Research and Policy Assistant

Closing date: midday, Wednesday 8th March 2023

Interview date: Tuesday 28th March 2023

NYAS is a children’s rights charity that supports and empowers care-experienced children and young people across the UK. We believe that every child or young person experiencing care should have the same chance to live a happy, healthy and rewarding life as their peers.

Are you passionate about making a difference to the lives of children and young people? Do you want to work with a leading national charity to influence change? Can you produce high quality research and drive forward campaigns?

We are looking to recruit a Research and Policy Assistant to join our team improving the lives of children and young people in England and Wales.

In this role you will be responsible for supporting NYAS’ policy and research programme which will involve working closely with our partners in academic institutions on research projects and working with students to produce quality research on a range of topics. You will identify trends and issues to improve public policy and legislation.

You will also be responsible for managing and coordinating our volunteer campaign advisors who are care-experienced young people who support us and help shape our campaigns programme. You will also help strengthen the involvement of care-experienced children and young people in decision making across NYAS.

You will also have the opportunity to engage with alliances and networks across the UK to strengthen our influencing position and activity.

To be considered you must be passionate about making a difference. You must also have excellent research, analytical and writing skills.

Please see the job description and person specification attached.

If you want to have an informal discussion during the application process, please e-mail Ben Twomey (Director of Policy and Communications)

Note for candidates - when completing the application form, it is important that you refer to the person specification within the job description and detail how you can evidence the criteria.

NYAS operates robust safe procedures to ensure the protection of the children, young people and adults at risk we work with. To comply with NYAS’s Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, references and a Digital Risk Assessment.

NYAS is an equal opportunities employer

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early once we receive a high number of applications.