Policy Officer

What Works Growth; Greater London; Hybride; GBP 43 000 - 52 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

occupational pension scheme

generous annual leave

hybrid working

excellent training and developmentop""

Résumé du poste

What Works Growth is recruiting a Policy Officer for the What Works Centre for Local Economic Growth at LSE. The role focuses on bridging evidence and policy for Mayoral Strategic Authorities, delivering analysis, training, and policy advice.

The post will be based on a London campus with hybrid working, starting around October 2026. It requires economics background and policy-oriented research experience, with strong communication skills across audiences.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in economics.
• Master's degree in a social science or related discipline.
• Experience of undertaking analysis that is research-based and policy-oriented.
• Experience communicating to policy audiences in local and central government or similar audiences.
• Experience of engagement activities such as providing research-based policy advice.
• Ability to synthesise and summarise research and present findings to different audiences.
• Able to work independently and with internal and external stakeholders; strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsabilités

• User- and policy-focused analysis and research.
• Development and delivery of training and events.
• Provision of advice and support to MSAs on evidence use and evaluation.
• Development of tools and templates to support MSAs with evaluation use and evaluation.
• Engagement with policymakers, delivery experts and other stakeholders.

Connaissances

Policy analysis

Policy engagement

Written communication

Verbal communication

Synthesis of research

Formation

Economics degree

Masters in social sciences

Description du poste

Salary from £43,277 to £51,714 per annum inclusive with potential to progress to £55,497 pa inclusive of London allowance.

This is a fixed term appointment for 6 months, with extension subject to funding.

The What Works Centre for Local Economic Growth at LSE is recruiting a Policy Officer to join a team led by Prof. Henry Overman. What Works Growth aims to improve the use of evidence in the design and delivery of local growth policy and support high-quality impact evaluation. We want to ensure that central and local government resources are increasingly directed towards the things that deliver the greatest benefit to people and places.

The Policy Officer is a new position in our small team, established to strengthen our support for mayoral strategic authorities (MSAs) with evidence and evaluation use. They will support a wide variety of activities designed to bridge the gap between evidence and policy, including:

• User- and policy-focused analysis and research
• evelopment and delivery of training and events
• Provision of advice and support to MSAs on evidence use and evaluation
• Development of tools and templates to support MSAs with evaluation use and evaluation
• Engagement with and support for policymakers, delivery experts and other stakeholders

The successful candidate must have an undergraduate degree in economics and a masters degree in a social science or a related discipline. They must have experience of undertaking analysis that is research-based and policy-orientated. They must also have experience of communicating to policy audiences in local and central government or similar audiences and of conducting engagement activities such as providing research-based policy advice. They should have the ability to synthesise and summarise research and draw out the relevant findings for a given audience. They must be capable of working independently as well as with internal and external stakeholders. Excellent written and verbal communication skills will be required. They must be able to write and present engaging content tailored for a range of audiences and to communicate technical material in non-technical terms for non-academic audiences.

The post will ideally commence in October 2026.

• occupational pension scheme
• generous annual leave
• hybrid working
• excellent training and development opportunities

This is a London campus-based role, with potential for some hybrid working.

The post will ideally start in September or October and we expect interviews to take place on 1st or 2nd September.