Research Grants and Programmes Manager (Welfare)

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Job summary

A leading charitable trust in London is seeking a Research Grants and Programmes Manager to oversee its welfare programme. The successful candidate will manage research grants, assess proposals, and ensure impactful projects. Applicants should have experience in research or analysis, possess strong communication skills, and be able to collaborate across different teams. This position offers a competitive salary and flexible working arrangements, including the option for hybrid work.

Benefits

28 days holiday plus public holidays

Pension scheme with up to 11% employer contributions

Life assurance scheme

Support for physical and mental wellbeing

Opportunities for learning and development

Qualifications

• Proven professional experience in research or analysis.
• Familiarity with a broad range of research methods including econometrics and qualitative techniques.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Support development and management of research grants.
• Assess research grant proposals and manage ongoing projects.
• Collaborate across different programmes and build organisational knowledge.

Skills

Research methods

Communication skills

Organisational skills

Collaborative relationships

Job description

Research Grants and Programmes Manager (Welfare) – Nuffield Foundation

• Salary: Starting from £51,925 per annum (negotiable depending upon experience)
• Contract: Permanent contract
• Hours: Full time (35 hours). Part time and flexible arrangements considered.
• Location: We are London based (Farringdon). Our staff have the option to work part of the week from home.
• Closing: 09:30am (GMT), Wednesday 28th January 2026.

The Nuffield Foundation is independent, and our founding purpose is to advance social well‑being. We achieve this by funding and undertaking rigorous research, encouraging innovation, and supporting the use of sound evidence to improve people’s lives. We tackle pressing, complex questions. Our aim is to open up opportunities and to improve lives for individuals, families and communities, within a just and inclusive society. Our work addresses the inequalities, disadvantage, discrimination and vulnerabilities that people face, and considers the social and ethical implications of scientific and technological advances.

We are looking for an individual with professional experience of research or analysis to support the development and management of the Nuffield Foundation’s portfolio of research grants within our broad ‘Welfare’ programme. We are particularly interested in individuals whose researchandre focus on the economy, work, the housing market and demography, and their impacts on outcomes such as national and local growth, thriving communities and families, social mobility and health outcomes. This role will also support the building of our interests around climate change and developments in science and technology. The role leads on assessing research grant proposals (working with colleagues to determine which applications are taken forward) as well as monitoring and managing ongoing research grants, identifying opportunities and overcoming barriers to maximise the quality and impact of the research.

You will be familiar with a broad range of research methods in the design, development and management of research and analysis projects, with a deeper understanding of some methods across areas such as econometrics, survey design, modelling or qualitative research techniques.

You will also be comfortable working flexibly and building knowledge across our other areas of work, so a breadth of interest across our other programmes of work will be advantageous.

In addition to this you will have excellent verbal and written communication skills, be highly organised, and be able to develop collaborative relationships across the organisation.

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We are committed to embedding Equity, Diversity and Inclusion considerations into all we do, including an active programme of work to make our grant‑giving processes as inclusive as possible. An enthusiasm for doing this is essential, and experience of having done related work is not essential but would be desirable.

This is an excellent opportunity to use your experience to ensure our research is relevant, rigorous and impactful and ultimately make a difference to people’s lives.

About us

The Nuffield Foundation is an independent charitable trust with a mission to advance educational opportunity and social well‑being.

We achieve this by funding and undertaking rigorous research, encouraging innovation, and supporting the use of sound evidence to improve people’s lives. We tackle pressing, complex questions. Our aim CP, and to improve lives for individuals, families and communities, within a just and inclusive society. Our work addresses the inequalities, disadvantage, discrimination and vulnerabilities that people face, and considers the social passo ot Not at work’s social and ethical implications of scientific and technological advances.

We are the founder and co‑funder of Nuffield Council on Bioethics, the Nuffield Family Justice Observatory and the Ada Lovelace Institute.

How to apply

For further information about the role, please click through to the vacancy listing on our website. The closing date for applications is 09:30am (GMT) on Wednesday 28th January 2026.

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• Making any reasonable adjustments – for example providing documents in different formats, arranging for a sign language interpreter for interviews, etc.
• Paying for travel costs (and any childcare or care costs) for interviews where in-person attendance is required.

Our benefits package includes:

• A hybrid approach to working, with full‑time members of Tales, couch to fundamental originals and side lie? the normal staff expected to work from our office three days a week.
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• 28 days holiday per annum and all public holidays (with the option to buy or sell up to 5 days).
• A salary exchange pension scheme that offers employer contributions of up to 11%.
• Life assurance scheme.
• Family leave policies that provide an enhanced level of pay.
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• Cycle to work scheme and loans towards season tickets.
• Regular opportunities for learning and development – including coaching, mentoring, and dedicated reading days for personal development and reflection.
• Support with your physical, mental and financial wellbeing, including an employee assistance provider, a private GP service, personal health reviews with Bupa, a will and funeral planning service and a staff network of trained Mental Health First Aiders.
• A warm and welcoming workplace culture, with active peer groups and social networks to help you connect and belong.