Peer Researcher
Employer: Coram
Location: Home-working with possibly some travel for in-person interviews
Working hours: around 2-3 days in May and June (for training) then roughly 4-5 days per month between October 2026 and August 2029
Salary: £25 per hour, plus any travel costs
Closing date: Sunday 17th May 2026 at 23:59
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Job Title: Peer Researcher
Contract: Sessional
Hours: around 2-3 days in May and June (for training) then roughly 4-5 days per month between October 2026 and August 2029
Salary: £25 per hour, plus any travel costs
Location: Home-working with possibly some travel for in-person interviews
About Coram
Coram is committed to improving the lives of the UK’s most vulnerable children and young people.
We support children and young people from birth to independence, creating a change that lasts a lifetime.
Coram is the UK’s oldest children’s charity founded by Thomas Coram in London helping vulnerable children and young people since 1739. Today, the Coram group helps more than one million children, young people, families and professionals every year by providing access to the skills and opportunities they need to thrive.
Coram Research, Impact and Evaluation team provide research and evaluation expertise to parts of the Coram Group and other organisations outside Coram, such as the Youth Endowment Fund and Foundations.
Role: to carry out surveys, interviews, observations of restorative justice activities with young people and staff members across 10 youth justice services in England and Wales. Also contribute to research design, analysing data collected, and feeding back on report drafts. Role will be mainly online with some in-person work if possible.
Requirements: you must be aged 18+ and have experience with the youth justice system, either as someone who has caused harm or someone who has been harmed.
No research experience necessary - support and training will be given.
To apply for this role, please click on the 'apply now' button below to complete the application.
Closing Date: Sunday 17th May 2026 at 23:59
Interview Dates: Rolling until 29/05/2026
Coram is an equal opportunities employer and we believe a diverse workforce enables us to improve the services to the children and families we help. We are genuinely committed to encouraging candidates from all sections of the community we seek to support. This includes those from global majority ethnic backgrounds, those that identify as LGBQT+, those with disabilities, those with lived experience of care, those with neuro-diversity, and those from other groups who are underrepresented at Coram.
If applicants feel comfortable, we would encourage them to draw on lived experience as well as professional experience in their personal statement as part of their application.
We are committed to the safeguarding of children and where appropriate will require the successful applicant to undertake a check from the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Registered Charity No. 312278.
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