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. We 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 8JF
About the role
Agenda’s Research and Evidence Officer will play a key role in our 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
We’re 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.
We’re 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 our members, to develop insights for change.
We are less interested in your qualifications, and more interested in your values, background and both lived and learned experience. We are actively trying to diversify our 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 we work in, we would love to hear from you.
Closing date: Midnight, Sunday 23 March 2025
We will shortlist by 25 March and first round interviews will be held on Monday 31 March.
If you are shortlisted following your first interview, there will be a second round on Thursday 3 April in which you will discuss the role and your approach with one or two experts by experience who we work with.
Please keep those dates clear if you apply.
Interested?
Please scroll down to the bottom of the advert to download the job pack, here you will find full information about the position.
When applying through the job board, you will need to send us your CV and cover letter of no more than two pages answering the questions below. In your cover letter, please state where you saw the role advertised.
Cover letter questions:
- Why does this role appeal to you, and what about your experience makes you feel it is a good fit for you?
- Tell us about a piece of research, data analysis or evidence production which you feel particularly proud of. What went well, what impact did it have, and what learning would you take from this into future projects?
- What opportunities do you see to embed and amplify the voices of women and girls with lived
Equal opportunities
Agenda Alliance selects all candidates for interview based on their skills, qualifications, experience and ability to do the role advertised. We 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.
We will provide reasonable support to disabled applicants throughout the recruitment process. Please contact us to identify any additional support that you may require to enable you to make an application.
Because our work is about centring women and girls’ experiences, and our 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 Agenda refers to women and girls, we mean cisgender, intersex, and transgender women and girls, alongside nonbinary people who experience misogyny.
APPLICATIONS SENT WITHOUT A COVER LETTER WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED
No agencies please.
Interested?
If you would like to apply for this position, please click the apply button and follow the job board procedure. You will need to send us your CV and cover letter of no more than two pages answering the questions below. In your cover letter, please state where you saw the role advertised.
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