Reference: 100729
Date Added: 11 November 2026
Closing Date: 30 November 2026
Job Title: Futures and Research Delivery and Operations Executive
Working For: ForgeFront
Location: Bath, South West England (in person 3 days a week)
Salary: £32,000 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-delivery-and-operations-executive-32000-per-annum
About the role
With our support you will be our most important day-to-day implementer, working directly with clients on a range of fascinating futures, foresight, research and insights projects. You will form brilliant relationships with our clients, design and deliver new products and services, and be motivated to grow a company that has a positive impact on people’s lives. You will have the opportunity to quickly progress to become a manager and then eventually a director, with the potential to become a shareholder. We welcome applications from graduates and people early in their careers.
Reports to: Futures and Research Project Manager (a director until that post is filled).
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
- Implements day-to-day project tasks across multiple projects, assigned by the relevant project director (PD)
- Drafts major project deliverables e.g. final reports, presentation deck for initial PD review
- Hands-on implementation of compliance renewals e.g. Cyber Essentials, Living Wage Accreditation
- LinkedIn content creation and scheduling e.g. proposing posts for the Founder, Sam Douglas-Bate
Must be able to demonstrate
- Experience delivering in a client-facing role
- Experience delivering research-led projects
- Marketing experience, with several interesting case studies of posts that have achieved engagement or pages that have been grown
- Design experience e.g. Canva, Squarespace, or WordPress
- High-quality written communication with attention to detail
- Ability to develop good working relationships with clients, exceeding expectations where you can
- Flexibility and being okay with uncertainty. Comfortable with taking the initiative.
- An understanding of futures and foresight (a general understanding of what the industry is and does is adequate)
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 project you delivered for a client or organisation. What was your role, and what difference did it make?
- Tell us about a campaign, web page or social media post you created or ran, for example for a student society, club or employer. What did you do, and how did you judge its success?
- 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