Researcher

The deadline for this vacancy has passed.

This is an exciting new role that offers a great opportunity to support the work of the External Relations team while being actively involved in a substantial research project. You will carry out a range of research and evaluation, particularly interviews in prisons, to help Unlocked Graduates understand and increase its impact. As part of a small and fast-paced organisation, you will also contribute to several other projects, giving you broad experience of the charity and criminal justice sectors.

This is an initial six month fixed term contract, with the possibility of extending to nine months. Key accountabilities will include the following.

Qualitative research: help to carry out and analyse interviews with prisoners and prison staff as part of our impact evaluation.

Other research and analysis: help to monitor and evaluate our programme (for example by running surveys and analysing quantitative data); review public reports and datasets about prisons and prisoners.

Communications and digital support: including daily media monitoring, researching media opportunities, and social media analytics.

Fundraising and partnership support: including researching potential funders and supporters, administration of prison visits and challenge events, and support for the Innovation Acceleration Programme.