Researcher - Glasgow, United Kingdom - Scottish Enterprise

Scottish Enterprise

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Glasgow, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Job
title:
Researcher

Team:
Research Service

Location:
Glasgow, Dundee, Edinburgh or Aberdeen office, with remote working options

Salary:
£32,801

Hours:
Full-time, 35 hours per week

Closing
date: 31 May 2023

Job ref no:
R00428

Play a key role in promoting and delivering our highly regarded business growth research service. You'll help a diverse range of businesses understand market opportunities, answering their questions and providing them with detailed advice.

Ultimately, you'll help shape Scottish Enterprise's activities to offer businesses the support they need to grow.

The role:

All of Scotland's businesses need access to high quality research on a variety of topics. To reduce risk and increase their chances of success, you'll help companies find and validate key opportunities.

Your responsibilities will include:

Sourcing and analysing business information from subscription databases and online tools, then tailoring and packaging this information to suit the needs of different users.
Raising the profile of research as a resource by participating in a range of promotional activities.
Working in compliance with all relevant legislation, such as copyright, intellectual property, and data protection.

Who we're looking for:

You should have an enquiring mind, and ideally experience working in a library or information management setting. You'll have flawless writing skills and see complex research requests as a challenge to be solved. You're also happy working across a wide range of information resources and tools.

Your skills, abilities and experience should include:

Being customer focused with confidence, and aware of which questions get to the heart of the customer need.
Strong research skills, including knowledge of research tools and techniques.
Wellversed in evaluating resources and presenting the results in a way that suits your customer.
Educated to SCQF Level 8, or have relevant skills and experience in a research, information management, or library environment.

Ideally, but not essentially, you'll also have:

Experience researching business topics and writing for business audiences.

What we offer:

If successful, you'll gain access to the following benefits:

Membership of the Scottish Enterprise Pension and Life Assurance Scheme
pension based on your final pensionable salary, flexible retirement options and generous life assurance cover
Up to 43 annual leave days a year (including public holidays) with the opportunity to buy additional holidays
Flexible working arrangements
A health cash plan
Our Employee Retail Benefits Scheme
Our Employee Assistance Scheme

How to apply:

Interview dates

First round: 12 June 202
Second round: 19 June 2023

Our values:

Being part of Scottish Enterprise means being open to new ideas and trying different ways of working. We support each other to reach our full potential. We celebrate shared success and learn together when things don't go so well. And we always treat each other fairly, with respect and understanding. Together, we are the difference.

At Scottish Enterprise, we're proud to celebrate difference.

Diversity of experience and thought is vital to the success of our vision for the future of every community across Scotland.

As an equal opportunity employer, we actively encourage applicants from a wide range of individuals, irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, gender identity and expression, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.

We have the following networks which are open to all colleagues to help drive inclusion, Disability Positive, Gender Balanced, Multi-cultural, Multi-Generational and Pride (LGBTQ+).