Research Officer

Anna Freud is a world-leading mental health charity for children, young people and their families. Our mission is to close the gap in wellbeing and mental health by advancing, translating, delivering, and sharing the best science and practice with everyone who impacts the lives of children, young people and their families. More information about Anna Freud is available on our website.

We value diversity and aim to have diverse workforce that reflects the community and our service users, in line with our vision, values and inclusion commitments. We encourage applications from all sections of the community.

The Research Officer will join our Applied Research and Evaluation Division to support various projects, generally focussing on children and young people with multiple needs. The post-holder will be expected to contribute to and drive forward quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis, literature reviewing, dissemination of findings and day-to-day project management. 

A degree in psychology, mental health or a relevant discipline, or significant experience working as a Research Assistant is essential for this role. The ideal candidate will have research experience, including, design, ethics approval, data collection and analysis. The successful candidate will be able to independently use statistical packages to manage data.

This is an excellent opportunity to work across a thriving research team focusing on applied research for real-world settings around children’s mental health and wellbeing. The successful candidate will have exposure to and gain insight from a range of expertise and research techniques, largescale, real-world research and knowledge mobilisation to inform practice.

If you are organised, collaborative and motivated, then we encourage you to apply to join a team of highly successful and energetic people, with strong links across Anna Freud and University College London.