Voyage seeks a passionate researcher to help us identify and spot disproportionate trends and issues helping us embed research work with young people engaged in our programmes.

Each year Voyage aims to focus on a theme or impact of disproportionality in policy areas of education, employment and criminal justice and work closely with Voyage youth coordinators to engage our cohorts young people. We are looking for someone who is passionate about research who can help transfer this passion to our young leaders aged 15 - 17 years and get them excited about the potential research has in creating social change.

We require committed individual/s who can help us identify relevant trends, design and shape impactful research programmes designed encourage our cohorts of young people to be actively engaged in devising both quantitate and qualitative research. Voyage has excellent links with policy makers, business leaders and ministers who would be interested to hear about impacts of disproportionality from a youth perspective. We believe with the right person we can devise effective programmes that present the impacts of policies, procedures and practices on young people in London and beyond.

Duties and Responsibilities

Embed a framework of annual research as part of our core work with young people
Closely monitor disproportionate trends in fields on education, employment and criminal justice.
Build the profile of research & support our youth leadership teams to implement youth engagement projects
Assist in the production of communication material that enable us to highlight impacts using social media.

Experience and Skills

To be able to work as part of a team and work independently
Excellent communication skills, both oral and written
Skills in research, report writing, filing and data management
Good computer skills with experience of using MS Office and databases
some previous work experience with young people under 18

Voyage Youth

Voyage Youth