BERA has a small central, professional office, based at UCL IOE in Bloomsbury, designed to manage the day-to-day business of the Association. Its work is overseen by an Executive Director appointed by Council, who is responsible for, and has oversight of, all BERA’s functions and activities.
Chief Executive at British Educational Research Association
Nick has been the Chief Executive Officer at BERA since April 2012. He has a considerable background of management and advising on strategic direction in organisations concerned with public policy. Between 2004-7, he was the Director of Policy...
Conference and Events Manager at British Educational Research Association
Marie manages the Annual Conference, as well as other BERA events run throughout the year include the SIG events. Working as a Project Manager at the PCO in her previous role, Marie managed a full portfolio of international congresses,...
Membership and Engagement Manager at British Educational Research Association
Sarah Fleming joined BERA in 2014. Her main responsibilities are managing BERA's member services, writing BERA communications and promoting BERA’s work in the wider education community. She works closely with the BERA Events Manager on the BERA...
Finance and Governance Manager at British Educational Research Association
I am BERA's Finance and Governance Manager. Contact me via d.chatterjee@bera.ac.uk David joined BERA as Finance and Administration Officer in April 2017, before moving into the role of Finance and Governance Manager in 2019. David’s main...
Publications Manager at BERA
Hannah joined BERA in May 2022 as Publications Manager. In this role, she is responsible for BERA's publications portfolio, including the association's four journals, Research Intelligence, the BERA Blog, reports, books and other outputs. She has...
Events Coordinator at BERA
Dan joined BERA in March 2023 as Events Coordinator. His main responsibilities are the organisation, marketing, and successful delivery of events for BERA throughout the year, including those of BERA’s Special Interest Groups (SIGs),...
Publications and Digital Content Officer
Paru joined BERA in March 2023 as Publications and Digital Content Officer. Her main responsibilities are supporting BERA’s publications portfolio including the association's four journals, Research Intelligence, the BERA Blog, reports, books...
BERA is a small but friendly and collaborative team. We are a team of 8 FTEs with additional support for accountancy and HR as well as making use of several professional services. The current structure can be found below.
The BERA office operates on a flexible working arrangement, with some core days in the office (currently based at the UCL Institute of Education in Bloomsbury) required of all staff. Flexibility is a central part of our offer to staff. We offer a generous set of terms and conditions, including 28 days annual leave plus 10 closure days and bank holidays and 10% employers’ pension contribution.
Any opportunities for either permanent roles or temporary projects will be posted here.