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PT Graduate Researcher - Remote Role, Chelmsford
Client: Love Recruitment
Location: Chelmsford (Remote)
Job Category: Other
EU work permit required: Yes
Job Reference: 5623735650f9
Job Views: 8
Posted: 22.08.2025
Expiry Date: 06.10.2025
Job Description:
Max Associates is the UK's leading specialist fitness and leisure recruitment agency.
We focus on service and delivery. Contact us at 07746 791415 or email our team via People.
Position: PT Graduate Researcher
Salary: circa £25k (36 hours/week) – pro rata to hours worked
Company and Job Overview
Max Associates is a small, dynamic consultancy working in the local authority sports, physical activity, and cultural sectors. Our clients are mainly local authorities and non-profits managing sports and leisure centres. We collaborate with sector organizations including Sport England, national governing bodies, and community groups.
We are recruiting recent graduates to focus on research within our projects.
Key Projects Include:
* Sports, physical activity, and wellbeing strategies
* Feasibilities and appraisals for new/refurbished facilities
* Management options assessments
* Supporting councils in procuring operators for leisure centres
* Service, business, and pricing reviews
The Role:
Support our consultants and directors in primary desk-based research. This is a home-based role.
Research tasks include:
* Reviewing council strategy documents
* Analyzing demographic and health profiles of catchment areas
* Using Sport England tools to assess activity trends
* Conducting competition analysis via search engines
* Undertaking facility audits
* Report writing and presentation development
* Additional research as needed
Hours:
Negotiable between 2-3 days per week
Person Specification:
Experience:
* Project work, data analysis, and report writing experience
* Survey management and primary engagement experience
* Teamwork and deadline management
Knowledge & Understanding:
* Understanding of government and public policy issues
* Knowledge of public leisure and cultural sectors
* Research and engagement methods
Qualifications:
Degree level education
Skills:
* Proficient in Microsoft Word and PowerPoint
* Data analysis and interpretation
* Attention to detail
* Initiative in project development
* Self-management and remote work capability
* Interpersonal and communication skills
* Organizational and workload management
* Ability to deliver complete projects
* Effective knowledge sharing
* Trustworthiness, integrity, and respectful attitude
* Solution-focused mindset
* Responsibility for project outcomes
* Willingness to learn and develop
* Marketing and project management experience
* Proficiency with Excel, Canva or similar, Microsoft Teams
* Knowledge of local authority sports and physical activity sector
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