The current opportunity is available for current Manchester Met students, to apply you must be based in the UK for the duration of the role .
The role sits within the Policy Evaluation and Research Unit (PERU) https://mmuperu.co.uk/who-we-are/ in the School of Sociology and Criminology. PERU is a multidisciplinary team including evaluators, economists, sociologists and criminologists.
Purpose of the role
- Support the PERU management team to plan and deliver external communications across key projects, including themed outputs, news, events, publications and the annual report. This includes preparing and formatting content for public release.
- Work with the PERU leadership team and senior researchers to maintain and update the PERU website and social media channels. Content will cover areas such as criminal justice, youth justice, education, social work, welfare, homelessness, public sector reform, longitudinal child wellbeing research, relational public services and social policy evaluation.
Dates: April 2026 - June 2026, initially subject to increase
Hours: Up to 16 hours per week
Location: LPERU Office, 3rd Floor, Geoffrey Manton Building
Key Tasks
Research and communications
• Manage and update the PERU website and social media channels, ensuring content is current, accurate and easy to navigate
• Create high quality written and visual content, including articles, blogs, reports, infographics and short videos
• Produce the PERU annual report
• Work with PERU staff to ensure projects, outputs and news items have an online presence
• Promote publications and outputs to relevant audiences including policy makers, practitioners and researchers • Maintain records of PERU outputs and publications • Carry out quality checks such as testing links and reviewing content accuracy
Team and stakeholder engagement
• Attend PERU team meetings
• Liaise with internal colleagues
• Maintain a professional image in all communications
General responsibilities
• Take ownership of your work while contributing to team delivery
• Work flexibly and support colleagues where needed
• Follow university policies on health and safety, equality and customer care
• Support environmental sustainability and value for money in your work
• Undertake other duties in line with the role as agreed with your manager
Liaison and Networking
Present research to the team and in appropriate articles for publication, such as academic/professional journals or conferences.
Participate in internal and external partnerships and networks in order to aid the dissemination of research findings, to share best practice, and to enhance the reputation of the University.
Miscellaneous
You have a legal duty, so far as is reasonably practicable, to ensure that you do not endanger yourself or anyone else by your acts or omissions. In addition, you must cooperate with the University on health and safety matters and must not interfere or misuse anything provided for health, safety and welfare purposes.
You are responsible for applying the University’s Equal Opportunities Policy in your own area of responsibility and in your general conduct.
You have a responsibility to promote high levels of customer care within your own areas of work.
Such other relevant duties commensurate with the grade of the post as may be assigned by the Manager in agreement with you. Such agreement should not be unreasonably withheld.
You have the responsibility to engage with the University’s commitment to Environmental Sustainability in order to reduce its waste, energy consumption and carbon footprint.
You have the responsibility to engage with the University’s commitment to delivering value for money services that optimise the use of resources and therefore should consider this when undertaking all duties and aspects of your role.