Research Consultants - London, United Kingdom - Rocket Science UK Ltd

Description

Job description


Research Consultant

London - £25,000 - £29,000

Edinburgh & Newcastle - £21,970 - £26,000

Interested in making a difference through research?
We are Rocket Science. A business with a social purposed committed to tackling inequalities through research, evaluation and grant making. You can find out more about us visiting our website and checking our one minute video.

We are recruiting for two Research Consultants in any one of our three offices (London, Newcastle, Edinburgh) to help manage a diverse portfolio of projects and contribute to developing our business.

Our people come from a range of backgrounds and experiences, from market research and consultancy through to social research roles, working in frontline organisations and charities.

What brings us all together is a commitment to provide high quality actionable learning, insights and recommendations to our clients working in health, social care, criminal justice, education, employment, housing and communities.

You will have lots of opportunities to develop and grow your skills, experience and understanding of peoples' needs and services and what works or needs to change in improving the lives of people facing disadvantage and inequalities.

We offer hybrid and a range of flexible working arrangements around a 37.5-hour week, 36 days holiday, 6% contributory pension, health and wellbeing support, income protection and other support such as travel loans and learning vouchers.

We also have a real commitment to supporting our people to have a good work life balance, to manage their work around any caring responsibilities, health conditions and changing situations and importantly we have worked hard to eradicate a 'long hours' culture.

What will you be doing?

Our Research Consultants play a significant role in helping to a range of assignments with a variety of clients across the UK, and to winning work.

Whether you are currently in a consultancy role and looking for a move, or equally in a service delivery or research related role this could be the job for you.

• Focusing on people's lives
• We work to improve the systems and support that affect people's lives and ensure their lived experience informs change.

• Working with you

• We work collaboratively with our clients, to tailor the support they need and bring our expertise, insights and networks so they can grow and achieve their vision.

• Developing realistic solutions

• We bring practicality to our work, which is evidenceled, looks at the bigger picture, and provides relevant solutions that put policy into practice.
• Working at the intersections
• We work at the intersections of issues and needs to remove boundaries and siloes to address systemic inequalities.
• Looking to the future
• We always look ahead to identify emerging needs, anticipating future trends and support our clients and colleagues to be trailblazers.
• Being inclusive and empowering
• We foster an inclusive working environment that empowers and inspires our colleagues, clients and partners.

What can you offer?
The people we are looking for is likely to have completed a relevant degree, have 2 or more years' experience in a relevant field, will be expected to have:

• An understanding of the public policy context in the UK including experience working in a relevant field.
• Insights into employability and skills, education, health, social care, criminal justice and/or housing related research preferably with experience in one or more fields.
• Evidence of strong written communication: ability to clearly articulate a story by bringing together evidence from a range of sources (primary and secondary sources) about complex policy issues.
• Evidence of strong data analysis skills including advanced Excel and graphical presentation of patterns and trends.
• Evidence of effective oral communication including some of the following: focus group facilitation, presentation, contribution to meetings (internal and external), and interviewing stakeholders and service participants (telephone and facetoface).
• Ability to work independently and initiate, plan and prioritise workloads and meet deadlines.
• Ability to think creatively and offer ideas in designing our approach to tasks.
• Ability to make positive contributions to internal and external teams.
• Understanding of how to use IT effectively and appreciate the potential of ITbased solutions and tools to enhance our services to clients.

How to apply

If shortlisted we will share the interview questions and formats with you in advance as we are keen to hear your views and experiences and discuss the role in a more dynamic way.

The first stage will comprise a presentation and you will meet one of our directors Caroline and Cherri and it's a chance to find out more about us and the role.

The second will be an informal chat with other staff members for you to ask any questions you would like to.

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