The Living Wage Foundation has an exciting opportunity to join our dynamic team as a Research Officer. This is a new role designed to grow our analytical and thought-leadership work, working closely with the Research Manager and collaborating across the Foundation’s teams. We are looking for a highly motivated and organised individual with quantitative research expertise, and a desire initiate new streams of work that grow the Foundation’s intelligence and proactively influence change.

The Research Officer will:

Design and lead individual research projects related to the labour market, low pay and in-work poverty.

Conduct quantitative and qualitative research that supports the Foundation’s accreditation and communications work.

Support the Research Manager and wider team in managing large datasets and responding to ad-hoc data requests where required.

Provide thought leadership on in-house research standards, strategy and planning and areas relevant to LWF strategic priorities.

Work with the communications team on research led press activity, including press releases for new research, comment pieces and blogs.