Applied Research Associate, Campaign Innovation

Campaign Lab; Greater London; Hybride; GBP 34 000 - 52 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Training & development budget £500/yr

Co-author with academic partners and/或

Opportunities to develop tech skills (

Small, friendly team in politics,研究,科技

Résumé du poste

Campaign Lab in London is seeking a Research Associate to help the progressive movement learn what works in campaigning. This early-career role welcomes candidates who recently completed a PhD in political science or related fields.

You’ll design and run studies, translate findings for campaigners and politicians, and collaborate with technologists to embed research into tools and pilots. Expect growth through real projects and field partners.

Qualifications

• A PhD counts as research experience and is welcomed.
• Strong applied statistics skills including sampling, weighting, and significance testing.
• Experience designing or running field experiments or evaluations.
• Training in quantitative and/or experimental methods or survey design.
• Ability to explain research to non-specialists and write clearly.
• Familiarity with UK progressive ecosystem and campaign groups.
• Experience analysing text, including computational text methods or AI/LLM tools.

Responsabilités

• Design, run and analyse research projects using rapid literature scans, RCTs, A/B tests, surveys, interviews, and piloting.
• Balance rigour with speed and practicality for each question.
• Clean, analyse and interpret data while maintaining research integrity.
• Turn findings into clear outputs for campaigners, organisers and politicians.
• Write up research for blogs, briefings and events.
• Collaborate with partner organisations and technologists to embed research into tools and pilots.

Connaissances

Applied statistics

R or Python

Field experiments

Experimental methods

Quantitative methods

Clear writing

Organisation

Adaptability

Campaign Lab mission

Text analysis

Qualitative methods

Partnerships

Formation

PhD in political science or related field

Economics/psychology/data science/compsci with politics interest

Outils

R

Python

Description du poste

Campaign Lab in London is seeking a Research Associate to help the progressive movement learn what works in campaigning. This early-career role welcomes candidates who recently completed a PhD in political science or related fields.

You’ll design and run studies, translate findings for campaigners and politicians, and collaborate with technologists to embed research into tools and pilots. Expect growth through real projects and field partners.