At a Glance
- Tasks: Support impactful research projects to enhance mental health for children and young people.
- Company: Join Anna Freud, a leading mental health charity dedicated to improving wellbeing.
- Benefits: Enjoy competitive salary, hybrid working, and wellbeing support like free counselling.
- Other info: Diverse and inclusive workplace with strong career growth opportunities.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in mental health while developing your research skills.
- Qualifications: Proficiency in R programming and experience in research and data analysis required.
The predicted salary is between 35649 - 35649 £ per year.
Are you a passionate and skilled researcher looking for your next challenge? Anna Freud is seeking a Research Officer to join our world-leading mental health charity for children, young people and their families. Our mission is to close the gap in wellbeing and mental health by advancing, translating, delivering, and sharing the best science and practice with everyone who impacts the lives of children, young people and their families.
Our EDI commitment
We are dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace and being an equal opportunities employer, whereby equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) are core to our recruitment practices. All candidates who meet the job criteria will be considered for employment, regardless of ethnic origin, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, disability, age, socioeconomic background, caring responsibilities and care experience. We ask candidates to share their diversity dimensions with us to help us identify, tackle and prevent bias across the employee lifecycle. We believe a diverse workforce enhances our ability to support mental health and wellbeing, allowing us to better meet the needs of the children, young people and families we serve.
As a Disability Confident employer, disabled candidates meeting our criteria are guaranteed an interview. Applications are submitted anonymously and assessed using a fair evaluation process based on the criteria set out in our job profiles.
What We Offer
We offer a range of staff benefits, including wellbeing offers such as free counselling through our Employee Assistance Programme. We are proud to have staff-led Diversity Networks offering unique opportunities for learning, connection and impact. You will join a passionate and collaborative team of 13, including researchers and analysts, in the Child Outcomes Research Consortium (CORC). CORC brings together organisations and individuals committed to using and improving evidence to improve children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing. You will have the opportunity to develop your research project skills, including data programming/coding and analysis skills.
What You’ll Do
You will play a key role in delivering and supporting research projects that improve the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people, using quantitative and qualitative research methods, data analysis, and stakeholder collaboration to generate evidence, evaluate outcomes, and inform best practice across services and schools.
What You’ll Bring
- R programming skills are essential for this role, as you will use R extensively to clean, validate, analyse, and report on data across a range of research and evaluation projects.
- Proficiency in R for data analysis and reporting.
- Experience conducting research and analysing data, including writing reports.
- Quantitative and qualitative research skills.
- Effective communication skills to build and maintain relationships with participants and partner organisations.
- Ability to coordinate tasks across multiple projects effectively.
Key details
- Hours: full-time (35 hours per week), Monday to Friday, 09:00-17:00. Part-time (minimum of 28 hours per week) will be considered.
- Salary: £35,649 per annum FTE, plus 6% contributory pension scheme.
- Location: hybrid working (a mixture of onsite and home/remote working). Staff are working onsite for at least 20% of their working hours, either at our London site or our Northern Hub.
- Contract type: permanent.
Next steps
Closing date for applications: midday (12pm) Monday 10 August 2026. Please note that due to high application volumes, this vacancy will close early when we reach 100 applications. We encourage you to apply promptly and to keep an eye on our future vacancies for more opportunities.
Notification of interview: shortlisted applicants will be notified no later than Thursday 13 August 2026. During shortlisting, applicants are anonymously assessed using the criteria visible in the Job Profile. Please note: due to the high volume of applications received, we will not be able to provide feedback to unsuccessful applicants.
Interviews: will be held remotely on 25 and 26 August 2026.
Questions? Please email recruitment@annafreud.org with any job enquiries, or if you require assistance or experience difficulties when applying. Please note that successful candidate(s) will be asked to evidence their Right to Work in the UK post-job offer – we do not hold a sponsor license therefore we are unable to provide Visa sponsorship.
Research Officer employer: ANNA FREUD
Anna Freud is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work environment in the heart of London where creativity and innovation thrive. With a strong commitment to employee growth, we provide opportunities for professional development and a hybrid working model that promotes work-life balance. Join us to make a meaningful impact in the digital landscape while enjoying competitive benefits and a supportive culture.
