About the role

As part of our policy and research team you will contribute to, and lead on, projects and insight that gain national coverage and influence. Our report on £24 billion in unclaimed benefits is shaping the national narrative, our benefit take-up campaigns are delivering significant returns, including unlocking over £75 million for users of banking app.

Key responsibilities

As part of a growing team, you will:

• Conduct high quality research on welfare and poverty-related policy areas, such as employment, healthcare, social care, and wellbeing. You’ll contribute to projects at every stage, from inception and implementation to publication
• Improve our internal research processes by developing innovative methodologies, enhancing the quality of indicators, and refining how we measure and analyse key concepts in the welfare sector
• Provide methodological expertise and conduct quantitative analysis for a variety of projects. These may include partnerships with academic institutions, commissions from local authorities, and other public or third sector organisations
• Support policy-focused analysis in response to policy changes, combining publicly available data with our core administrative datasets. This includes triangulation, validation, and contributing to policy modelling, particularly for Council Tax Reduction schemes and other welfare policies
• Work closely with data engineering and product teams to ensure research insights inform product improvements. You will liaise with engineers and other team members to translate research needs into robust, scalable solutions and support improvements to data pipelines and analytical tools
• Develop research proposals for public tenders, grants and consultancy projects, often in collaboration with academic and third sector partners
• Help deliver research dissemination plans. This includes co-authoring peer reviewed articles, policy briefs, research reports, blogs and social media content. You’ll also present findings at conferences, seminars and events, tailoring communications to engage diverse audiences, including policymakers, administrators and frontline staff
• Expand our reach and impact by building connections within relevant networks, identifying new research opportunities and forming partnerships that drive future projects and funding