Research Manager – Education Policy

We are working with a highly respected research consultancy, who help their partners across the public, private and charity sectors. They are a full-service, mixed methods agency who are looking to hire a Research Manager with experience within across UK Education policy.

Areas of focus:

• Education, Learning and Skills (employer research, apprenticeships, school research and local government initiatives)
• Higher Education (government department policy research on how to evaluation and inform HE policy, student research)

It’s an opportunity to work on an incredibly interesting range of projects, for clients with hugely different interests and investments in the studies. For example, this could be addressing teacher workloads, pupil mental health to employment options for people partaking in higher education courses.

The Role:

• Mixed method full service research role. We are open to researchers who lean on quantitative or qualitative research, who are looking for more a more balance mixed method approach.
• Experience in designing questionnaires, conducting focus groups and interviews.
• Experienced analysing data.
• Oversee project management and timescales, working on multi-year to shorter term projects in the sector. Often 4+ projects at a time.
• Experience working on evaluations is a bonus.
• Managing Research Executives

We are looking for researchers with experience working at a research agency in education policy for organisations such as DfE.

Experience with evaluation is a bonus.

Why Join?

• High Retention – People join and stay, thanks to a supportive and engaging environment.
• Open, Honest Culture – Work with great people who are passionate about what they do.
• Career Progression & Development – Clear pathways for progression, plus strong support for learning.
• Diverse, Impactful Projects – Collaborate on large-scale, multi-strand initiatives with major UK government departments and youth/employment charities.
• Stable & Purpose-Driven – A stable and growing organisation with commitments to sustainability, equity and charitable giving.

Salary and Benefits:

• £39,000 – £44,000
• 5% employer pension contribution
• 28 days annual leave + bank holidays
• Central London office, hybrid and flexible working. Ideally 2 days a week in the office.

Please apply for next steps. For successful applicants, a recruitment consultant will be in touch via email to schedule a briefing call. We will explain the role in more detail and share the company details before creating a formal application.

Note: Due to the high volume of applications we receive, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Please contact beth@elizabethnorman.com for any questions.