Policy and Data Analyst

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Job description

Salary:
£40,000

Location:
Our offices are in Toynbee Hall, East London, but we welcome applicants from across the UK who do not wish to relocate. You should be willing to travel to our London office for team and project meetings up to six times per year. Project related travel costs will be reimbursed.

Hours:
Three days a week (flexible - minimum 21 hours/ week)

Contract:
22 months. Start date ASAP.

Benefits:

25 days annual leave plus three office closure days between Christmas and New Year. We also provide two wellbeing days per year. Staff are signed up to one of two pension schemes and a personalised wellbeing budget through Better Space.

About The Young Foundation

Today, The Young Foundation's mission is to shape a fairer, greener future. We support locally-led action, building knowledge around the issues people tell us they care about. We involve communities in research, and delivering programmes to shape a stronger, fairer society. We work collaboratively to improve lives and address shared challenges, driving social change for stronger communities and a fairer future.

About the role

We are seeking a Policy and Data Analyst who has the experience and expertise to work across varied projects and programmes of government, public sector and private sector-facing work. This requires strong quantitative, statistical and policy analysis skills and experience working with public, social and administrative data sets. We aim for the insight we generate to inspire support for social change, drive positive action, and influence policy and practice.

This role will lead on a range of mixed method projects across key thematic policy areas, including a strong focus on a just transition to net zero, sustainability and the social, economic, health and place-based challenges connected to how we build a fairer, greener future.

The work is diverse and balances client commissions with creative policy and data design, developing new indexes, measures, metrics and projections to support policymakers at the heart of government, in local government, and in business to make socially impactful decisions and interventions. While the majority of our research is mixed methods, we conduct innovative analyses of unusual data sets, or work which combines data sets in new ways (eg, our Flipping the Coin, Community Strength Index, or Index of Readiness research). Some projects are shorter pieces of work over a number of months, whereas others might run over multiple years.

Increasingly, we pioneer in the development of participatory data sets that include lived experience, which support people and policymakers to make decisions and drive change on a number of topics. We welcome applications from individuals with exceptional quantitative and policy analytical skills who may not have extensive experience in participatory methods, but have a willingness to learn participatory practices.

This role would suit a motivated self-starter with a passion for the work we do, and a deep understanding of the social, sustainability and welfare issues we tackle. A strong conviction for the role that research and evidence can play in influencing and shaping policy, practice and change is essential. You will have a strong track record in working on data, policy and analytical projects and leading parts of research designs, experience working with clients and stakeholders; and experience producing high quality data, policy and research outputs.

How to apply

With reference to the job description , please complete and return the application form and additional information requested to

The closing date for applications is 5pm on 27 November 2024

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