Research Coordinator

Location

Flexible, with an expectation of working at Coram’s campus in London on average at least twice a week and at home the rest of the time. 

Contract type

Fixed Term until April 2026 with possibility of the role becoming permanent. Start date: As soon as possible.

About the role

We are looking for someone with project coordination experience to join our growing Impact and Evaluation team as a Research Coordinator to develop and enhance the support function of the research team so that our research can help improve support for vulnerable children.

This is not a research role but one focused on coordination and administration and would suit someone who is highly organised with extensive project co-ordination and administrative experience, preferably in a research environment.

The successful candidate will provide support to the team by helping to manage their administration, including capacity planning and project allocation as well as organising research processes such as interviews, liaison with funders etc. They will also support financial administration and work with our Research Ethics Committee. They will need to be flexible, pro-active, well-organised and willing to learn.

Working at Coram

As a valued member of Coram you will be entitled to a wide range of employee benefits including but not limited to:

• 25 days annual leave plus additional paid leave between Christmas and New Year’s Day.
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, shared parental, and adoption pay 
• Staff are signed up to one of two pension schemes.

Alongside our excellent staff benefits, we will support your ongoing development to build your skills, experience and career including five days of Continuous Professional Development per year with a dedicated budget for external training.

About the application process

Coram is an equal opportunities employer and we believe diversity is a strength. Our aim is to make sure that Coram truly reflects the communities we serve. Therefore we are very committed to encouraging candidates from all sections of the community. This includes those from global majority groups, those that identify as LGBQT+, those with disabilities, and those with neuro-diversity. If applicants feel comfortable, we would encourage them to draw on lived experience in their personal statement as part of their application.

We will make any reasonable adjustments at the interview stage for applicants invited to interview to support them in the process.

Given Coram’s history with children’s social care, we will provide a guaranteed interview for those that meet the essential criteria and tell us in their application that they are care experienced. Being care experienced means you will have spent time living with foster carers under local authority care, in residential care (e.g. a children’s home), looked after at home under a supervision order, or in kinship care with relatives or friends, either officially (e.g. a special guardianship order) or informally without local authority support.

We are committed to the safeguarding of children and where appropriate will require the successful applicant to undertake a check from the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Closing date: Wednesday 22^nd January 2025

Interview date: Week commencing 3^rd February 2025

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