Projects Officer

Institute of Race Relations; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Bank holidays

Pension scheme

Job summary

The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) in London is seeking a hands-on Projects Officer for a two-year fixed-term contract. The role is full-time with two in-office days weekly and flexible remote days, offering 25 days leave and a pension option.

You will coordinate education programmes, events, workshops, and training, report milestones, engage stakeholders, and support cross‑sector collaboration with funding partners while reporting to the Deputy Director and communications team.

Qualifications

• Experience of managing multiple projects simultaneously.
• Ability to produce educational materials and clear written communications.
• Experience coordinating funding requirements and preparing reports.

Responsibilities

• Manage projects from inception to completion.
• Engage internal and external stakeholders and report progress.
• Collaborate across teams to ensure timely outcomes.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder coordination

Educational materials

Funding reports

Job description

The Institute of Race Relations (IRR), a small educational charity, is looking for aProjects Officer.This is a 2-year fixed-term contract and full-time post. The worker will be based for two specified days per week in the IRR’s London office, with flexibility to work remotely for the remaining days. IRR offers full-time staff 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays and office closure during the winter break, annual increments based on performance and a pension fund that staff can opt into.

As the IRR moves forward on anti-racist education, this worker will play a significant role in supporting the development of new projects. We are looking for a hands-on projects officer, who is highly organised, can manage multiple areas of work at any given time and has experience of keeping a small team together and reporting on project milestones and outcomes. The appointee will work closely alongside the Deputy Director and the communications team to ensure that a wide range of projects progress year on year.

What you’ll be doing:

• You will be ensuring that projects – including the IRR’s education programme, events, workshops, communications development and training – are managed from inception to completion.
• You will be responsible for engaging with a variety of stakeholders internally and externally (with funding partners and external organisations) and communicating on the progress of each project.
• You will be working flexibly throughout the projects, identifying challenges and problem-solving to ensure effective outcomes and sustainable futures. This involves working with partner organisations to create meaningful cross collaboration throughout the project cycles.

What we’re looking for:

• Experience of managing or coordinating a number of projects simultaneously, with varying timeframes, outputs and collaborations, preferably within the voluntary sector.
• Knowledge of producing educational materials, with excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to communicate priorities clearly, coordinate tasks across a team and ensure that work is completed to a high standard.
• Experience of coordinating funding requirements and preparing funding reports, including gathering and organising information from different areas of an organisation and ensuring that agreed outputs and reporting requirements are met.

The closing date for applications is11:59pm 20 November 2026.

Interviews will be held during the week commencing1 December 2026, at our London office.

A commitment to advancing anti-racism and equal opportunities in the workplace is an important requirement to consider before applying.

The Institute of Race Relations is the oldest anti-racist think tank in the UK, committed to speaking up for those most affected by racial injustice. Our mission is rooted in the pursuit of deep systemic change on matters of racial justice and migrantand refugee rights. We provide rigorous data and analysis on structural racism, educate on issues of state racism, fascism, and globalisation, andoffer practical anti-racist support to grassroot organisations within communities.

We do this by nurturing new and existing groups across the UK and Europe, monitoring and recording emerging trends in race and racism, and by acting as a bridge between past and present struggles. Our work ensures that new causes and campaigns are informed by the traditions of the anti-racist movement and by the connections forged between communities over decades.Our focus lies in research and analysis, recording andmonitoring, and building the power of activists and communities through political education.