ACER’s mission is to create and promote research-based knowledge, products and services that can be used to improve learning across the life span.

Joining ACER UK means becoming a part of the ACER family. It is an opportunity for you to work with one of the world’s leading educational research organisations. You will become part of a team of committed and outstanding professionals who work in collaboration with ACER offices across the globe to deliver education projects. 

Opportunities

At ACER UK we offer challenging and rewarding career opportunities, have a friendly and flexible work environment and have a strong focus on professional development.

If you are passionate about improving learning, send your CVs at unitedkingdom@acer.org.

Leadership

We believe that leadership is exercised by individuals or groups whether or not they are in formal positions of authority and so everybody can provide leadership in their day-to-day work. To better understand our leadership values and behaviours, please view the ACER Leadership Framework.

ACER UK Accreditations

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We invest in people, gold accreditation
Only 28% of organisations achieve gold and at the crux of it, it means that every single person is involved in supporting each other and is doing their best to make work better. More than that, it means people and leaders are making active efforts to make sure that everyone in the organisation are feeling the positive effects!

ACER UK believes that the success of your organisation begins and ends with people. We are on a journey to make our organisation as a better place to work for everyone.
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Living Wage Foundation
ACER UK is one of the 7000 employers that pays the real Living Wage in the UK. As part of our commitment to the Living Wage Foundation, ACER UK pays at least £13.85 per hour in London and £12.60 across the rest of the UK. We also encourage and ensure that our sub-contractors and suppliers also pay the real living wage to their employees.
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The Equality Register
ACER believes equality, diversity and inclusion are critical to being an effective employer and treats everyone fairly so that our stakeholders, employees, and contractors feel confident that they are being treated equitably and fairly.As a registered member of the National Equality Register, ACER records and certify its equality policy and receive an appropriate certificate that confirms our equality profile on equal performance and equal employment opportunities.
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Disability Confident Committed Employer
ACER is committed to increase participation from all parts of the society and signed up to the disability confident committed scheme to promote ACER as a disabled friendly workplace. ACER accepts disabled employees positively and offers reasonable adjustment accordingly.
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Scottish Business Pledge
We have become an accredited partner of Scottish Business Pledge to ensure fairness, equality, opportunity and innovation. According to our pledge, we will constantly work on all aspects of the pledge