Research Manager

3 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom Ipsos Full time

The Trade, Innovation and Enterprise team within Ipsos Public Affairs is a fast-growing team of social researchers and evaluators. We carry out a wide range of qualitative and quantitative projects. The challenges faced by different types of businesses, such as SMEs, or those in creative and tech industries
How UK organisations can meet their Net Zero commitments
Our work has influenced trade policies (e.g. around the NI Protocol) and strategies (e.g. the National AI Strategy), strengthened the evidence base for various business tax reliefs (e.g. Video Games Tax Relief) and supported new businesses to deal with challenges like cyber crime.
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced mixed- methods Research Manager to run high profile studies which influence government policy and decisions. You will work with a range of research participants, including businesses, industry bodies, and policy experts. You will be able to lead project teams and be the first point of contact for our clients . You will have the chance to train, mentor and delegate to junior team members, while learning from experienced project directors who will give support and guidance.
You will be able to work closely with our associated policy teams, the Energy and Environment team, and Transport and Infrastructure team, as well as our evaluation, economic analysis, stats analysis and qualitative methods experts in Ipsos Public Affairs.
We run regular knowledge sharing sessions across projects, have dedicated wellbeing leads within the team, and have regular social activities.
Managing qualitative and mixed-methods research projects from inception through to the final reports and presentations
Regularly contributing to research proposals, to help us win exciting new work and develop your proposal writing skills
Supporting the development of our team in a range of ways. This might include getting involved in line managing junior staff, being supported to run training for the team, or taking on specific business development roles (e.g. building your policy knowledge for specific client accounts)
Ensuring projects are delivered on budget and to time, through effective project planning (including planning ahead and managing risks) and delegation
Designing high-quality drafts of questionnaires and topic guides to meet client/study objectives (and for review by project directors)
Designing effective sampling and weighting strategies for surveys and/or setting appropriate recruitment quotas for qualitative projects
Reviewing draft deliverables (e.g. data tables) to ensure that they are client-ready and providing feedback to junior team members
Effectively managing relationships with suppliers and our internal operations colleagues, to ensure successful survey fieldwork across a range of methods (like telephone and online)
Building and managing effective client relationships through strong communication with individual client teams and their stakeholders (e.g. policymakers)
Monitoring projects' financial progress, identifying problems and suggesting solutions
Ipsos UK offers a hybrid working environment, 3 days in the office and working the rest from home.
A keen interest in our policy areas, such as trade, enterprise and/or economic policy
Expertise in qualitative and quantitative social research skills, and ability to comfortably manage projects and deliver day-to-day
Experience in writing questionnaires and fieldwork materials (e.g. advance letters)
Ability to interrogate quantitative data to find insights and narratives
Experience in contributing to proposals and business development activities
Time management skills, working across multiple projects, prioritising tasks efficiently and meeting demanding deadlines
Confident and clear written and verbal communication skills, with a high level of accurate use of English, and the ability to write in a variety of styles
Curiosity and drive to help to grow our business
Policy knowledge and expertise in trade, enterprise and/or economic policy
Experience of leading on primary research components of wider evaluation studies
Use of analysis software, such as NVivo, SPSS or other statistics packages
Ipsos UK offer an attractive basic salary and a rewards package including 25 days annual leave, a pension scheme and a great range of flexible benefits to suit your personal needs. For roles at Research Manager level and above we also offer private healthcare.
In addition to this we have a fantastic Learning & Development offer delivered through a mix of face to face, online or on-demand; 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.
Ipsos is committed to equality, treating people fairly, promoting a positive and inclusive working environment and ensuring we have diversity of people and views. We also 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.
Ipsos is one of the world's largest research companies and currently the only one primarily managed by researchers, ranking as a #1 full-service research organization for four consecutive years. With over 75 different data-driven solutions, and presence in 90 markets, Ipsos brings together research, implementation, methodological, and subject-matter experts from around the world, combining thematic and technical experts to deliver top-quality research and insights. Simply speaking, we help the biggest companies solve some of their biggest problems, serving more than 5000 clients across the globe by providing research, data, and insights on their target markets. The Public Affairs Service Line is the world leader in Social and Opinion Research. We work with clients on political and public opinion polling, citizen and stakeholder management, social policy improvement, sustainable development strategy and identifying societal trends and perceptions across several sectors. We assess how government and public affairs policies as well as societal trends and views impact our client's brand/products/markets.
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