Research Executive; Quantitative; Welfare & Skills

Position: Research Executive (Quantitative) - Employment Welfare & Skills
Job-:
Research

Location:

London, England, United Kingdom Workplace:
Hybrid Posted:
Ipsos Worker Classification:
Employee - Permanent Regular Job Type: Full-Time Make your Mark earch Executive (Quantitative) - Employment, Welfare & Skills / Government & Society Ipsos Public Affairs is recruiting for a Research in our Society cluster of teams which conduct research into some of society’s most pressing challenges - the Employment, Welfare & Skills (EWS) team and the Government & Society team (G&S).

​What is in it for you?

This is a fantastic career opportunity for a research executive to work in a varied role that offers you the chance to work on and development skills in both research and evaluation projects of different sizes and complexity. ​This is a rewarding role where you will contribute to work that has a direct bearing on the decisions made by our clients.

We help to design, deliver and evaluate policies and communications to drive positive social change.​You will have the opportunity to work with some of the biggest, most high-profile government departments (HMRC, DWP, DfE, Cabinet Office, DCMS) , along with regulators including the FCA, the FSA and Ofcom; universities; and charities.

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The Role …These are the types of things you can expect to be doing during your day to day, although as Ipsos is a dynamic organisation, this may vary as different opportunities arise: ​Supporting project managers on quantitative and qualitative research and evaluation projects from inception through to reporting.​Keeping clients updated on progress – we trust and encourage people at all levels to work and liaise directly with our clients.​Liaising

with partners, suppliers and internal operations to ensure objectives are met and on budget.​Undertaking evidence reviews.​Drafting questionnaires and discussion guides that meet clients’ and stakeholders’ objectives.​Drafting fieldwork materials such as invitation letters, interviewer instructions and recruitment materials.​Managing and monitoring fieldwork.​Moderating depth interviews and discussion groups.​Drafting data specifications and checking data files.​Analysising  data and writing reports and presentations that deliver insights to meet the client's objectives.​Quality

checking key deliverables, ensuring they are delivered accurately and to the highest quality.​Monitoring a project’s financial progress, identifying problems and suggesting solutions.​Using AI tools and agents to undertake tasks, applying critical judgement to ensure high quality outputs are produced efficiently.​Essential

Skills:

We are seeking a research executive ideally with experience of working in an agency environment and managing direct client relationships.​Quantitative / Qualitative research methodologies.​Very good attention to detail.​Time and project management skills, with the ability to work across multiple projects and prioritise tasks efficiently.​Experience in drafting discussion ​guides, questionnaires, fieldwork materials, etc.

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Experience of setting up, organising and quality assuring quantitative data tables and qualitative data.​Ability to understand and interpret qualitative and quantitative data.​Confident and clear written and verbal communication skills, including experience of preparing written reports and presentations, with a high level of accuracy in written English and the ability to write in a variety of styles.​Desirable skills:

Experience of working in social research and evaluation.​Proficiency in Excel, SPSS and other data analysis packages.

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Experience of evaluating policies and programmes, as well as communications and campaigns.​Proficiency in applying AI tools to enhance day-to-day tasks and research delivery, with the ability to keep up to…