The Russell Group, which represents 24 leading UK universities, is seeking a Policy Researcher. This permanent full-time role involves:

• Analysis and research in the areas of university admissions, access and participation, and student experience.
• Data analysis on relevant national data sets.
• Managing research projects and outputs.
• Contributing to high quality, persuasive and evidence-based papers for a variety of audiences including government, member universities, and policymakers.
• Collecting and maintaining information about key activities and developments within Russell Group institutions which relate to Russell Group policy priorities.
• Contributing directly to communications outputs including press statements, blogs, opinion pieces and occasional media interviews.

Applicants should be able to demonstrate:

• Experience of working on research projects, particularly related to policy analysis and development.
• Strong attention to detail in producing persuasive, evidence-based conclusions
• Experience of analysing/using a range of data/information sources to inform evidence-based policy development and data conclusions.
• Ability to write in clear, concise English for different audiences.
• Strong time management skills.
• Ability to work proactively and to manage own workload, both independently and as part of a team.
• A good level of numeracy and proficiency in Microsoft Excel.

A full vacancy description for the role (including the key competencies) and our Equal Opportunities Monitoring form are available to download at: https://russellgroup.ac.uk/about/vacancies/

We welcome applications from people whatever their race, gender, disability, sexual orientation, religion and belief, or age. We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion as a core part of our values, which are stated in the vacancy description document.

The starting salary will be in the range of £32,130-£35,000.

The post is based in our Central London office with flexibility for home working for part of each week. Benefits include a generous career average pension, enhanced parental leave/pay and flexible working policy.