Sport Local Action
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Head of Research (Volunteer)
Organisation
Sport Local Action CIC / Sports Bank / Power of Sport
Location
Remote (UK)
Hours
Completely flexible
Salary
Volunteer
About us
Sport Local Action CIC exists to harness the power of sport to create social impact. Our work has two clear missions:
- Amplifying the incredible work of sport for good organisations across the UK through research, storytelling, and the Power of Sport platform.
- Removing financial barriers that stop young people from playing sport through Sports Bank.
Everything we do starts with good research.
The Role
We're looking for an experienced Head of Research to lead and shape our growing research function. This is an opportunity to build something from the ground up and help influence how we understand, evidence, and communicate the impact of sport. You will help identify important research themes, oversee volunteer researchers, develop partnerships, and ensure our work is accurate, credible, and useful.
This role is completely flexible and can fit around work, study, or retirement.
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Responsibilities
- Develop our research strategy
- Lead a team of volunteer researchers
- Identify emerging trends across sport for development
- Produce insight reports and briefing papers
- Build relationships with universities and research partners
- Support evidence gathering for Sports Bank and Power of Sport
- Help ensure everything we publish is robust and well evidenced
We'd love to hear from people with experience in:
- Research
- Policy
- Academia
- Sport for Development
- Social Impact
- Data Analysis
- Evaluation
- Think Tanks
- Journalism
Volunteer Researcher
Organisation
Sport Local Action CIC / Sports Bank / Power of Sport
Location
Remote (UK)
Hours
Completely flexible
Salary
Volunteer
About the role
Good research changes lives.
We're building a national volunteer research team to help us uncover the stories, evidence, innovation, and data that power everything we do. Whether it's identifying brilliant community organisations, analysing barriers to participation, or finding the latest evidence on sport's impact, your work will directly influence projects that help young people access sport.
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You can contribute as much or as little time as you wish.
You'll help with
- Finding and reviewing research
- Identifying outstanding sport for good organisations
- Gathering case studies
- Data collection and analysis
- Literature reviews
- Fact checking
- Writing summaries
- Building our knowledge library
Ideal for
- Students
- Graduates
- Researchers
- Academics
- Retired professionals
- Journalists
- Anyone passionate about sport and social impact
No minimum hours. Work whenever suits you.
Why volunteer?
You'll be helping build one of the UK's most ambitious sport-for-good knowledge platforms while supporting work that removes financial barriers preventing young people from taking part in sport.
Your research will have genuine, measurable impact.
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