At a Glance
- Tasks: Support impactful research on child sexual abuse and contribute to meaningful policy improvements.
- Company: Join a dynamic, multi-disciplinary team at the Centre of expertise on child sexual abuse.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, flexible working arrangements, and access to mental health support.
- Other info: Home-based role with regular travel; commitment to diversity and inclusion.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in tackling child sexual abuse while developing your research career.
- Qualifications: Interest in research, strong communication skills, and ability to manage diverse tasks.
The predicted salary is between 27554 - 29799 £ per year.
This is an exciting opportunity to join the dynamic, multi-disciplinary team at the Centre of expertise on child sexual abuse (CSA Centre) as a Research Assistant. This is an important role within the CSA Centre, to help develop, understand and embed evidence-informed improvements in the response to child sexual abuse.
About the role
The CSA Centre aims to inform and improve policy and practice at local and national levels by identifying, generating and sharing high quality evidence on what works to prevent and tackle child sexual abuse, and our extensive research, evaluation and monitoring activity is central to that mission.
As a Research Assistant, you will support a wide range of research and evaluation activities, working closely with the wider Research and Evaluation Team and other colleagues across the CSA Centre. This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to develop their research career in a supportive, meaningful and impactful environment. You will contribute to projects that improve the understanding of the scale and nature of child sexual abuse and strengthen the evidence base on effective responses.
Key aspects of the role include:
- Supporting the planning and delivery of research and evaluation projects
- Conducting literature reviews and supporting evidence synthesis
- Maintaining accurate research records, bibliographies and documentation
- Assisting with monitoring and evaluation activity, including surveys and reporting
- Providing administrative and coordination support to ensure projects run smoothly
- Supporting compliance with research ethics, governance and data protection requirements
- Undertaking Equality Impact Assessments with project team members
You will work collaboratively with internal teams and external stakeholders, contributing to outputs that are accessible and useful to practitioners, policymakers and partners. We are looking for a motivated and organised individual with an interest in research and evaluation in social policy or related fields. You should be comfortable working with data, able to communicate findings clearly, and capable of managing a varied workload.
This role is home-based with regular travel required, usually to London.
Salary: £27,554.00 – £29,799.00 plus Office at Home Allowance - £312 per annum.
The CSA Centre acknowledges that tackling child sexual abuse can feel challenging but is incredibly rewarding and positive when making a difference. Our open working environment ensures that there is support for all employees, across the team and with access to a therapist, if needed. We believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.
The CSA Centre is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce. We actively encourage applications from disabled candidates and candidates from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, as they are currently under-represented at the CSA Centre.
Closing date: 13th July with interviews 6th & 7th August 2026. Although this contract has a permanent status, please be aware that this post is subject to funding currently to 31st March 2027 and therefore should this funding not be extended further, you may be subject to a redundancy consultation or a TUPE arrangement.
