Global Education Research Analyst — Insights & Projects

Deliver high-quality research, insight and analysis for international education projects across Ecctis.

At Ecctis, our vision is to be the acknowledged global leader in the international qualifications and recognition arena. Our mission is to be the preferred source of expert advice on the recognition and comparability of qualifications and skills internationally, building on our advanced research and our established knowledge and experience of education systems across the world. Ecctis delivers a wide range of services, products, and projects in the field of international education.

We help make sense of international qualifications and support a range of clients including individuals, universities, and colleges, awarding bodies and government ministries.

The work is varied, and the atmosphere is enthusiastic, collegial and supportive. There are opportunities to develop specialisms and to lead research and training for countries and regions.

The role of the Analyst is to provide high-quality research, insight and analysis to Ecctis projects, delivered on behalf of external clients. This will involve contributing to project reports and other outputs as relevant, as well as managing projects as an individual contributor or within a small team.

The Analyst will undertake work across all strands of Ecctis’ work, including qualification benchmarking, language education, STEM education, higher education, professional and vocational education, and bespoke international education and development projects.

• Conduct quality research and well-reasoned comparative analysis, ensuring all project contributions are well-sourced, well-referenced and delivered to a high standard, to internal deadline and budget.
• Manage own workload to deliver assigned project work in line with internal deadlines set in the project workplan.
• For projects managed, create structured workplans in line with client objectives, demonstrating a clear understanding of the project process and methodology, and identifying clear project milestones and outputs.
• Monitor and report on progress at agreed intervals.
• Contribute to appropriate avenues for reflecting on the successes and lessons learned from completed projects.

Contribute to business development through one or more of the following:

• Support the development of positive client relationships wherever possible, ensuring a clear and up-to-date understanding of their objectives, goals and constraints, so that project progress and deliverables can be appropriately assessed.
• Contribute to clear proposal writing, demonstrating a good understanding of scope, approach and deliverables to support timeframe and costing decisions.
• Attend scoping meetings with prospective clients to identify client needs and provide information on Ecctis’ services.

• Through project delivery work and/or proposal writing, demonstrate a clear understanding of relevant Ecctis project methodologies and how these might be adapted.
• Support the peer review of project work as requested, contributing constructive feedback to project reports.
• Contribute ideas to the development of processes and procedures to improve efficiency and/or effectiveness.
• Take accountability for own development, drawing on project and proposal feedback and applying it to future work.

• Ensure that the credibility of the company externally, and its values internally and externally, are communicated and upheld at all times.

• Strong teamwork and effective communication skills.
• Ability to work autonomously, managing a complex personal workload, using own initiative to approach problems and make relevant suggestions to solve them.
• Strong qualitative analysis skills.
• Ability to write clearly and effectively.
• Excellent attention to detail, with the ability to demonstrate high levels of accuracy in their work.
• Strong organisational skills, with the ability to effectively manage their workload, meet deadlines and respond to changing priorities.
• Ability to reflect on own and…