Salary: £33,000 per annum
Location: Our offices are in Toynbee Hall, East London – although we welcome applicants from across the UK who do not wish to relocate but are 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: Four to five days a week (flexible – minimum 28 hours/ week). The Young Foundation supports a 4.5 day working week and staff work this, wherever possible (pro rata for those working less than a 35-hour week)
Contract: Permanent. 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 access a personalised wellbeing budget through Better Space. All employees also have access to our Employee Assistance Programme.
About The Young Foundation
The Young Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation driving community research and social innovation. We bring communities, organisations and policymakers together to understand the issues people care about and support collective action to improve lives. We involve communities in research and innovate together to inspire positive change. We deliver distinctive initiatives and programmes to shape a fairer future. Read our ambitious, five-year strategy: The Power of Participation: our vision 2024-28 – The Young Foundation
About the role
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 quantitative work in 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 of how we build a fairer, greener future.
The work is diverse. It balances client commissions with policy-focused research and data design, developing new frameworks, 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 most of our research is mixed methods, we conduct innovative analyses of unusual datasets and conduct work that combines data sets in new ways (eg, our Flipping the Coin, Community Strength Index, or Index of Readiness research). Some projects last 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, supporting people and policymakers to make decisions and drive change.
About you
We are recruiting a dynamic Senior Researcher (Quantitative) with the experience and expertise to work across varied government, public sector, and private sector-facing work. This requires strong quantitative, statistical and data analysis skills, working with public, social and administrative data sets.
We welcome applications from individuals with exceptional quantitative and data 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 of research and evidence in shaping policy, practice and change is essential. You will have a strong track record in quantitative methods and in leading parts of research designs; experience working with clients and stakeholders; and experience producing high-quality data, policy and research outputs. There will also be opportunities to develop in the role though both formal and informal training and development opportunities.
How to apply
Please read the full Job Pack
With reference to the job description, please fill out our Application Form as well as sharing your CV and completing our online
Equality and Diversity Monitoring Form.
If you require any additional information or have any queries, please email applications@youngfoundation.org.
The closing date for applications is 10 am on 27 October 2025
This is a two-stage application process. The first stage will involve an interview, and the second stage will consist of an interview and a task.
First stage interviews will take place w/c 10 November 2025
Second stage interviews will take place w/c 17 November 2025
The Young Foundation is an equal opportunities employer and as part of our commitment to increasing the diversity of our team we actively encourage people from Black and Ethnic Minority or other under-represented groups to apply for this role. We positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.
You must have the right to live and work in the UK. Applicants who require a work permit in order to take up employment will not be considered.
Please complete our online Equality and Diversity Monitoring Form. This information will not be seen by the hiring manager or impact on your application.
Upon submitting your application, you will receive an automated response to say we have received your application. Please note that we review applications after the closing date and we regret that we will only be able to reply, and give feedback, to short-listed applicants.
We look forward to reading your application.
Posted on: 5 June 2025