Location: Central London
Salary: £32-37,000 + benefits
Job type: Permanent
Reference: RM192
Our client is a market leader in social research and seek a new hire to join the Health and Social Care team. Delivering results to clients that can be acted on and impact on policy-making across the health and social care sector this role is focused quantitative research, supporting a range of surveys that measure patient experience, public perceptions and behaviours. We are particularly looking for candidates with the ability to check and analyse large datasets. Although quantitative-leaning, the role can also include qualitative research for the right candidate.
- Managing smaller quantitative (and potentially qualitative) research projects from inception through to delivery, or managing strands of larger surveys
- Expanding your methodological knowledge and inputting to survey design (e.g. through managing methodological experiments), sharing learnings across projects
- Effective communication with clients and stakeholders
- Taking a proactive approach to developing knowledge of the client’s business
- Effectively managing relationships with suppliers and with internal operations colleagues to ensure the objectives of the research are met and on budget
- Making suggestions for more efficient or effective approaches
- Drafting questionnaires (and potentially discussion guides) that meet clients’ and stakeholders’ objectives
- Drafting fieldwork materials such as invitation letters and interviewer instructions
- Drafting data specifications and checking data files
- Analysing large datasets and applying appropriate statistical tests
- Preparing data outputs including the creation of new variables within SPSS
What do I need to bring with me:
- Good quantitative social research skills, and ability to comfortably pick up projects and deliver day-to-day
- Excellent attention to detail, organised, and solutions-focused
- Good project and budget management skills
- Time management skills, working across multiple projects, prioritising tasks efficiently
- Ability to work to tight and demanding deadlines to deliver profitable work and assure quality of all outputs
- Experience in writing questionnaires and fieldwork materials
- Proficiency in Excel, SPSS and other packages
- Ability to understand and work with complex datasets
***Our client has won a lot of new government projects and have multiple roles across their public and social research team - some quant, some qual and some mixed methods. In areas such as crime, environment, public comms, transport, trade and health and social care, so if this particular role is not quite right for you, please still get in touch and we can share full details of the most relevant roles for you***
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