As a Research Manager in the team you will be responsible for conducting and project managing research, across a range of methodologies including trials,qualitative research, quantitative research, landscape reviews and expert interviews, working within a research team. You will be able to take responsibility for components of research projects, working independently under the direction of one or more Research Leads.
The Research Manager will:
› Support the design of research approaches and develop research materials including discussion guides and stimulus,self-completion tasks and online research
› Manage research participants and partners, within Nest Insight’s participant coordination approach answering questions and supporting with participation, including in online research
› Conduct some qualitative research fieldwork, in person and virtually, potentially including depth interviews, groups and co-creation sessions
› Contribute to research analysis for qualitative research collaboratively identifying themes and developing the narrative
› Contribute to research analysis for quantitative research, including data cleaning, analysis and interpretation
› Contribute to the writing of research reports and other project outputs such as blog posts and press releases
› Contribute to literature and landscape reviews
› Work with the Research Lead and Associate Director of Research and Innovation on one or more projects to establish and maintain good relationships with project stakeholders.
› Assist with reporting project progress and outcomes to funders
› Contribute,as required, to other activities or studies and perform other general tasks as they arise, including general research administration, project management and scheduling
Effectively plans and organises parts of own workload to ensure timely delivery of assigned task sand responsibilities. May deputise for Research Lead when required.
Please note the minimum criteria for this role is:
› Experience designing and running qualitative, quantitative or mixed methods research projects, including using creative and collaborative approaches
› Good knowledge of a statistical software such as Stata, R or SPSS
› A good working understanding of data protection regulation and research ethics, including experience of working with marginalised and vulnerable participants
› Excellent qualitative research moderation and analysis skills, working online and face-to-face
› Able to identify implications of research findings and to interpret research data in the broader market and policy context
› Able to produce high-quality written communications including report-writing to a publication standard
› Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including building strong working relationships with a wide range of stakeholders
› Good working knowledge of Microsoft applications including Excel, PowerPoint and Word.
Please note there is more information on the role in the job description. This is available at the top right hand-side of the page.
We are open to discussing working patterns.
We welcome all internal applicants to apply for our roles, regardless of your current working pattern or hours. We will aim to accommodate your request and match your current working arrangements.
Don't worry if you think you don't have all the key skills, it might be worth taking the few minutes to apply as we're good at spotting potential and offer a generous training budget.
Please download a full job description to find a full scope, deliverables, experience and personal attributes required for this role.
Reward and recognition
- A discretionary bonus scheme
- Reward and recognition scheme
- Enhanced auto enrolled pension – your contributions start at the default 5% while ours are higher at 8%. If you up your contributions to 6% we raise ours to 9%. If you contribute 7% or more we’ll contribute 10%.
- Income protection scheme – is an insurance benefit that provides you with income if you cannot work due to illness or incapacity.
Flexible and agile working
Everyone's personal situation is different.
To make the most out of hybrid working, we've introduced different ways of working, which include (subject to role requirements):
- hybrid of office (Canary Wharf, London) and home working (there will be an expectation to attend the office, once - twice a week, or more, as required)
- reduce or vary working hours
- reduce or vary the days worked
- work compressed hours
- job share
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