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Reference: 99676

Date Added: 9 July 2026
Closing Date: 24 July 2026

Job Title: Research and Policy Officer

Working For: The Sutton Trust

Location: London

Salary: £32,000 - £38,000 per annum

Length of Contract: Permanent

Job Details

The Trust is recruiting a creative and committed Research and Policy Officer to join our team. Reporting to one of the team’s Research and Policy Managers, the successful candidate will play a significant role in developing and preparing the Trust’s research and policy outputs, working across the core areas of the Sutton Trust’s work (early years, schools, apprenticeships, higher education and access to the workplace). This will include helping to produce original, data rich and policy relevant research reports, along with contributing to other Trust research projects. They will also support the policy and advocacy work of the Trust, including performing background research on topics relevant to educational inequality and social mobility as required.

Full information is available on our website: https://recruitment.suttontrust.com/jobs/8017266-research-and-policy-officer

Closing Date: 24 July 2026

Interview/Start Dates

Applications should reach us by 5pm on the deadline date, with first round interviews held over Zoom on Monday 10th August, and second round interviews held at our London offices on Monday 17th August.

Application Details

To apply, please visit the link on our recruitment site:

https://recruitment.suttontrust.com/jobs/8017266-research-and-policy-officer 

Website: https://www.suttontrust.com/

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