“Shaw Trust promotes team spirit, inclusiveness and it is an organisation where everybody is somebody. I am proud to be part of this great organisation.”

At Shaw Trust we believe everyone has the right to live a decent and dignified life and an opportunity for rewarding work. We are a social purpose organisation challenging inequality and breaking down barriers to enable social mobility.

For us being part of the solution is about creating the conditions for this to happen, advocating and delivering services that make a real difference. Working in partnership not competition, we are part of an eco-system of purpose-led organisations, striving for a fairer, more equal society centred on opportunity for all.

Purpose

This role sits within Shaw Trust’s Impact and Innovation team. Its core function is to increase the impact of Shaw Trust’s services by identifying opportunities for improvement, building the evidence base for change, and supporting the implementation and evaluation of new approaches across the organisation.

The post holder will be a skilled mixed-methods researcher, equally comfortable interrogating quantitative datasets and conducting qualitative fieldwork with staff and participants. They will use this research capability to understand what is working within our services, what could work better, and what is practically achievable within existing delivery and contractual frameworks.

Where research identifies opportunities for programme redesign or new programme development, the post holder will liaise with the Senior Foundation Research and Development Manager, who holds responsibility for programme design. This role focuses on the underlying research, evidence, and evaluation that informs and supports those design decisions.

The post holder will also contribute to Shaw Trust’s external profile by turning internal evidence and insights into thought leadership, policy positions, and impact reporting that demonstrates our commitment to social value generation.

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Location:
You will be home based with travel required as necessary and access to an office in London

Employee Benefits

As an employee of Shaw Trust as well as positively impacting people’s lives, you will have access to the following benefits:

25 days annual leave per year (plus bank holidays), with incremental increases post 3 years’ service up to 28 days, and the option to purchase additional holiday

2 days paid volunteering leave each year

An enhanced pension scheme after 6 months

Life Assurance at 3 times your annual salary rate

Access to a suite of learning and development opportunities including paid for apprenticeship and masters’ levels qualifications, and management development programmes

Opportunities to connect with our employee diversity networks (LGBTQ+ Support Network, Racial Equality Network, Disability Equality Network, Neurodiversity Peer Support Network, Women’s Network, MANaging Network, Menopause Network Group)

Health and Wellbeing initiatives including internal support, employee assistance programme and health cash plan

Opportunity to request flexible working from day one

Our Strategy

To find out more about Shaw Trusts aims in our 2030 Strategic Directive available here: Vision-2030-Strategic-Directive-5-9.pdf

Join a diverse and inclusive organisation

Shaw Trust is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive working environment, where every employee, regardless of their background or lived experience, feels that they belong and can progress in their career.

In addition;

We are proud to be certified as an employer who meets the National Equality Standard, the accepted standard for inclusiveness in business across the UK.

We are Disability Confident Leaders, support the guaranteed interview scheme and use of the government’s Access to Work scheme.

Living our values, we are keen to reflect the diversity of UK society at every level within our organisation.

We welcome applications from all sections of the community including from people with lived experience and/or knowledge of disability or social exclusion.

If you have accessibility requirements and/or would like further information about the role, please contact: Resourcing@shaw-trust.org.uk

Shaw Trust reserve the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient applications are received.