Policy & Impact Officer

This post represents an exciting opportunity to contribute to the Girls’ Everyday Politics project, which is the culmination of a five-year collaboration between Cardiff University and children’s rights INGO Plan International. The project analyses data from Plan International’s Real Choices Real Lives study (https://plan-international.org/publications/real-choices-real-lives/), exploring how girls question gender inequalities as they progress through childhood and adolescence, and whether we see a corresponding change in caregiver attitudes. The findings will have implications for how we understand girls’ resistance to inequality in their everyday lives, and the kinds of support they need to make change. The post holder will work alongside the PI, colleagues from the research directorate at Plan International, as well as colleagues from the LEAD (girls’ leadership) team at Plan International’s Global Hub. This represents an exciting opportunity to feed into the organisation’s review of its position paper on girls’ leadership, which will help to shape its programming in over 80 countries for the next five years.  

For informal enquiries please contact Rosie Walters (Senior Lecturer in International Relations) on waltersr13@cardiff.ac.uk.

This post is funded by a grant from Cardiff University’s ESRC Impact Acceleration Account.  The funding for the post is 0.6FTE (21 hours per week), for 5.5 months, although there is flexibility to increase the weekly hours for a shorter duration of contract if needed, as long as the work is completed by November.  The post will be based at the Cathays campus or working remotely.  Discussions around these arrangements can take place after the successful candidate has been appointed.

Salary: £40,497 - £45,413 per annum, pro rata (Grade 6). 
Appointments to roles at Cardiff University are usually made at bottom of scale unless in exceptional circumstances.

Closing Date: Thursday, 26 June 2025

Applications may be submitted in Welsh, and an application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.

Cardiff University is committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity and to creating an inclusive working environment. We believe this can be achieved through attracting, developing, and retaining a diverse range of staff from many different backgrounds. We therefore welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of sex, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, trans identity, relationship status, religion or belief, caring responsibilities, or age. In supporting our employees to achieve a balance between their work and their personal lives, we will also consider proposals for flexible working or job share arrangements.

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