We are inviting applications for our one-year 2023-24 research internship programme starting in September 2023.

Our research interns work across the research team, with each intern typically allocated to one of the themes in our work programme. The precise nature of each individual internship will vary according to the needs of the projects that specific teams are working on, but key tasks include:

• Carrying out literature reviews.
• Completing background research and conducting interviews with MPs, civil servants and others alongside colleagues.
• Undertaking data analysis, including creating and updating charts and developing data visualisation skills.
• Working with colleagues across the research and communications teams to organise and deliver public and private events.
• Presenting research findings to colleagues.
• Writing explainers and contributing to published reports.

Our interns play an important part in supporting our work and start making real contributions to the projects they’re working on very quickly. They are key members of our team, and we support them to develop a whole host of skills and knowledge over their twelve months with us.

This role could suit people with a wide range of different experiences, not only people who have studied politics or government at university, or who already have experience working in policy research. If you are interested in applying but are not sure you have all the skills we are looking for, please do so and give us the opportunity to consider you as a candidate.

The IfG is committed to supporting greater diversity and inclusion within our workforce, and to fostering an environment in which everyone feels welcome and valued. We welcome applications from anyone who is interested in government and how to make it more effective, and particularly encourage applications from candidates who belong to groups currently underrepresented in the think-tank sector. This includes but is not limited to Black, Asian and ethnically diverse candidates, disabled candidates, and candidates from low-income backgrounds.