Research Coordinator - London, United Kingdom - Efficio Consulting

Efficio Consulting

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Liaising with consulting staff to clarify research briefing and to agree deliverable expectations

Conducting desktop research and secondary industry investigations where necessary
Working to produce material compliant with the Efficio format and guidelines
Establishing him/herself as a reliable research partner to our project teams and Business Development (BD) teams by proactively reaching out to projects, helping scope research requests, facilitating requests with vendors, monitor and manage effort, timelines and effort budget and ensuring the resulting research product meets requirements and quality standards
Maintaining research trackers and collecting feedback from all research requestors
Administrative tasks (Ensuring Research files are uploaded to the Research SharePoint and also keep the repositories up to date)
Lead New Hire Orientation Training on Research Services when required

The role will also require

Play an active part in daytoday research operations which majorly include managing our research partners utilisation, maintaining research effort and cost records
Maintain research intellectual capital in dedicated repositories.
Obtain and extract data using various database subscriptions like FactSet and Gartner and maintain database repository.
Provide support and contribute to Efficio's Knowledge Management process
Provide support to the Research Advisor to manage the procurement of offshored research.
Liaising with our offshore research partners and supporting vendor management operations.
Managing and monitoring usage of our subscribed databases
Coordinate at the project captures to ensure key knowledge is captured and stored properly
Working closely with Subject Matter Expert communities to maintain uptodate content on their Sharepoint communication sites

Essential Requirements

Experience/competence required

Will need to be a self-starter, competent with research processes and techniques and able to liaise effectively across a diverse and demanding environment.

Research experience gained in a professional services environment would be a distinct advantage. Teaming skills are essential, being able to provide support and take direction.

Communication skills are paramount, and the individual will have to display confidence in their findings and be prepared to defend/justify their results.

Specifically, we expect the Research Coordinator to have these minimum skill requirements:

Will have some relevant experience in business research gained within the professional services or management consultancy sectors
Ability to conduct research will be tested during the interview process
Proficient in the use of MS Excel and Power Point
Attention to detail able to deal effectively with feedback
Confident communicator, able to provide summary view of complex material succinctly
Ability to work in teams and take direction, serviceoriented mindset
Ability to prioritise own work based on constantly evolving situation
Work within tight deadlines
Proactive and enquiring approach and prepared to be challenged
Commitment to success and team delivery
Confident in tackling client conversations and moderate experience in a clientfacing role

Education
Degree qualified (any relevant discipline)

Desirable Requirements