You’ll also conduct data analysis in house, primarily of government datasets as well as You Gov polling data for our Food Insecurity surveys. In addition, you’ll support the team with reports and briefings, undertaking literature reviews and identifying research gaps. The postholder will lead on the updating and development of our widely used data visualisation dashboards, identifying ways to make them as user friendly and insightful as possible.

You will take initiative and be able to work independently, have an eye for detail and an inquisitive mind. You'll be passionate about social change, and evidence-based campaigns and communications. You'll be as confident analysing data, as you are with communicating findings to others. You'll be a good collaborator, seeking to understand advocacy and campaign needs of data. You'll be organised and have good time and project management skills.

This role may be a good fit for candidates with an education background in data science, nutritional epidemiology, statistics or public health, who have relevant work experience or are at postdoc level and looking to make a difference through research.

Please share whether you would prefer to work full-time or Part-time and the working pattern that you would prefer.

For further information please view our full job pack which you can find attached. 

Do you have proven experience of leading qualitative and quantitative research projects, ideally relating to housing or social justice? Do you want an exciting, varied role that includes lived experience co-production, survey design, statistical analysis and more? Then join Shelter as Senior Research Officer and you could soon be doing research that spearheads our fight for home.

About the role
The main objectives of the role are:

• To plan, manage and carry out quantitative and qualitative research to support Shelter’s policy, campaigns and public affairs work, and provide research and data to support fundraising.
• To support colleagues across the organisation in identifying opportunities and developing projects which meet our research needs
• To provide effective line management

About you
We’re looking for an experienced researcher to provide project oversight and line management within our Research Team. You will be expected to have experience in researching social policy and a good understanding of the appropriate qualitative and quantitative research methods. It would be desirable – but not required – to have a strong awareness of the housing and homelessness research area.

Apply to be part of our team and be the change you want to see in society.

Benefits 
We offer a wide range of benefits, including 30 days of annual leave, enhanced family friendly policies, pension and interest free travel loans. Our employees also have access to a tenancy deposit loan, payroll giving, cycle to work scheme and an employee assistance programme.

Shelter helps millions of people every year struggling with bad housing or homelessness through our advice, support and legal services. And we campaign to make sure that, one day, no one will have to turn to us for help. We’re here so no one has to fight bad housing or homelessness on their own.

We are happy to talk about flexible working, personal growth, and to promote a workplace where you can be yourself and achieve success based only on your merit.

About the team
The Research Team produces innovative research to understand the nature and causes of housing and homelessness problems. Our work helps Shelter develop great policy and high impact campaigns, as well as supporting the charity’s fundraising and service development activities.

We carry out primary and secondary research, both in-house and commissioned, with Shelter clients and the even greater number of people in housing need, many of which often don’t seek help. The team is externally recognised as the go-to organisation for credible, robust and insightful evidence and analysis on housing issues. And, as part of Shelter’s belief in the power of communities to effect change, we work closely with our campaigning hubs across England to support grassroots and lived experience-led research.

Any applications submitted without a cover letter will not be considered.

About Shelter
Home is a human right. It’s our foundation and where we thrive. Yet everyday millions of people are being devastated by the housing emergency.

We exist to defend the right to a safe home. Because home is everything.

We need ambitious, passionate people to join us. This is your chance to play a part in the fundamental change we are striving to achieve.

Our enemy is the social injustice at the core of the escalating housing emergency. To win this fight, we must be representative of the people we are here to help and those who support our movement. In all our people decisions, we take pride in being inclusive, equitable and transparent. We are committed to combating racism both within and outside Shelter. We welcome you on our journey to becoming truly anti-racist.

Safeguarding statement
Safeguarding is everyone's business. Shelter is committed to protecting the health, wellbeing and human rights of those we support, and enabling them to live free from harm, abuse and neglect. All our staff will be expected to observe professional standards of behaviour and conduct their work in line with our Safeguarding Policies. 

Shelter does not accept unsolicited CVs from external recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.

Leukaemia UK – Our Charity

Leukaemia UK is growing! We are expanding our team to achieve a step-change in income, profile and impact in 2025 and beyond.

