The Joseph Rowntree Foundation | Senior Analyst

Ideally Full Time, 35 hours per week (willing to be flexible) About the Role The Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) is working to speed up and support the transition to a moreequitableand just future, free from poverty, in which people and planet can flourish. Inspired by the work of our founder over a century ago, today we are an independent, social change organisation, with an endowment, working across all nations of the UK. Thisexcitingnew role has been created tojoina new permanent team of JRF staff in Northern Ireland. Following on from areport from Pivotal, alongsideSave the Children and Trussell Trust, we have decided toestablisha team of three people to work with colleaguesboth within JRF and with partners to significantly deepen our workin Northern Ireland. Ursula OHare has been appointed to lead the newteamand this role is one of the twoadditionalroles that are being filled now to complete the team.The other role is a SeniorPolicy Adviserroleto work with Ursula and the successful applicant for this role. The successful candidatereport to the Head of Northern Ireland andprovide excellent analytical support to the Northern Ireland Team. One of the key recommendations of the reportfrom Pivotalwas that the new team will have todeterminedlycollaboratewith organisations already working to deliver change in Northern Ireland.As a result,this is a role that will of course require coordination with colleaguesin the Northern Ireland Team and acrossJRF butwhose success will be measured on how will the postholder collaborates with people outside JRF. About You Candidateswill share our excitement at the establishment of this team andbelieve that positive change can be delivered.They will become a key player in the movement to deliver a Northern Ireland free from poverty and economicinsecurity.They will share JRF’s values and protect and nourish our reputation forindependence and excellence in our work. Candidates willneed an ability to design, shape and deliver high quality analysis, as well as being able to work effectively across the analytical team.Theywill have a thirst for exploring the possibilities of new data sources and different analytical techniques as well as a strong commitment to social policy and solving povertyin Northern Ireland. Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Applications are welcome from all, regardless of age, disability, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief, race, sex, sexual orientation, transstatusor socioeconomic background. We positively encourage applications from people from marginalised backgrounds, including but not limited to those with experience of living in poverty. We are committed to being an anti-racist organisation andoperatean anonymised recruitment process so that bias is eliminated from the shortlisting process. We are a Disability Confident Employer. This means that we are committed to the recruitment,progressionand retention of disabled individuals. We shall also offer interviews to disabled candidates who meet theminimumcriteria for the job. If you have a disability, please tell us if you would like to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident Scheme. If you have anyadditionalneeds and need reasonable adjustments to be made to the interview process, please let us know. How to Apply If you share our passion and this role sounds like you, thenwerelooking forward to hearing from you. PleasesubmityourCVand supporting information viaour online platform. The closing date for applications is Sunday 12 th J anuary 202 5 at 23:59. Interviews will take place in Belfast in the week beginning 27 th January 2025 . Additional Information? In support of our approach to flexible working,we are happy to receive applications from those seekingfull-timeemployment, as well as those who may want to share the role on apart-timebasis. At JRFwereat our best whenwerecontinually building on trust, showing we care and making a difference and hope others will do the same.Sofor those roles which allow it,weredeveloping a more blended approach to how and where you work.We do not yet have an office space in Northern Ireland, although would expect to find one in Belfast.Even then we expect the team towork flexibly between the office and home. JBRP1_UKTJ