Research and Impact Officer

Beyond the Streets is a small charity with a big determination to see routes out for women selling sex in the UK. We are currently looking to recruit a Research and Impact Officer. This is a crucial role in supporting the monitoring and evaluation of our work as an organisation and in contributing to the design and delivery of innovative research which builds the case for tackling sexual exploitation in the UK. Working closely with the Research and Impact Manager, this role ensures that the work of Beyond the Streets is informed by learning from lived experience, practitioner experience and academic research; producing a variety of research outputs that inform service development, training content, and policy proposal development.

You will be a champion of the cause and have a passion for supporting women who face multiple disadvantages and be familiar with a Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) perspective. You will have experience in conducting research in the humanities or social sciences. You will have great interpersonal skills, strong written and verbal communication skills and be able to work independently as well as part of a team. We are looking for someone with energy, motivation, skills, and experience; someone who can understand the big picture and can deliver to deadlines.

Beyond the Streets is a charity inspired by Christian values. This belief inspires us to work with acceptance, value and mutual respect for all. We promote a healthy work life balance and regularly reflect on our boundaries and our strategy for the year. We genuinely seek to work as a team and ensure that no one is ‘rescuing’ or working outside their allocated hours. You will be joining a growing team at Beyond the Streets. We currently have 18 members of staff, with a mix of full-time and part-time working patterns.

The role will be based at either our East London or Southampton office. Remote working will be considered for the right candidates but there will be visits required to our offices in Southampton and East London.

This post is restricted to female applicants only under Section 9 of the Equality Act 2010.

Location: East London or Southampton (flexible and remote/home working considered on agreement).

Hours of work: 35 hours per week. Open to considering 28 hours per week depending on candidate and level of experience.

Line Manager: Research and Impact Manager (based in London)

Leave: 25 days plus bank holidays (FTE)

Salary: £27,500 – £29,500 (FTE) depending on experience (plus London Weighting where applicable).

Pension: 5% Employer contribution, 3% Employee Contribution

Contract: Permanent

Please complete the Application Form giving as much information as you can that is relevant, and return it to us along with the equal opportunities form to recruitment@beyondthestreets.org.uk.

Make sure that you demonstrate in the application form your ability to meet the requirements of the Job Description and Person Specification, by giving clear, concise examples of how you meet each criterion, as set out in the Person Specification.

We recognise our responsibility to remove any barriers in our recruitment process. If you have identified any barriers in the Job Description or Person Specification, please tell us of these in your application. We are committed to making any reasonable adjustment to the job where possible, and it would help us to know your needs to do this.

It is important to us that you complete the Equal Opportunities monitoring form. This sheet will be detached from your application and kept separately. The information given on it will not be used to make decisions about who is short-listed or recruited.

For full details please see the Application Pack: Application Pack – Research and Impact Officer

Deadline for applications: 9am on Monday 15^th April 2024