Research and Evidence Officer

Research and Evidence Officer
Reporting to: Deputy CEO, with dotted line to Campaigns and Influencing Manager
Salary: £31,200 per annum
Contract: Full-time, permanent. This employer is are open to discussing flexible or part-time working.
Benefits: Access to a defined contribution pension and 25 days annual leave per year (pro rata) + three working days between Christmas and New Year.
Location: Hybrid working, with 2-3 days in the office (currently core team days are Tuesdays and Wednesdays) Shoreditch, London E2

About the Employer
This organisation are bold, ambitious feminists, living in a world where women and girls at the sharpest edge of adversity are consistently overlooked and harmed. Too many women and girls are hurt; too many lives are damaged; too much potential is lost.

They are a social movement, campaigning with courage and in solidarity with their Alliance members and women and girls, so that they can thrive. They advocate and campaign for systems and services to respond appropriately to women and girls with multiple unmet needs.

They want public services to respond better to the distinct and multiple unmet needs of women and girls, including appropriately responding to gender, age, race and trauma. For the whole system to respond better, they stand in solidarity with the voluntary sector and advocate for them to be empowered.

Their values are their guiding principles for their work to deliver their mission. It is who they are and how they behave. They promise to be: Intersectional, Courageous, Credible, Clear, Collaborative.

About the Role
The Research and Evidence Officer will play a key role in data, evidence and research and workstreams.

They will design, hold and deliver research projects; centre women and girls' voices through coproduction; share evidence and insights with the wider team, trustees, and funders; and produce a range of materials, including reports and briefings, for different kinds of external audiences.

They will gather a range of evidence through data collection and desk-based research, and carry out research, using interviews, focus groups and data analysis as well as less-traditional research methods.

Responsibilities include:

• Conduct desk-based, primary, secondary, qualitative and quantitative research, including; submitting Freedom of Information requests; analysing data and evidence from a range of sources; conducting interviews and focus groups; and other evidence gathering as necessary to develop clear cases for change across the issues Agenda Alliance works on.
• Design and maintain systems, project plans and research methodologies to develop evidence across Agenda's priority areas, centring voices of women and girls with lived experience of the areas we work on, and the expertise of Alliance members.
• Produce engaging ways of sharing Agenda's learning and communicating research findings, including through writing reports and briefings, and providing other members of the team with evidence and insights for their work, including the Communications and Campaigns Coordinator, and the Policy and Public Affairs Officer.
• Grow and maintain relationships with a network of organisations, practitioners and experts, including systems of engagement and intelligence gathering (e.g. online, focus groups, roundtables, project visits).
• Work closely with the rest of the team to develop evidence to inform Agenda's policy positions, campaigns and influencing.
• Engaging with stakeholders, decision makers, politicians and government officials as appropriate.
• Work with the wider team to embed and utilise effective monitoring and impact evaluation processes for our research activities.
• Lead on embedding anti-racist and trauma-informed approaches into our evidence and research practice.

About you
This organisation is looking for an experienced researcher, with a background working with experts by experience, committed to embedding women and girls' voices in research in a trauma-informed way.

They are seeking someone who can demonstrate compassionate, person-centred research skills, an ability to understand and analyse quantitative and qualitative data, and an appetite for designing new projects and processes to uncover evidence and insights.

This is an exciting and varied role, providing the right candidate with a unique blend of in-depth research; using evidence to inform policy-influencing and campaigns; and engaging experts by experience. It is ideal for someone who has experience of research and data analysis, but is interested in centering the lived experience of women and girls, alongside the front-line experience of members, to develop insights for change.

They are less interested in your qualifications, and more interested in your values, background and both lived and learned experience. They are actively trying to diversify the team, so if you are from the Black, Asian and minoritised communities, identify as LGBTQ+, have a disability, and/or bring lived experience relevant to the areas this employer works in, they would love to hear from you.

Closing date: midnight, Sunday 23 March 2025

Interested?

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Equal opportunities
This employer selects all candidates for interview based on their skills, qualifications, experience and ability to do the role advertised. They welcome and encourage applicants from all backgrounds and do not discriminate on the basis of age, disability (physical or learning), gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

This employer will provide reasonable support to disabled applicants throughout the recruitment process. You will be able to contact them to identify any additional support that you may require to enable you to make an application.

Because this charity's work is about centring women and girls' experiences, and the organisation is led by and for women and girls, this post is open to women only (exempt under the Equality Act 2010 Schedule 9, part 1). When referring to women and girls, this organisation means cisgender, intersex, and transgender women and girls, alongside nonbinary people who experience misogyny.

When sending your application, this employer also asks that you also complete their equal opportunities monitoring form which will be included in the email from us at CHM Recruit. Completing this form helps the employer to understand the kinds of people who are applying for their roles, and whether they are attracting a broad range of applicants. The form is anonymous, and it cannot be linked to your application.

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