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We welcome applications from candidates that can be based from one of these locations and open to travel for internal/client meetings.\nThe Trade, Innovation and Enterprise team within Ipsos Public Affairs is a fast-growing team of social researchers and evaluators. We work to understand and shape the interactions between businesses, government and the public. We carry out a wide range of qualitative and quantitative projects. These address some of the most important challenges facing society, including:\nHow and why businesses grow and prosper\n\nThe challenges faced by different types of businesses, such as SMEs, or those in creative and tech industries\n\nHow the UK works and trades with other countries, and what businesses and the UK public think about this\n\nHow UK organisations can meet their Net Zero commitments\n\nOur work has influenced trade policies (e.g. around the NI Protocol) and strategies (e.g. the National AI Strategy), strengthened the evidence base for various business tax reliefs (e.g. Video Games Tax Relief) and supported new businesses to deal with challenges like cyber crime.\nWhat is in it for you?\nThis is a fantastic career opportunity for a Research manager to use their research skills to work with a range of research participants, including businesses, industry bodies, and policy experts.\nYou will have the opportunity to:\nLead project teams and be the first point of contact for our clients. \nTrain, mentor and delegate to junior team members, while learning from experienced project directors who will give support and guidance.\nWork closely with our associated policy teams, the Energy and Environment team, and Transport and Infrastructure team, as well as our evaluation, economic analysis, stats analysis and qualitative methods experts in Ipsos Public Affairs.\nOur team is a diverse and exciting place to work within Ipsos Public Affairs. We run regular knowledge sharing sessions, encourage our team to gain experience across a range of disciplines, and have regular social activities.\nThe Role…\nThe overarching responsibilities, and the key opportunities this role offers, include:\nManaging quantitative or mixed-methods research projects from inception through to the final reports and presentations\nWriting and contributing to research proposals, to help us win exciting new work and develop your proposal writing skills\nSupporting the development of our team including training and mentoring junior researchers to improve their research skills. This may include getting involved in line managing junior staff, being supported to run training for the team, or taking on specific business development roles (e.g. building your policy knowledge for specific client accounts)\nSpecific responsibilities might include:\nEnsuring projects are delivered on budget and to time, through effective project planning (including planning ahead and managing risks) and delegation\nEffective communication with clients and stakeholders as main point of contact for research projects. \nTaking the lead on designing questionnaires and topic guides to meet client/study objectives\nEffectively managing relationships with suppliers and with internal operations colleagues to ensure specifications are met\nMonitoring fieldwork and recruitment (quantitative and qualitative)\nDrafting quantitative data specifications and checking data files\nWriting reports and presentations that deliver insights to meet the stakeholder’s and client's objectives\nMaking suggestions for more efficient or effective approaches\nWorking in multidisciplinary teams \nTaking a proactive approach to developing knowledge of clients \nContributing to business development and proposals\nWorking with the client and colleagues to share knowledge and identify new research opportunities, including using AI and innovative methods to further the Ipsos offering\nEssential Skills:\nWe are seeking someone with experience in or someone with a keen interest in our policy areas, such as trade, enterprise and/or economic policy.\nIdeally you will be a mixed methods researcher equally adept and well versed in both quantitative and qualitative methods\nExceptional quantitative research skills, and ability to comfortably manage projects and deliver day-to-day\nExperience in writing questionnaires\nAbility to understand and interpret data to find insights and narratives\nExperience in contributing to proposals and business development activities\nGood project management skills including working with suppliers and timetable management\nTime management skills, working across multiple projects, prioritising tasks efficiently and meeting demanding deadlines\nExcellent attention to detail, organisational skills, and a focus on solutions\nProven ability to work well in teams, handle clients and negotiate with suppliers\nConfident and clear written and verbal communication skills, with a high level of accurate use of English, and the ability to write in a variety of styles\nCuriosity and drive to help to grow our business\nDesirable skills:\nPolicy knowledge and expertise in trade, enterprise and/or economic policy\nExperience of leading on primary research components of wider evaluation studies\nUse of analysis software, such as NVivo, SPSS or other statistics packages\nBenefits\nWe 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.\nWe 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.\nWe 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.\nReady to have an impact? 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