Overview
Location: London/Remote and home working options (expected to work in London at least 8 days per month)
Contract: Until 1st January 2026
Hours: Full time with some evening and weekend work
Salary: £30,000 - £35,000 pro rata
Application Deadline: 17th January
Who we are
Campaign Lab is a community of politically-minded progressive data scientists, researchers and campaigners working together to improve the way we analyse and understand campaigning. You'll be helping to improve campaigning across the progressive ecosystem as part of a small dynamic team. You can find more information at www.campaignlab.uk
What the role involves
In this role, you'll work under the Research Programme Manager and alongside our analyst to implement and support a programme of testing and research focused on campaign innovation, conducting statistical analysis and managing data collection for various campaign experiments.
Main Duties & Responsibilities
- Support the Research Programme Manager in designing and implementing research studies, including field experiments, quasi-experiments, pilots and descriptive studies
- Conduct quantitative and qualitative data analysis using statistical software packages
- Design survey instruments and data collection tools for campaign research
- Perform literature reviews and environmental scans of relevant campaign tactics and methodologies
- Assist in writing research reports and presenting findings to stakeholders
- Help maintain research databases and ensure data quality
- Support the management of research partnerships and stakeholder relationships
- Contribute to the development of research protocols and methodologies
Requirements
Key Skills and Qualities
If you don't have all the experience and skills listed below, please still consider applying. We don't expect a candidate to have 100% of these, but we do want to know that you have relevant experience and an appetite to learn in other areas.
- Research Methods Knowledge: Strong understanding of experimental and quasi-experimental research designs, statistical methods, and research ethics in political science
- Data Analysis Skills: Proficiency in statistical software (e.g., R, Python) and experience with quantitative data analysis
- Statistical Expertise: Knowledge of statistical techniques including regression analysis, causal inference, and basic data science methods such as quantitative text analysis
- Project Management: Ability to manage multiple research projects simultaneously while maintaining attention to detail
- Communication Skills: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present complex findings clearly
- Technical Proficiency: Experience with data visualisation tools, survey platforms, cloud computing, github and working on remote servers
- Collaborative Approach: Strong team player with the ability to work effectively with diverse stakeholders
- Academic Background: Undergraduate degree in Political Science, Statistics, Social Science, or related field which included a quantitative research design module, statistics or econometrics course
- Political Understanding: Knowledge of UK political landscape and campaign environments
- Commitment to Progressive Values: A passion for progressive causes and evidence-based campaigning
Benefits
What we offer
- Agile working: This means you will have the flexibility to work in different locations, including from home up to 3 days a week and from a co-working space
- Flexible Working: our Flexible Working Policy allows requests to work flexibly from the start of your employment, though some weeks will require evening and some weekend work
- A contributory Pension Scheme
- An initial Annual Leave allowance of 28 days holiday, plus bank holidays and other statutory holidays
