Research Assistant (two roles)

Reform Research Trust

Location Westminster, London, UK
Salary London living wage - £9.75 per hour
  • Closing: 10:00am, 3rd Jul 2017 BST

Job Description

  • Job title: Research Assistant (two roles)
  • Working for: Reform
  • Location: Westminster London
  • Salary: London living wage - £9.75 per hour
  • Closing date: 9am Monday 3 July
Job details

Reform is recruiting for two Research Assistants to join its small and passionate team for six months on a full-time basis. The successful candidates will help produce independent, challenging and authoritative research, and will assist in supporting Reform’s communications and events. They will be dynamic and motivated individuals with track records of strong research and communication skills, and committed to our core principles.

For 15 years Reform has been the leading think tank at the heart of Whitehall and Westminster’s efforts to transform public services for the better, in the interests of all citizens and within sustainable government budgets. It is a non-partisan, independent research charity. Its core research areas are health, education, welfare, and criminal justice, as well as cross-cutting issues such as workforce capability, digital transformation, competition and choice, and efficiency. Alongside its research, Reform runs around 80 policy events a year, attended by ministers and shadow ministers, other parliamentarians, senior officials, public service leaders, academics and business leaders.

The Research Assistants will work closely with the research team to support Reform’s research programme, including drafting literature reviews and contributing to sections of reports. They will also support Reform’s regular contributions to the policy debate by researching ad hoc policy issues. They will support events, update Reform’s contact database, and participate in regular team meetings. They will contribute to Reform’s online output by writing blog posts and assisting with the weekly newsletter in collaboration with the research team.

It is essential that candidates demonstrate:

  • Some experience of conducting research on public policy
  • Good organisational and administrative skills, including in prioritising tasks
  • An ability to work effectively under pressure and meet tight deadline
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • A commitment to building and maintaining good professional relationships
  • Excellent attention to detail
  • A First or good 2.i in a relevant discipline, though those with equivalent relevant experience will be considered. A master's degree is desirable, though not necessary

Reform is committed to diversity. We will accommodate applications from any interested persons and to make reasonable adjustments at any stage should this be requested.

Closing date: 9am Monday 3 July

Interview/start dates

Interviews will be held on Thursday 6 July and applicants are asked to be available on this date. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK, and be available to work for six months starting from 9am Monday 10 July, subject to negotiation.

Application details

To apply, please write responses of 250 words maximum to each of the following three questions: • What is the biggest challenge facing UK public services today? • Why do you want to work at Reform? • What would you like to achieve in your six months with us?

To apply, submit your responses to the above three questions at the link provided (on this service Applied), and send your CV, for the attention of Louis Coiffait, Head of Education, at recruitment@reform.uk. Please note, neither covering letters nor responses to the three questions via any method other than the link on here will be accepted.

Applications will be considered on a rolling basis from Wednesday 14 June to 9am Monday 3 July. Successful applications will be invited to interview by 6pm Tuesday 4 July. Due to the high number of applications we receive, we are unable to contact candidates who are not selected for interview. Late applications will not be considered.

Website: reform.uk/about/jobs

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Applications closed Mon 3rd Jul 2017

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Applications closed Mon 3rd Jul 2017