Research Lead: Trials, Data & Impact

Nestpensions; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Nest is recruiting a Research Lead for the Centre for Inclusive Money in London. You’ll design and deliver complex field trials, coordinating partners, resources and milestones to maximise impact for low- and moderate-income households across the UK.

You’ll lead on analysis in R or Stata, manage multi-partner programmes, balance priorities, and turn evidence into public publications and external engagements, acting as a confident voice for Inclusive Money.

Qualifications

• Lead trials design and deliver complex field trials, RCTs, pilots, or quasi-experimental studies end-to-end.
• Work with complex datasets and coding in R or Stata, assuring quality of others' work.
• You've successfully led large, multi-partner research programmes with budgets and milestones.
• Know when to zoom into detail and when to see the bigger picture to prioritise risks and outcomes.
• Turn evidence into impact with compelling publications, presentations and external engagement.
• Masters or PhD or relevant real-world experience in research for financial security of UK low- and moderate-income households.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver research projects from ideas to insights.
• Coordinate partners, resources and milestones across workstreams.
• Turn findings into compelling outputs and share publicly.
• Represent the organisation in external engagements and policy discussions.

Skills

RCT design

Stata/R

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Masters or PhD in a related field

Job description

Nest is recruiting a Research Lead for the Centre for Inclusive Money in London. You’ll design and deliver complex field trials, coordinating partners, resources and milestones to maximise impact for low- and moderate-income households across the UK.

You’ll lead on analysis in R or Stata, manage multi-partner programmes, balance priorities, and turn evidence into public publications and external engagements, acting as a confident voice for Inclusive Money.