Research Writer

**Location**: England homeworking, with some travel required

**Hours**: 21.75 hours worked over 3-4 days Monday-Friday

**Contract length**: Permanent

**Salary**: £25,000-£27,000 pa FTE

**Interviews**: week commencing 23 January 2023

**Why we are here**

Brake is the national charity tackling one of the world's most urgent humanitarian catastrophes - deaths and injuries on roads - and one of the leading causes of climate emergency - air pollution from traffic.

Brake's vision is that everyone can get around in safe and healthy ways. Yet every day, five people die and many more are seriously injured on UK roads and many of us breathe poisonous air in our communities. The United Nations has a goal of 50 per cent reduction in deaths and serious injuries on roads by 2030 - help us get there.

**What we do**

Brake has a 27-year reputation for evidenced campaigning for change, and getting that change; we advise government on road safety policy and the support needs of road victims. We engage employers and communities to take action in their organisations and where they live. We deliver the UK's National Road Victim Service; helping thousands of bereaved and injured families through shock and devastation. We fundraise tirelessly across our work so we can campaign more and support victims more.

**Who you are, and what you will do**

Brake is seeking an ambitious and talented person to join our campaigns team. Our campaigns for safe and healthy mobility are driven by high-quality, evidence-based research to ensure our messaging is always accurate, up to date, and supports the Safe System approach to road safety and best practice in road victim care. Our campaigns have broad public appeal and reach a wide audience.

As research writer you will play a vital role in shaping our campaigns, and creating content to help people understand our cause and take action to support road safety.

**Key tasks**

**You will**:

- Write high-quality summaries and reports of new data that you commission (for example surveys or Freedom of Information requests) or existing data that you analyse
- Consult widely with academics and practitioners in the field of safe and healthy mobility to unearth the burning questions and latest research
- Research and write consultation responses and bids for funding from government funds, grants and other sources
- Write news, blogs, press releases, web pages and factsheets to support Brake’s vision and campaign priorities
- Ensure all content is reviewed by peers, internal or external as appropriate.

**More about you**
- You have a values-driven passion for our cause and the charity.
- You are driven by curiosity, and a desire to unearth the latest findings and answer the most burning questions to help our cause.
- You are highly numerate and analytical, with a proven track record of researching and interpreting statistical and other complex data sets and information.
- You are able to work with a range of people, from academics and road safety practitioners to road victims, to consult and involve appropriately and sensitively when preparing content.
- You are a graduate or equivalent, with at least two years' experience working in a research and writing role.

**About the team, how we work, and what we offer you**
- You will be joining a skilled, dedicated and friendly team that works in agile ways. Our values are: do the right thing, reach high, work together.
- We have a visionary and expert chief executive committed to growing the charity's impact, and a knowledgeable and engaged Board of Trustees.
- Our team works remotely, but you may be required to attend face-to-face meetings at our Huddersfield office and other team meetings, as well as other Brake events, as determined by your line manager.
- We are open to flexible working requests and have policies in place for parental and compassionate leave.
- We offer 33 days (FTE) of annual leave inclusive of bank holidays and a compulsory Christmas shutdown period
- We have an Employee Assistance Programme, assisting staff welfare and wellbeing.

**How to apply