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Research & Development Lead
Future opportunity — not currently recruiting
Design, pilot, and measure new JRX practices — curriculum experiments, Quest innovations, and learning tools — then turn what works into standard practice.
This is part of the long-term organisation design. We are not recruiting for it today, and no application is accepted for it. If it is the work you want to do, join the talent community and we will come back to you when it becomes real.
- Department
- Research & Development
- Location
- Main Site / Hybrid
- Schedule
- Full-time
- Reports to
- Chief Academic Officer
- Recruiting now
- Future opportunity — not currently recruiting
About the role
The Research & Development Lead is the academy's learning laboratory. You run small, honest experiments across academics, the Specials Quests, and mentoring; measure outcomes with real evidence; and write up what should scale, what should change, and what should stop. You keep JRX evolving without chasing trends.
What you'll do
- Design and run pilots across academics, Quests, and mentoring with clear success measures
- Build evaluation frameworks and analyze student outcome, engagement, and growth data
- Research emerging learning models, platforms, and AI tools and recommend what JRX adopts
- Translate findings into playbooks, training, and Visible Learning improvements
- Support grant reporting and external research or university partnerships
What we look for
- Experience in program evaluation, learning science, instructional design, or applied research
- Comfort with quantitative and qualitative methods and plain-language reporting
- Curiosity paired with rigor — willing to report that a favorite idea did not work
How to take the next step
No resume, work authorisation or cover letter is asked for here. Send us a short note about what you can do, the age range you are comfortable with and when you are available. If the work involves young people, identity verification, orientation and safeguarding clearance come before any first meeting — and you complete those after signing in, not on this page.