Stories Researcher X 2

Employment Type Full time

Location Hybrid · London, City of, UK 2 days a week in our London Office

Salary £32,000 - £34,851 (GBP)

Team Fundraising and PR

Seniority Junior

• Closing: 11:55pm, 16th Nov 2025 GMT

Flexible working hours

Work from home option

Life Insurance

Wellness programs

Employee Assistance Programme

Additional parental leave

Enhanced maternity and paternity leave

Paid emergency leave

Sabbatical Opportunities

Professional development

Paid volunteer days

Salary sacrifice

Team social events

Extracurricular clubs

Cycle to work scheme

Free fruit

Free soft drinks

Please note this is a hybrid role based on the successful candidate working at least two days a week in our London office. Remote contracts would not be considered for this role.

Comic Relief reserves the right to close the role early if a large number of applications are received.

We are recruiting 2 roles -

1 Stories Researcher (Permanent)

1 Stories Researcher (6 month fixed term contract)

The Stories Researcher will be responsible for researching and developing authentic and diverse stories from our funded partners and the people they support, as part of the wider Stories Team. You will work across all aspects of story researching, writing and development with a strong focus on editorial output across all Comic Relief's channels including regional and national print, radio, broadcast, online and social media, marketing, community fundraising and corporate partners.

Key responsibilities

• Work on highly sensitive and targeted casting of contributors for stories
• Carry out initial conversations with projects and possible contributors to gather stories and subsequently logging and transcribing those conversations.
• Researching factual information, alongside colleagues within the organisation
• Work across setting up story gathering project visits with Producers and the Production Manager in the UK and internationally, including doing project recces.
• To be storytelling/safeguarding point of contact for our storytellers on shoots where story gathering may not be required but safeguarding and relationship management are key.
• Background research on talent ahead of project visits
• Build relationships with the Funding Team to understand Comic Relief's impact and find ways to surface the best stories from the work we fund.
• To work closely with the PR, Corporate and Public Fundraising teams to understand story needs across the organisation and to help Producers elevate stories to deliver on those needs.
• Keep a good record of all conversations with projects and contributors in line with CR's internal processes
• Gather, log and store contributor release forms
• Writing first drafts of case studies and story synopses including key information for our social team to feed in to posts on social channels
• Keep a good record of where stories have been placed across CR's output.
• Attend shoots and interview contributors for video content.

Some domestic travel may be required for this role.

Essential Criteria

• Experience working in a charity stories team or media environment
• Experience working to tight deadlines and ability to work under pressure and prioritise
• knowledge of compliance and safeguarding, including experience of working with vulnerable people in challenging locations
• Highly organised with ability to multitask and work across more than one project simultaneously, including outside of the UK in high-risk environments
• Have strong communication and creative skills and be able to judge how to speak and interact with projects and individuals
• Experience working with corporate partners to enhance their storytelling offer.
• Excellent writing skills with a strong attention to detail – to produce work which is accurate and brand relevant
• Risk awareness: Be responsible for maintaining a strong work ethic and awareness of the consequences of their work on the team and the wider Comic Relief brand

Desirable Criteria

• Experience cross-organisationally
• Experience in working diverse stakeholders and those with lived expeirence

Don't meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Comic Relief we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Why work at Comic Relief

There are lots of good reasons to join us at Comic Relief. You can read more about our employee benefits, such as our commitment to flexible and hybrid working. We ask staff to come to the office twice a week, normally on agreed team days, so that we can do all those things that are difficult to do online. Our office is based in Whitechapel, London, There are lots of opportunities to develop your skills and experience at Comic Relief, including opportunities to become a Mental Health First Aider or to participate in our Employee Network Groups that focus on making Comic Relief a more inclusive place to work

Disability Confident employer

As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we take positive action by providing first-round interviews to candidates who have a registered disability, provided they meet the minimum criteria for the role, as demonstrated on their CV or application scores. We ask that candidates that wish to be considered for this scheme email to discuss further. Please do not email CV's/cover letters.