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Reference: 99991

Date Added: 17 August 2026
Closing Date: 14 September 2026

Job Title: Research Fellow

Working For: Tax Justice UK

Location: London

Salary: £21,500 tax free for 4 days a week (equivalent to roughly £31k fulltime with tax)

Length of Contract: 1 year from start date

Job Details

Tax Justice UK (TJUK) is a leading campaigning organisation dedicated to transforming the UK economy and society by advocating for a fairer, more progressive, and more effective tax system. We have a track record of securing campaign wins and have successfully moved the dial on key tax justice issues such as taxes on wealth vs work. We have built strong relationships with parliamentarians, policy makers and a network of influential think tanks and organisations. We also have excellent relationships with many influential media outlets, regularly securing extensive media coverage on tax justice issues. However, we recognise we must do more to ground our work in the lives of everyday people. This is where the Research Fellow can help.

Are you a qualitative researcher passionate about economic justice and community-driven research? As a Research Fellow, you will assist in fieldwork for an ambitious UK-wide study exploring how narratives on wealth taxation can build multi-ethnic class solidarity and counter division. Working directly with grassroots partners across the country, you will build relationships with local groups and co-design a community researcher model to ensure the project is deeply rooted in the places we study.

Your work will focus on listening to how everyday people experience economic insecurity, understand local divisions, and respond to messaging on taxing the super-rich. This role offers a unique opportunity to gather the foundational, on-the-ground insights that will shape national narrative strategies to change tax policy.

We’re looking for someone starting in their research career, who is eager to learn.

We welcome applicants from all different backgrounds who have demonstrable interest in working class issues and a commitment to a fairer tax system in the UK.

If that sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you.

Know everything about the role here https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NruW9Pos6C34WpNVVuO2UGaMGLlCU6Ii/ 

Closing Date: 14 September 2026

Interview/Start Dates

Interviews will take place on Friday, 25 September (in person in Vauxhall - we can cover any reasonable travel expenses). Please let us know as part of your application if you need any reasonable adjustments to allow you to attend the interview

Application Details

We are genuinely open-minded about your background and encourage people from different backgrounds and experiences to join our team.

We conduct anonymous shortlisting to help promote diversity and fairness. This means we ask applicants to create an application ID (two letters and two numbers) to use instead of your name, and that you remove any reference to your name (email address, linkedin, social media) from your CV. Assessors will receive information on candidates after shortlisting.

Please apply here https://forms.gle/3nKdXHCF6UCURxzt8 by 9am

Website: http://taxjustice.uk

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