Audience Engagement and Research Officer (Maternity Cover)

The Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) is an independent charity dedicated to breaking the link between family income and educational achievement. We do this by supporting schools, colleges, and nurseries to improve teaching and learning through better use of evidence. We generate research evidence on effective practice in supporting learning outcomes and narrowing the socioeconomic attainment gap, and we work with education professionals to ensure this evidence is applied to achieve the maximum possible benefit for children and young people.

The EEF’s reach and impact have been tremendous: the English education system is now one of the most evidence-informed in the world. Over half of state primary and secondary schools have taken part in an EEF-funded trial, and 70% of all school leaders use the Teaching and Learning Toolkit to inform their decision-making.

We are now looking for an Audience Engagement and Research Officer to join us on a full‑time basis, working 40 hours per week on a maternity cover contract of up to 12 months.

The Benefits

• Salary of £33,750 per annum
• Flexible working opportunities
• 27 days’ holiday a year (plus 8 bank holidays, including 3 which can be taken flexibly)
• 6% employer pension contributions, minimum 3% employee contribution
• Life insurance cover
• Interest‑free season ticket loan and cycle scheme
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave pay (conditions apply)
• Confidential Employee Assistance Programme to help you deal with any personal and professional problems

This is a fantastic opportunity for a motivated and project‑focused individual with an administrative or support background to join our mission‑led organisation. You’ll have the chance to contribute to nationally significant projects that help shape the direction of education across the UK, whilst building your portfolio of experience within a wonderful, supportive environment. The role offers a comprehensive range of benefits, support and assistance to ensure you can make a success of your contract and thrive within your role.

The Role

As an Audience Engagement and Research Officer, you will undertake a range of engagement and research activities to deepen our understanding of the views of teachers, school leaders and other educators. Ensuring our audience’s lived experiences shape our work, you will be involved in polling, surveys, focus groups and interviews to collect meaningful insight into educators’ beliefs, knowledge and behaviours. Developing an understanding of our portfolio of projects, you will undertake project co‑ordination tasks, recruit and engage with project participants, handle data, analysis and reporting, and support cross‑team planning and collaboration.

Additionally, you will:

• Support project management and manage project timelines
• Assist with sampling and recruitment of participants
• Arrange interviews and focus groups
• Support data cleaning, tagging and analysis
• Contribute to newsletters, surveys and online community communications
• Collate insight data for the Impact Framework
• Identify engagement opportunities linked to upcoming publications and projects

About You

To be considered as an Audience Engagement and Research Officer, you will have:

• Relevant experience providing logistical or administrative support within an organisation or educational setting
• Experience supporting projects or complex initiatives
• Experience working with datasets to support team or organisational objectives
• Some knowledge of market research, polling, user testing or qualitative insight methods
• Strong organisational skills with a methodical and detail‑oriented approach
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• The ability to build positive relationships with a wide range of stakeholders
• Proficiency in MS Office, particularly Excel and Word, and confidence using digital tools in a hybrid environment

All EEF staff are subject to a check by the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The level of this check will be “Basic”. All applicants must already have the right to work in the UK, as we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.

Applications close: 04/03/2026 (23:59 GMT or BST)

First stage interviews: w/c 16/03/2026

Second stage interviews: w/c 23/03/2026

Webrecruit and the Education Endowment Foundation are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.