Job title: Research Officer Location: Eastleigh Hybrid - 3 Days in Office Key responsibilities: * Develop methodologies for research and data collection, utilizing techniques such as surveys, focus groups, and in-depth interviews to ensure rigorous evidence-based research. * Perform quality assurance tasks for research projects, overseeing outcomes from external research agencies. * Plan, oversee, and execute qualitative and quantitative research initiatives, encompassing design, facilitation, analysis, and presentation. * Conduct comprehensive secondary research on critical topics (eg, homelessness, climate change) to proactively support strategic planning and decision-making. * Analyze data and research findings to produce tailored high-quality reports and summaries for specific audiences, both internal and external. Skills and Experience required: * Extensive hands-on experience in delivering primary and secondary research in a market research or business setting. * Hands-on experience in delivering qualitative research projects, designing discussion guides, facilitating interviews and focus groups, analysing qualitative data and producing actionable reports and recommendations. * Hands-on experience in delivering quantitative research methodologies, survey design, using statistical techniques to analyse data and producing actionable * reports and recommendations. * Experience in designing, managing and deliverin...