Training and Development Associate

Luminate Group; Greater London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A research agency in London is seeking a full-time Training and Development Associate to develop and deliver innovative training programmes. The successful candidate will lead projects, create training materials, and engage a diverse audience to further public understanding of key societal challenges. This role requires a strong background in delivering quality training, public speaking skills, and a comprehension of UK politics. An attractive salary in the range of £35,000 - £40,000 is offered alongside excellent benefits.

Benefits

Private health insurance

Generous leave policy

Personal learning budget

Qualifications

• Considerable experience in delivering high-quality training programmes.
• Experience designing monitoring and evaluation frameworks for training.
• Strong public speaking and facilitation skills.

Responsibilities

• Launch the training arm and assure programme quality.
• Develop training materials with help from external partners.
• Deliver in-house and open-access training programmes.

Skills

Public speaking

Facilitation skills

Designing training materials

Monitoring and evaluation

Understanding of UK politics

Job description

Training and Development Associate

Befristet (Vereinigtes Königreich und Irland), Vollzeit · London

£35,000 – £40,000 per year

Job Summary

We are seeking a full‑time Training and Development Associate to develop, pilot and deliver a range of training programmes in 2026.

About More in Common

More in Common is a research agency working across the US, UK, Germany, France, Brazil, Spain and Poland to tackle polarisation and division. More in Common leads and supports initiatives to build more united, inclusive, and resilient societies. Our mission is to understand the forces driving us apart, help societies find common ground and bring people together to tackle shared challenges.

In the UK, our work is best described as being part consultancy and part think tank. We provide a full suite of research services including polling and focus group research; evidence reviews and secondary data analysis; audience mapping and audience strategy; strategic communications strategy and campaign development. More in Common are members of the British Polling Council.

Our work is informed by our ground‑breaking segmentation of the British public. This unique values‑based lens to our quantitative and qualitative research means we can understand not only what the public thinks of the big challenges facing British society today – but crucially why they think it. Our insights help leaders in government, the media, business, and civil society to develop better strategies and communications – particularly in reaching disengaged communities far from the Westminster/London bubble – and to better navigate tricky and divisive issues.

Over the last year, More in Common has published agenda‑setting thought leadership on a whole range of debates facing British society – including exploring the public’s starting points on assisted dying and immigration; understanding how the British public is navigating major debates from trans and gender identity to the conflict in Israel and Palestine; and our political research has helped policymakers and politicians understand the dramatic fragmentation of our politics. Our work is regularly covered in the British press and media and we’ve developed a series of partnerships with broadcasters and newspapers to deliver top‑quality research insights. In the 2024 General Election, we were among Britain’s most accurate pollsters and used our focus group research to put people and public opinion at the centre of coverage of the election campaign.

Through our consultancy, More in Common has also supported dozens of partners with insights and strategic communications support. We’ve helped national institutions such as the BBC, British Library and National Trust to better understand their audiences, we’ve helped partners in government and civil society with the set‑up and delivery of the Homes for Ukraine scheme, and we’ve supported a range of partners to test their policy proposals from the National Farmers Union to Rethink Mental Illness among many others.

In 2026, More in Common has a range of exciting projects in the pipeline, including:

• Launching a new training arm with a range of training programmes based on the Seven Segments - which this role will lead.
• Understanding the key dynamics of local elections in England and Scottish and Welsh Parliament elections, and the political landscape continues to fracture.
• Embedding our new Seven Segments with a wider range of organisations, including developing new products and training offers to help people understand the segments.
• A deep dive into our ‘Dissenting Disruptor’ segment who are disillusioned with mainstream politics and driving the rise of Reform UK.
• Working with a range of partners to help them understand their audiences and bring their key policy aims in line with public opinion, on topics ranging from sustainable transport, to international development aid, to social media regulation and more.
• Helping navigate declining trust in institutions, for example exploring why trust in universities and science appears to be falling.

About This Role

These programmes will be developed from the findings of two key research reports from 2025. Our flagship Shattered Britain report outlined the seven segments of Britain today, while our Progressive Activists report delved deeply into this segment’s views and beliefs. The training programmes aim to:

• Equip Progressive Activists with the tools and strategies to build broad coalitions and campaign effectively informed by deep knowledge of public opinion.
• Help leaders and boards manage progressive, values‑driven workforces, ensuring alignment between organisational mission and staff culture while maintaining effectiveness.
• Help managers understand the diversity of public opinion on a range of issues, as well as wider trends and drivers of public opinion, and learn how to use the seven segments to understand and reach new audiences.

