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Deputy director / associate director - research & evaluation (northern ireland)

Belfast
Ipsos in the UK
Associate director
€100,000 - €125,000 a year
Posted: 15 June
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Deputy Director / Associate Director - Research & Evaluation (Northern Ireland)

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Deputy Director / Associate Director - Research & Evaluation (Northern Ireland)

Make Your Mark at Ipsos

We are a leading global market and social research company, enabling organisations to make smarter, bolder, and faster decisions.

Are you a Director or an Associate director seeking a senior role? Aspiring to gain more strategic, business leadership and commercial experience? If so, we want to hear from you!

Ipsos Public affairs Northern Ireland has a fabulous career opportunity for a commercially minded researcher and evaluator with a track record of growing business, delivering and directing large scale projects within Northern Ireland. It is one of the most innovative and fast-moving professional services operations within Northern Ireland. The team design, deliver and evaluate policies in areas, such as Energy, Education, Early Years and Housing. The team works with prestigious clients such as Dept. for Energy Security and Net Zero, DE (NI), DoH (NI) and other NI public and voluntary sector organisations.

What is in it for you?

* A senior role within the largest social research and evaluation business in the UK contributing to business strategy
* Not just delivery – this is a fantastic opportunity to work closely with the Managing Director for Northern Ireland as well as with the UK Public Affairs Managing Director to deliver and oversee projects and help implement strategy.
* Develop commercial skills by widening strategic client and partner relationships and leading on bids and proposals
* The chance to deliver and direct a range of research and evaluation projects through the full project cycle in both public and private sector.
* Learn from the best in the industry - You will be working with an established team of policy specialists, evaluators, project managers and researchers in the team to advance the use of key methodologies and innovative techniques.
* Representing Ipsos externally; speaking at conferences and seminars as well as in print and broadcast media
* A great place to work, work with an amazing diverse team with some of the best research and evaluation experts.

The Role:

Based in Belfast, we are looking for a Research and Evaluation specialist with localised public policy knowledge and experience in Northern Ireland specifically.

The role involves people, resource and budget management to deliver complex large scale and leading-edge social research and evaluation to our clients in both the public and private sector, as well as the ongoing development of new business opportunities.

About you:

These are the areas of knowledge and expertise that matter most for this role.

* A broad understanding of the research and evaluation industry and its market in Northern Ireland
* Large scale project design and delivery experience from inception through to final delivery
* Mixed methods, quantitative and qualitative research, evaluation and analytic experience in both the public and private sector
* Experience of managing a successful area of the business, including all the financial aspects
* Experience as a senior representative in a client-focused environment, working with clients at all different levels
* Demonstrable experience of business development success
* Strong leadership qualities and proven experience and enthusiasm for developing high performing, motivated teams
* Well established set of connections and network in Northern Ireland

We offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support you as an individual. Our standard benefits include 25 days annual leave, pension contribution, income protection and life assurance. In addition, there are a range health & wellbeing, financial benefits and professional development opportunities.

We realise you may have commitments outside of work and will consider flexible working applications - please highlight what you are looking for when you make your application. We have a hybrid approach to work and ask people to be in the office or with clients for 3 days per week.

We are committed to equality, treating people fairly, promoting a positive and inclusive working environment and ensuring we have diversity of people and views. We recognise that this is important for our business success - a more diverse workforce will enable us to better reflect and understand the world we research and ultimately deliver better research and insight to our clients.

Your application will be reviewed by someone from our Talent Team who will be in touch either way to let you know the outcome.

Ready to have an impact? Apply now!


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