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The Centre for Social Justice is hiring a Researcher/Senior Researcher for a two-year fixed term contract in Westminster, London, with a salary range of £27,000 - £54,000 depending on experience. The role focuses on financial inclusion and debt, requiring strong research skills, data analysis capabilities, and the ability to communicate complex information effectively. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK and are encouraged to submit their CV and cover letter by February 7, 2025.

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CSJ - 7:2

The Centre for Social Justice is hiring a Researcher/Senior Researcher for a two-year fixed term contract in Westminster, London, with a salary range of £27,000 - £54,000 depending on experience. The role focuses on financial inclusion and debt, requiring strong research skills, data analysis capabilities, and the ability to communicate complex information effectively. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK and are encouraged to submit their CV and cover letter by February 7, 2025.

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Centre for Social Justice – Job Description

Researcher/Senior Researcher

Job Title: Researcher/Senior Researcher


Reporting To: Policy Director
Contract Type: Two-year fixed term contract
Location: Westminster, London
Salary: £27,000 - £54,000 DOE
Apply: Please read the job description in full. If you feel you qualify for the role, please
send your CV and a covering letter (a maximum of one page)
to [email protected] by 23.59 on 7th February 2025.
Should you need to make an application in a different format or require any
adjustments as part of the application process, please do not hesitate to email
us.

You must have the right to work in the UK, unfortunately we are not able to
sponsor visa applications.

It is easier to spot applications created via LLMs, such as ChatGPT, than you think
- we strongly encourage you not to do this as we are using the application
process to assess your experience, ability and skills, and will be asking probing
questions at interview stage to follow up on your responses.

THE ORGANISATION

Established in 2004, the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) is an independent think tank that studies the root
causes of Britain’s social problems and seeks to address these through innovative policy
recommendations to government. The CSJ has changed the landscape of our political conversation by
putting social justice at the heart of British politics. This has led to some of the biggest welfare reforms
in a generation.

Much of the CSJ’s work is organised around five pathways to poverty, first identified in our ground-
breaking 2007 report, Breakthrough Britain. These are: educational failure; family breakdown;
economic dependency and worklessness; addiction to drugs and alcohol; severe personal
debt. Further social justice projects are developed in response to societal needs, the political
landscape or funding opportunities.

Our research is informed by experts and, just as importantly, our CSJ Foundation and poverty-fighter’s
Alliance, a unique group of charities, social enterprises and other grass-roots organisations that work
with individuals facing some of the most challenging and complex social problems. Their work is
fundamental to our understanding of the issues faced by our poorest communities. The CSJ will
continue to make the case to government and those developing policy for an ambitious approach to
tackling the root causes of poverty.
THE ROLE

The Centre for Social Justice is looking for an analytical individual with excellent research skills to work
across our portfolio but with a particular interest and expertise in financial inclusion. The successful
candidate will ideally have some research experience and expertise in the areas of financial inclusion
and debt, but we are primarily looking for an excellent person rather than specific experience. Comfort
with numbers and statistics is helpful for this particular area of research.

As well as a particular focus on financial inclusion and debt, all CSJ researchers are encouraged to
pursue interests and work across our portfolio and wider policy and research experience is welcome.
Our policy researchers also work closely with our communications team, development team, and
external stakeholders becoming the “go-to” person in the organisation for their area of interest.

THE PERSON

• Skills and aptitude to conduct and condense research, analyse data sets and put forward policy
proposals based on findings (essential)
• Able to drive projects independently and plan programmes of work and manage agreed timelines
(essential)
• Ability to analyse, understand and synthesise complex information, and to present these findings
in a concise and engaging way (essential)
• Ability to communicate well with colleagues and explain complex information simply to internal
and external audiences (essential)
• A strong appreciation of the need for accuracy, quality control and process control (essential)
• Background in a research-intensive role (essential)
• An understanding of the political environment and the mechanisms for achieving policy change
(desirable)
• Competent in building key relationships with stakeholders including MPs, Ministers, business
leaders and charity leaders (desirable)
• Strong MS Word and Excel skills: anything from basic models to microsimulations (desirable)
• Experience on data visualisation applications to enhance paper-based and online products e.g.
R/RShiny, Google My Maps, Tableau etc (desirable)
• Experience of undertaking Cost-Benefit Analysis, Discounted Cash-Flow Analysis, and various
projecting (exponential smoothing), forecasting (regression) and Relations (ANOVA) techniques
(desirable)
• A commitment to the CSJ’s vision, mission and values (essential)
• An interest in current affairs, politics and the social justice agenda (essential)
• Meticulous attention to detail and calm under pressure (essential)
• A collaborative team player with initiative and a positive “can do” attitude (essential)
• Highly organised, discrete, and with a high degree of personal integrity (essential)

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

Responsibilities for this post will include:

• Research and analyse qualitative/statistical information, including primary sources and


government data sources/other third-party data
• Develop instruments for primary research (e.g. focus groups, structured interviews, polling) and
interpret the findings
• Support organisational initiatives to embed policy recommendations and build support from
MPs/Ministers/Officials for our proposals and sustain public interest in this policy area
• Willingness to engage with wider CSJ team and support project that cut across our work streams
• Other duties that may arise from time to time

www.centreforsocialjustice.org.uk | @csjthinktank

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