About this role
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Research Executive (Quantitative) - Employment, Welfare & Skills / Government & Society
Ipsos Public Affairs is recruiting for a Research in our Society cluster of teams which conduct research into some of society’s most pressing challenges - the Employment, Welfare & Skills (EWS) team and the Government & Society team (G&S).
What is in it for you?
This is a fantastic career opportunity for a research executive to work in a varied role that offers you the chance to work on and development skills in both research and evaluation projects of different sizes and complexity.
This is a rewarding role where you will contribute to work that has a direct bearing on the decisions made by our clients. We help to design, deliver and evaluate policies and communications to drive positive social change.
You will have the opportunity to work with some of the biggest, most high-profile government departments (HMRC, DWP, DfE, Cabinet Office, DCMS) , along with regulators including the FCA, the FSA and Ofcom; universities; and charities .
The Role…
These are the types of things you can expect to be doing during your day to day, although as Ipsos is a dynamic organisation, this may vary as different opportunities arise:
- Supporting project managers on quantitative and qualitative research and evaluation projects from inception through to reporting.
- Keeping clients updated on progress – we trust and encourage people at all levels to work and liaise directly with our clients.
- Liaising with partners, suppliers and internal operations to ensure objectives are met and on budget.
- Undertaking evidence reviews.
- Drafting questionnaires and discussion guides that meet clients’ and stakeholders’ objectives.
- Drafting fieldwork materials such as invitation letters, interviewer instructions and recruitment materials.
- Managing and monitoring fieldwork.
- Moderating depth interviews and discussion groups.
- Drafting data specifications and checking data files.
- Analysising data and writing reports and presentations that deliver insights to meet the client's objectives.
- Quality checking key deliverables, ensuring they are delivered accurately and to the highest quality.
- Monitoring a project’s financial progress, identifying problems and suggesting solutions.
- Using AI tools and agents to undertake tasks, applying critical judgement to ensure high quality outputs are produced efficiently.
Essential Skills:
We are seeking a research executive ideally with experience of working in an agency environment and managing direct client relationships.
- Quantitative / Qualitative research methodologies.
- Very good attention to detail.
- Time and project management skills, with the ability to work across multiple projects and prioritise tasks efficiently.
- Experience in drafting discussion
guides, questionnaires, fieldwork materials, etc.
- Experience of setting up, organising and quality assuring quantitative data tables and qualitative data.
- Ability to understand and interpret qualitative and quantitative data.
- Confident and clear written and verbal communication skills, including experience of preparing written reports and presentations, with a high level of accuracy in written English and the ability to write in a variety of styles.
Desirable skills:
- Experience of working in social research and evaluation.
- Proficiency in Excel, SPSS and other data analysis packages.
- Experience of evaluating policies and programmes, as well as communications and campaigns.
- Proficiency in applying AI tools to enhance day-to-day tasks and research delivery, with the ability to keep up to date with emerging developments.
- Experience of working with suppliers, such as online panel providers, qualitative recruiters, data preparation teams.
Benefits
We offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support you as an individual. Our standard benefits include 25 days annual leave, pension contribution, income protection and life assurance. In addition, there are a range health & wellbeing, financial benefits and professional development opportunities.
We have a hybrid approach to work and ask people to be in the office or with clients for 3 days per week. We appreciate you may have commitments outside of work and will consider flexible working applications - please highlight what you are looking for when you make your application.
We are committed to equality, treating people fairly, promoting a positive and inclusive working environment and ensuring we have diversity of people and views. We recognise that this is important for our business success - a more diverse workforce will enable us to better reflect and understand the world we research and ultimately deliver better research and insight to our clients. We are proud to be a member of the Disability Confident scheme, certified as a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. We provide an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. Your application will be reviewed by someone from our Talent Team who will be in touch either way to let you know the outcome.
Ready to have an impact? Apply now!