Research Tutor

Application Deadline: 05 September 2025

Deadline Time: 12:00 PM

Vacancy Type: Permanent/Part Time

Working Hours: Part-time: 9 hours per week, including Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Salary: £45,427 per annum FTE, plus 6% contributory pension scheme

Exciting opportunity for a Research Tutor – make an impact today!

Anna Freud is seeking a Research Tutor to join our world-leading mental health charity for children, young people and their families. Our mission is to close the gap in wellbeing and mental health by advancing, translating, delivering, and sharing the best science and practice with everyone who impacts the lives of children, young people and their families. More information about Anna Freud is available on our website: www.annafreud.org/about/.

Our EDI commitment

We are dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace and being an equal opportunities employer, whereby equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) are core to our recruitment practices. All candidates who meet the job criteria will be considered for employment, regardless of ethnic origin, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, disability, age, socioeconomic background, caring responsibilities and care experience.

We ask candidates to share their diversity dimensions with us to help us identify, tackle and prevent bias across the employee lifecycle. We believe a diverse workforce enhances our ability to support mental health and wellbeing, allowing us to better meet the needs of the children, young people and families we serve.

As a Disability Confident employer, disabled candidates meeting our criteria are guaranteed an interview. Applications are submitted anonymously and assessed using a fair evaluation process based on the criteria set out in our job profiles.

What we offer

We offer a range of staff benefits and you can view them all.

You will play a key role in shaping an innovative MSc programme delivered in partnership with University College London (UCL). You will benefit from hybrid working alongside a collaborative and supportive team, and opportunities to develop your own research and professional interests. As part of a values-led charity, you’ll join an organisation that places equity, diversity, inclusion, and staff wellbeing at the heart of everything we do.

What you’ll do

You will support the delivery of the MSc Early Child Development and Clinical Applications programme by supervising student research, delivering workshops and lectures, and providing academic and pastoral support via personal tutoring to ensure students successfully complete their studies in line with UCL standards.

What you’ll bring

You will be a doctoral-level researcher with supervisory and teaching skills, and a commitment to fostering an inclusive learning environment that supports postgraduate students in completing high-quality research.

Essential skills and experience:

• Doctoral qualification (PhD or professional doctorate) in a relevant field (or near completion), with solid understanding of research methods and issues;
• Experience supervising student research projects;
• Confident user of statistical software, specifically SPSS and R;
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to tutor, mentor, and provide pastoral support to a diverse group of students;
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively, managing workload and deadlines.

Key details

Hours: Part-time: 9 hours per week, including Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Salary: £45,427 per annum FTE, plus 6% contributory pension scheme.

Location: Hybrid (a mixture of home/onsite working): staff are working onsite for at least 20% of their working hours, at our London site (4-8 Rodney Street, London N1 9JH). Supervision is fully remote, but some in-person meetings might be required throughout the year.

Contract type: Permanent.

Next steps

Closing date for applications: midday (12pm), Friday 5 September 2025. Please note that due to high application volumes, we may close this advert early. We encourage you to apply promptly and to keep an eye on our future vacancies for more opportunities.

Notification of interview: shortlisted applicants will be notified no later than Wednesday 10 September 2025. During shortlisting, applicants are anonymously assessed using the criteria visible in the Job Profile. Please note: due to the high volume of applications received, we will not be able to provide feedback to unsuccessful applicants.

Interviews: will be held remotely on a date to be confirmed in mid-September 2025.

How to apply: click on the 'apply now’ button to apply online. We are unable to accept CVs and kindly request no contact from agencies.

Questions?

Please email recruitment@annafreud.org with any job enquiries, or if you require assistance or experience difficulties when applying. Please note that successful candidate(s) will be asked to evidence their Right to Work in the UK post-job offer – we do not hold a sponsor license therefore we are unable to provide Visa sponsorship.