We are a ‘small but mighty’ charity with one big ambition: to stop leukaemia devastating lives. Over the next 10 years we want to help save and improve the lives of more people with leukaemia through finding and funding life-changing research.

Despite progress in recent decades, someone in the UK is diagnosed with a blood cancer every 16 minutes and survival rates are among some of the worst of any cancer.  And the physical and psychological impact can be lifelong. 

Our current strategy outlines our plan to increase our investment into ground-breaking world class research and policy development focused on improving access to kinder, more effective diagnosis, treatment and care for leukaemia and other blood cancers. To do this, we are embarking on a period of significant growth, investing strategically to grow our income, profile, influence, and engagement and impact.

As we begin the fourth year of this ambitious 5-year strategy, we are seeking a passionate and knowledgeable CRM Manager to help maximise the potential of the CRM in stewarding supporters and logging and providing insights into fundraising income.

Team

We are a close-knit team, who are all passionate about Leukaemia UK and putting those affected by the disease at the heart of everything we do.  We are all focused on “keeping it real” with pragmatic, practical solutions, as well as ensuring that our charity gets the funding it needs to continue to help those diagnosed with leukaemia and other blood cancers.

From us you can expect fun and creativity, as well as great challenge and support. We may not be about the corporate life here, but we are all about delivering exceptional expertise and making a real change to people’s lives.

Leukaemia UK and You 

We are looking for a self starter who enjoys working across teams to provide solutions - there is a real opportunity here to take our fundraising CRM to the next level. You will embody our values of being curious, collaborative and bold! This role requires creativity and people skills, as well as the technical knowledge to deliver effective solutions. If you are not Salesforce Certified, we will support the successful applicant to achieve at least Salesforce Certified Administrator within the first year.

As CRM Manager you will be responsible for the integrity of the Salesforce database, ensuring data is imported and held effectively and can be used to steward supporters and stakeholders and provide insight to make important business decisions.

The role will entail some development work as well as routine tasks and the maintenance of a manual of standard operating procedures. This is an exciting opportunity to reconfigure the Leukaemia UK’s Saleforce operation to meet the needs of our varying internal stakeholders. Although this role sits within the Public Fundraising team, you will work with teams across Leukaemia UK, ensuring that we have a 360-degree view of stakeholder relationships, You will also be the direct contact with our external Salesforce consultants, who work pro-bono to support our mission to stop leukaemia devastating lives.

Skills and Experience

• At least two years Salesforce administration experience, including development work
• Experience of the not-for profit sector and fundraising CRMs
• Self-starter with the ability to self-learn and quickly master new technology
• Excellent MS Excel skills
• Confident with data manipulation and analysis
• Excellent project management skills and a positive attitude
• Confident, independent worker
• Ability to meet deadlines and prioritise simultaneous requests
• Creative and analytical thinker with strong problem-solving skills
• Effective communicator verbally and in writing, able to explain complex topics in simple language

Role specifics  

• Hours – 22.5 per week, worked over 3,4 or 5 days per week.
• 0.6 FTE (full time hours are 37.5)
• Location: We embrace hybrid working and staff are required to be in the office minimum of 2 days per month but regular office working is welcomed and we aim as a team is to work together in the office together if and when possible.
• Salary range £40,000 - £48,000 (pro rata for part time hours) depending on experience
• We are proud of our benefits – see a summary on our website under Work with Us

Applications

If you feel you have the passion for our work and the right mix of skills, energy, and flair to embrace this broad and challenging role and enable our strategy to fly, then we would love you to apply. Please also see the full job description attached to the advert. To minimise unconscious bias, we use anonymous recruitment and are unable to consider direct applications. Please apply via the CharityJob website with your CV and covering letter by midnight Sunday 2nd February 2025.

• First interviews will be held in our London office on Monday 10th February 2025
• Second interviews will be held in our London office in w/c 17th February 2025
• Our address is 26 Great Queen St, London WC2B 5BL 

I look forward to hearing from you! 

Sarah Weber

Head of Public Fundraising