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Marshall Institute

Match Trading Research Assistant

Salary from £31,029 to £35,635 pa inclusive (pro rata), with potential to progress to £38, 283 pa inclusive (pro rata)

This is a fixed term appointment for 12 months initially and is part time for 2.5 days per week

(0.5 FTE)

The Marshall Institute at the LSE is seeking to appoint a part-time Research Assistant to start in February 2022 for 12 months in the first instance.  The Research Assistant will support a new project entitled “Match Trading and the behaviours of community businesses and social enterprises”.  Match Trading is an innovation in grant funding that is designed to support the ongoing sustainability of local social trading organisations. The project has been developed with the School for Social Entrepreneurs, and will run for at least the next two years, with the aim of expanding on the current understanding of this grant-making mechanism, its effects upon the processes, objectives and activities of social businesses and its contribution to sustainable social impact. The project is led by Dr Jonathan Roberts and Professor Sir Julian Le Grand.

The Research Assistant will be expected to collect and analyse qualitative and quantitative data from community businesses and social enterprises that have received Match Trading grants. The role will involve designing, organising and conducting the collection of data through interview and survey mechanisms, and analysing the data collected from these and other sources using appropriate quantitative and qualitative methods.  The Research Assistant may undertake a range of other activities, including carrying out literature reviews, contributing to the drafting of project reports and papers, and supporting the dissemination of findings to a range of stakeholders.  As a core member of the project team, the Research Assistant will be expected to work closely with Dr Roberts and Professor Le Grand, the School of Social Entrepreneurs and other stakeholders. 

Candidates should:

• Have a postgraduate degree in a relevant discipline, such as social policy, public policy, management or other related discipline.
• Ideally be working towards the completion of a PhD, or have other research experience that demonstrates the capacity to produce independent original research. 
• Have skills and experience in qualitative data collection and analysis.
• Have basic quantitative research skills.
• Have research interests in social enterprise, social entrepreneurship and the non-profit sector.
• Have the ability to communicate complex ideas to a range of different non-technical audiences, both verbally and in writing. Have the ability to manage their own workload and work to tight timescales.
• Have a high level of initiative and self-motivation, as well as a pro-active and flexible approach to work.

We offer an occupational pension scheme, generous annual leave and excellent training and development opportunities.

For further information about the post, please see the how to apply document, job description and the person specification.

To apply for this post, please go to https://jobs.lse.ac.uk. If you have any technical queries with applying on the online system, please use the “contact us” links at the bottom of the LSE Jobs page. Should you have any queries about the role, please email marshallinstitute@lse.ac.uk.

The closing date for receipt of applications is 16 January 2022 (23.59 UK time). Regrettably, we are unable to accept any late applications.