Group Senior Policy and Research Officer


Company:	London South East Colleges
Salary:	£41,903 to £41,903 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Orpington, BR6 0TE
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	9 Sept 2026
Closing date:	8 Oct 2026

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Summary

About the role:

The Grpup is looking for someone who will carry out a range of research and policy-related projects to further the work of the Group including London South East Colleges, London South East Academies Trust and the Elevare Education Foundation. This will include:

- Designing and undertaking research and evaluation projects

- Providing a range of policy advice and briefings

- Developing and using an evidence base to support the wider work of the Group

This role will be key in helping us develop our policy, research and insights team, working in a small dynamic team working across the Trust’s schools and London South East Colleges. This is an ideal opportunity for someone with some with a number of years experience in an applied policy and research setting to use their skills to help the organisation support our learners and staff.

About The Company

Elevare Civic Education Group

Elevare Civic Education Group is an umbrella organisation that comprises our Group Organisations, London South East Colleges, London South East Academies Trust and Elevare Education Foundation. The Group rationale is borne from a shared mission, vision and values. It seeks to optimise governance alignment through a Group Strategy and provide efficiencies across the organisations.

Built on charitable principles and a co-incidence of interest, the Group ethos is founded upon high-quality teaching and learning, the development of curriculum models ﬁtting each school and cohort, and a core and bespoke school improvement strategy which focuses on our shared strength. The strategic and operational working relationships between the College, Trust and Foundation have been established to optimize collaboration and integration - and to reflect both the next stage of our journey and our growing civic mission. Collectively the Group annual income is c£150m, delivering education to c15,000 students and employing over 2000 staff.

Elevare meaning to elevate or uplift, captures our mission to raise aspirations and opportunities, while Civic signals our responsibility and commitment to being an anchor institution, at the heart of our communities.

Working at the heart of the operations of the Elevare Civic Education Group, the postholder, is a key and important officer who enables and supports strategic leadership across the Elevare Civic Education Group.

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