Senior Research Fellow

Reports to: Research Director                        

Contract term: Permanent

Location: Central London (EC1V). Homeworking within flexible working policies. New starters are required to work in the office 2-3 days a week for the first 3 months 

Hours: Full-time or Part-time (minimum 4 days /28 hours pw) 

Pension: 10% per annum after one year. Statutory minimum during first year.

Leave: A full-time member of staff has 25 ordinary annual leave days each year in addition to bank holidays (usually 8). 

Could you be PLP’s new Senior Research Fellow and support our work improving access to justice for all?

At Public Law Project (PLP), we work to champion fundamental rights and hold power to account. Our work has played a crucial role advancing fairness in our society. In just the last years this includes:    

• Fighting against the Rwanda deportation policy and the reneging on Windrush commitments    
• Revealing the impact of DWP deductions to benefits and the lack of lawful consultation on cuts to disability benefits affecting 100,000 people  
• Sector leading research warning against overreliance on remote advice as a substitute for in-person support and documenting unmet legal need of asylum-seekers in south-west England  
• Preventing the implementation of draconian and unconstitutional anti protest laws   
• Being a leading voice on public sector use of AI 

Our work is highly respected, impactful, and deeply valued across the legal and social justice sectors. To help us build a fairer and more inclusive society, we need your research expertise and commitment to access to justice. 

The Role

This Senior Research Fellow post offers the opportunity to join our team of researchers working to achieve PLP’s strategic objectives. This role will focus on ensuring that justice is accessible to all.

As a Senior Research Fellow, you will help us shape and deliver our research agenda. With support from PLP’s Research Director and colleagues across the organisation, you will develop and lead high-quality research. Your work will be central to our efforts to design and advance a fair and inclusive administrative law justice system and advocate for a better resourced and more effective system.

You will be a team player, who embodies PLP’s values and supports collegiate and inclusive working culture. Working closely with colleagues in casework, public affairs, communications, events and fundraising, you will bring a deep commitment to using research as a lever for change. You will use your expertise to represent PLP externally, collaborate effectively with external partners including people with lived experience and help advance our strategic priorities.

This is envisaged as a full-time role but we will consider part time arrangements for the right person.

As part of our commitment to recruit fairly we use anonymised-selection processes until interview, offer additional interview opportunities to the highest-scoring candidates from under-represented communities, and use ‘tie-breaker’ provisions at all stages of our selection process.

The deadline for applications is Sunday 24 August 2025 at 11.59pm

To apply please click the 'Apply' button (above).

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