The Training and Development Associate role involves the following indicative duties:

• With the Deputy Director (Strategy and Development), launch More in Common UK’s training arm, ensure all training programmes are high‑quality, impactful and - in the long‑run - commercially self‑sustaining.
• Develop More in Common UK’s training programmes, creating a suite of training materials with advice and support from external partners and contractors where necessary.
• Deliver directly, and support others to deliver, at least 20 in‑house training programmes and 6 ‘open‑access’ training programmes in 12 months.
• Train over 700 individuals in 12 months, with more than 90% rating the training highly effective.
• Design and implement a robust approach to monitoring and evaluation for our training programmes.
• Ensure all training programmes are underpinned by robust, up‑to‑date research from More in Common’s work.
• Contribute to More in Common’s wider thought‑leadership and political engagement.
• Ensure that More in Common’s UK outputs are of the highest quality and genuinely lead to impact in line with our mission.
• Lead the marketing and outreach to external partners and organisations to secure new business and customers for the training programmes.
• Work with colleagues to build opportunities for training into larger research projects with external partners.
• Design and deliver webinars and short insights products to disseminate our latest insights and research to partners and the wider eco‑system.
• Support and collaborate with colleagues on a range of quantitative and qualitative research projects for More in Common’s own thought‑leadership work and our client/partner work.
• Represent More in Common's work and values to a wide variety of external organisations, acting as a public face for people to learn about our research.
• Any other tasks as reasonably required from time to time.

The Training and Development Associate will work closely with the UK Team across our core areas of research, communications, partnership, and client work. More in Common UK is a small team with a start‑up culture where everyone is expected to execute a range of responsibilities, though the Training and Development Associate will focus on launching and making a success of More in Common’s new training arm.

We have initial funding to appoint a Training and Development Associate on a fixed‑term (12‑month) contract. However, subject to the success of the training programmes, their potential commercial viability and/or further funding, our hope would be to extend or make permanent the role.

Qualifications and Experience

• Considerable experience in delivering high‑quality training programmes.
• Experience in designing or updating training materials, particularly drawing on robust research.
• Experience designing monitoring, evaluation and learning frameworks for training.
• Strong public speaking and facilitation skills.
• Some experience with and understanding of quantitative and qualitative research methods.
• Experience producing written content that is engaged with wider political or social debates, and grounded in robust research.
• A deep understanding of UK politics and the role research and communications play in shaping public policy outcomes.
• An ability to manage projects from start to finish, handling both budget and time management, and dealing with large and complex clients.
• An entrepreneurial mindset and a track record of spotting opportunities to secure new work.
• The ability to manage tasks and projects independently and in a team – from inception through to delivery and evaluation.
• A hunger for disseminating More in Common’s research to new audiences.

The above is an indicative guide to what we’re looking for, but you do not need to meet every bullet point listed. We are open to a diverse range of experiences, backgrounds and skillsets.

Other Information

• Are curious, rigorous, restless, energetic and creative.
• Are able to think ahead and get big stuff done.
• Are committed to a process of ongoing learning.
• Have direct experience with and understand people from different perspectives and backgrounds.
• Are excited to do work that works across political divides and that promotes shared national identities.
• Are interested in reaching left behind communities.
• Are excited to work with heart as well as head.
• Want to be part of finding practical solutions.

Compensation and Conditions

Competitive salary (£35,000-£40,000) plus excellent benefits including private health insurance, generous leave policy, and a personal learning and growth budget.

Diversity and Inclusion

We will have a better chance of uniting divided societies if our team reflects a broad range of social and cultural backgrounds, beliefs, political opinions, and life experiences. We particularly encourage applications from under‑represented and minority communities.

Deadlines and How to Apply

The application deadline is Sunday 11 January at 23:59.

Applications should include:

• a short cover letter (max. one page)
• a CV
• a separate Word document describing a piece of training or public speaking you have delivered in the last few years, and what made it effective (max 200 words).

Initial screening calls will take place w/c 12 January, with interviews w/c 19 January. We aim to appoint by w/c 26 January.