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Research Assistant
| Posting date: | 27 October 2025 |
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| Salary: | £14.80 per hour |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 10 November 2025 |
| Location: | London, UK |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 2 days per week |
| Company: | Bright Blue |
| Job type: | Permanent |
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Summary
Bright Blue is an independent centre-right think tank for liberal conservatism. Our primary role is to change government policy and public attitudes.
We are looking for a talented, hard-working person who wishes to build a career and profile in public policy to join our research team as a Research Assistant. The successful candidate will be industrious and have an entrepreneurial mindset, demonstrate intellectual creativity and rigour, and have excellent attention to detail and a background in and enjoyment of extensive research and writing. They will be an integral part of the team and support policy formulation as well as the research, communications and administration of our projects and will have ample opportunity for rapid promotion.
Key responsibilities:
Conducting literature reviews and briefings for research projects.
Designing and analysing polling, focus groups and depth interviews.
Writing articles for the national media.
Co-authoring research papers.
Editing the work of politicians and thought leaders.
Generating imaginative and credible policy ideas.
Writing research proposals for potential projects.
Helping to organise a variety of Bright Blue events.
Person specifications:
Essential
A belief in Bright Blue’s core, liberal conservative values.
A strong educational background.
Excellent writing ability, critical thinking, intellectual rigour and attention to detail.
Strong work ethic, a desire to learn and the ability to work independently and in teams.
An entrepreneurial mindset, with a desire to create new work and opportunities for Bright Blue.
A keen interest in public policy.
Desirable
Experience of working in politics or analysing policy.
Experience of publishing reports and articles.
A background in quantitative research.
This position is based in London. There will be at least three days in the office each week and the rest working from home.
Closing date: 10 November 2025, 9am
Start dates: We are happy for the successful candidate to start in November or December 2025.
Salary: According to experience, starting from the London Living Wage.
Application details: Please submit your CV and a one-page cover letter as part of your application to Bartek Staniszewski (bartek@brightblue.org.uk). Please note that we do not accept AI-generated applications but will offer feedback on all applications that get through to the next stage.
We are looking for a talented, hard-working person who wishes to build a career and profile in public policy to join our research team as a Research Assistant. The successful candidate will be industrious and have an entrepreneurial mindset, demonstrate intellectual creativity and rigour, and have excellent attention to detail and a background in and enjoyment of extensive research and writing. They will be an integral part of the team and support policy formulation as well as the research, communications and administration of our projects and will have ample opportunity for rapid promotion.
Key responsibilities:
Conducting literature reviews and briefings for research projects.
Designing and analysing polling, focus groups and depth interviews.
Writing articles for the national media.
Co-authoring research papers.
Editing the work of politicians and thought leaders.
Generating imaginative and credible policy ideas.
Writing research proposals for potential projects.
Helping to organise a variety of Bright Blue events.
Person specifications:
Essential
A belief in Bright Blue’s core, liberal conservative values.
A strong educational background.
Excellent writing ability, critical thinking, intellectual rigour and attention to detail.
Strong work ethic, a desire to learn and the ability to work independently and in teams.
An entrepreneurial mindset, with a desire to create new work and opportunities for Bright Blue.
A keen interest in public policy.
Desirable
Experience of working in politics or analysing policy.
Experience of publishing reports and articles.
A background in quantitative research.
This position is based in London. There will be at least three days in the office each week and the rest working from home.
Closing date: 10 November 2025, 9am
Start dates: We are happy for the successful candidate to start in November or December 2025.
Salary: According to experience, starting from the London Living Wage.
Application details: Please submit your CV and a one-page cover letter as part of your application to Bartek Staniszewski (bartek@brightblue.org.uk). Please note that we do not accept AI-generated applications but will offer feedback on all applications that get through to the next stage.