Description
Role: Research Director - Communities, Work & Income
Location: London (Hybrid working)
Salary: £40,000 - £54,616
Department: Public Policy & Global - Communities, Work & Income
Contract: Full Time
About the Communities, Work and Income team:
The Communities Work and Income team holds an exciting portfolio of work. We work for a range of clients, delivering impactful research that is used to inform key policies. Our clients include the HMRC, DESNZ, DfT, and BSI. We work on mixed methods projects, quantitative research, qualitative research, evaluations and Rapid Evidence Reviews. We are a growing and ambitious team, and we are looking for an individual who will contribute to our growth and consolidate the business we already hold by delivering excellent research.
The Role:
The Research Director will lead new business generation and the delivery of our research; working with NatCen research teams, our academic partners and consultants across all stages of the research process.
The Communities Work and Income team works across policy areas, including the labour market, welfare and taxation, communities and volunteering, transport and infrastructure and energy, environment and climate change.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
* Have a proven record of delivering high quality social research and leading on multiple projects at any given time.
* Have experience working on energy, environment and climate change focused research;
* Be a mixed-methods researcher; with direct experience designing and leading qualitative and quantitative projects.
* Be a strong proposal writer, with demonstrable experience of winning work.
* Be excellent at analysis, report writing and communicating research outputs in different formats, including presenting to senior audiences.
* A proven track record of managing and delivering high-quality studies and helping to ensure their delivery to time and budget.
* Have strong project management skills and be able to work well under pressure and to manage competing deadlines effectively.
Benefits
As well as a competitive salary, an excellent working environment (including a home/office hybrid working environment), you will be working for the largest independent social research organisation in the UK. We are proud of the benefits we offer our employees which include:
* 25 days holiday (plus 8 bank holidays) and flexible working
* Generous company pension scheme
* Life insurance and health cash plan
* Cycle to Work scheme and season ticket loan
* Career development, professional subscriptions support and mentoring support from industry-leading experts.
At NatCen Social Research we believe that social research has the power to make life better. By really understanding the complexity of people’s lives and what they think about the issues that affect them, we give the public a powerful and influential role in shaping services that can make a difference to everyone. And as an independent, not-for-profit organisation we’re able to focus our time and energy on meeting our clients’ needs and delivering social research that works for society.