Principal Research Analyst

Overview
Join our Insight team at Chambers and Partners as a Principal Research Analyst.

We are actively seeking talented individuals to join our Insight team. As a Principal Research Analyst, you will play a pivotal role in transforming commentary compiled by our research teams into valuable insights for law firms. The success of our Insight team is integral to the overall success of our business, and we are continuously looking for qualified individuals to contribute to this success.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

Principal Research Analysts on Chambers Insight are part of one of the company’s most important teams – its success is crucial to the business’s success. Their role involves parsing the raw data compiled by research teams for all of our published guides and turning it into useful information for law firms. Law firms are endlessly fascinated with the rankings and require their positions in the tables explained concisely and clearly as possible.

Principal Research Analysts are assigned the most challenging law firm’s report to edit and write and must use the data provided by research to draw sensible conclusions about the reasons for the firm and its lawyers’ rankings. They produce 200-400 words of compelling copy in every chapter of their report, with the aim of answering all of a firm’s potential questions about the rankings.

They take ownership of each report assigned to them and regularly discuss their work with their Research Manager.

Skills and Experience

• Using the research database to find relevant raw commentary
• Tidying interview comments for sense and clarity
• Rendering comments anonymous by removing any information that could reveal the identity of the speaker
• Coming to appropriate conclusions regarding how the final ranking decisions were arrived at, incorporating research notes left by the research team
• Writing compelling copy that is clear, concise and easily understood by a layperson
• Summarising findings in a short executive summary
• After an appropriate period of training, to be able to analyse the wider market and write about competitor trends in Premium reports
• Using appropriate software to accurately translate interviews that were conducted in languages other than English
• To maintain a high standard of accuracy in reports by ensuring that factual information is correct and up to date

Person Specification

• Ability to draw broad conclusions after examining raw data and research notes
• The ability to closely follow house style