Reference: 100728
Date Added: 11 November 2026
Closing Date: 30 November 2026
Job Title: Futures and Research Project Manager
Working For: ForgeFront
Location: Bath, South West England (in person 3 days a week)
Salary: £40,500 per annum. Full-time, 35 hours a week. 28 days’ leave (including bank holidays) plus your birthday off. 3% employer pension contribution.
Length of Contract: Permanent, full-time role with a five-month probation period, with regular check-ins and a final review before it ends.
Job Details
This advert gives the main points of the role. The full job description on our blog has more on the responsibilities, desirable criteria, benefits and our values: https://forgefront.co.uk/blog/futures-and-research-project-manager-40500-per-annum
About the role
With our support you will act as ForgeFront’s team manager in an exciting, entrepreneurial and motivating position. You will form brilliant relationships with our clients, design and lead new product and service development, and be motivated to grow a company that has a positive impact on people’s lives. You will have the opportunity to eventually become a director, with the potential to become a shareholder.
Reports to: Managing Director (MD), Gavin Moore. Line manages: Futures and Research Delivery and Operations Executive (once appointed).
About ForgeFront
ForgeFront is a boutique consultancy focused on research, insights, futures and foresight. Much of our recent work has been for the UK Government.
Responsibilities
- Oversight of all ForgeFront’s project work
- First line of QA on significant project deliverables
- First line of contact for clients if issues arise
- Identifies relevant bid opportunities and brings these to the Founder/MD
Must be able to demonstrate
- A track record of managing research projects for clients from start to finish, including budgets, deadlines and client relationships
- A track record of delivering research-led projects, not including in an academic setting
- An entrepreneurial mindset, including several provable case studies of new initiatives you have conceived, designed and delivered
- Business development skills, including several case studies of identifying, creating and capturing long-term value for an organisation
- Strong knowledge of the UK’s public sector landscape, such as the structure of the UK Government/Whitehall and different tiers of government
- An understanding of futures and foresight (a general understanding of what the industry is and does is adequate)
- Distilling complexity for senior leaders, such as government ministers, C-suite executives and/or company boards
- Qualitative and quantitative research experience
Other information
- You will need to be willing and able to obtain Security Check (SC) clearance.
- You will need the right to work in the UK. We are not able to sponsor visas.
Closing Date: 30 November 2026
Interview/Start Dates
First interview: with Gavin Moore and/or Sam Douglas-Bate, via MS Teams, in early December.
Final interview: in person with Gavin and Sam in Bath, in mid/late December.
Start date: we would love you to start with us in January 2027, or as soon as your notice period allows.
Application Details
Send a CV and short answers (up to 200 words each) to these questions to directors@forgefront.co.uk, with your name and job title in the subject heading:
- Tell us about a research-led project you managed for a client. How did you keep it on time, on budget and to a high standard?
- Tell us about an entrepreneurial piece of new business or a new initiative you identified and helped win or launch. What was your role?
- Why does this role at ForgeFront appeal to you?
As a small team, we will be unable to give feedback to everyone who applies.
Website: https://forgefront.co.uk