Description

Salary: £38-40k (pro rata for part time)

Location: London SE1 (hybrid)

Contract: 24-month fixed term contract (with possible extension)

3-5 days per week, 25 days’ annual leave + additional Christmas leave (pro rata for part time) 

Closing date: August 23, 2026
We’re looking for someone who makes things happen
We’re looking for a proactive, curious and practical research and evaluation leader who spots opportunities, builds partnerships, and helps us turn lived experience into evidence that improves services, influences policy and drives change.

The Hepatitis C Trust is one of the UK’s biggest lived-experience organisations working in Inclusion Health. With almost 500 staff and volunteers, our teams work in communities and prisons across England, and in parts of Scotland and Wales, reaching people that mainstream health services routinely struggle to engage.

This gives us a unique reach among populations whose voices are too often missing from research, policy and service design.

Our research and evaluation programme aims to:

Evidence the impact of our programmes and services.
Understand what works, and what doesn’t, in improving outcomes for marginalised and excluded communities.
Strengthen our understanding of the value and potential of peer-led and lived experience approaches.
Improve the representation of excluded populations in research, policy and service design.
We’re looking for someone who:
Has a strong background in research and evaluation, including both qualitative and quantitative methods.
Is proactive, self-directed and comfortable taking ownership of projects.
Has experience of generating evidence that informs policy, practice or service improvement.
Is excited by the potential of lived experience and peer-led approaches.
Builds strong relationships and enjoys working collaboratively.
Has excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Is committed to equity, inclusion and social justice.
Why this role?
You’ll have genuine autonomy to help shape a growing research and evaluation function within one of the UK’s leading lived-experience organisations. Most importantly, you’ll have the opportunity to generate evidence that changes services, influences policy and improves outcomes for some of the most marginalised communities in society.

For more information
For an informal conversation about the role, please contact:

Duncan Lugton, Head of Policy & Advocacy (duncan.lugton@hepctrust.org.uk)

Recruitment timetable
Application deadline: 11:59 PM on Sunday 23rd August

First-round interviews: 7-8 September 2026

Salary: £38-40k

The role can be full-time or part-time, depending on the successful candidate’s availability. Ideally, you’ll work from our London office at least two days a week, although we can be flexible for the right person.

How to apply
Please send an application form to admin@hepctrust.org.uk.

The Hepatitis C Trust is committed to equity and inclusion, and particularly welcomes applications from people with lived experience of hepatitis C, drug use, homelessness, the criminal justice system, or other experiences of social exclusion.