Full Time Research Assistant

5 months ago

Oxford, United Kingdom Agenda Consulting Full time

**Research Assistant - role description**

**Agenda Consulting**

Founded in 2002, we are a research consultancy based in central Oxford. We help not-for-profit organisations to develop and sustain the highest levels of employee and volunteer engagement.

We work closely with our clients to understand their unique needs, and provide leaders with compelling evidence and deep insight, giving them the confidence to act.

Our offer:

- Employee Engagement Surveys
- Volunteer Engagement Surveys
- Respectful Workplace Surveys
- Health and Wellbeing Surveys
- Diversity and Inclusion Surveys
- On-boarding Surveys
- Exit Surveys
- Full Surveys
- Pulse Surveys
- Action Planning
- Further Research

**Our Clients**

We work in four main sectors: UK Third Sector, UK Social Care, International NGOs and International Governmental Organizations.

Clients we work with include: Crisis, The Children’s Society, Royal British Legion, British Heart Foundation, Royal Hospital Chelsea, National Autistic Society, National Union of Students, Plan International, WaterAid, Save the Children International, Asian Development Bank, UNICEF, UNESCO, United Nations,

**Our Values**

Quality - We provide a high-quality service that our clients and colleagues can rely on.

Collaboration - We work well with each other and with our clients.

Learning - We are committed to learning and continuous improvement.

Compassion - We strive to foster a culture of kindness, empathy, and respect.

**Our Team**

Other Agenda staff members include the following roles: Director, Principal Consultant, Project Manager, Senior Research Consultant, Research Consultant, Research Assistant, Business Development Manager and Business Development Administrator.

**The Role**

We are seeking to recruit a Research Assistant. The role is a full time, permanent position. Key responsibilities:

- Undertake employee and volunteer survey projects
- Contribute to other bespoke research/consultancy projects
- Present results to clients and provide ongoing support
- Develop and maintain excellent, close working relationships with our clients

**The role will suit someone with well-developed research skills, the ability to cultivate strong working relationships with our clients, excellent communication and writing, and a can-do attitude. They will be a strong communicator with good influencing skills, a flexible, collaborative approach and a strong sense of personal accountability and initiative. They are likely to have a particular interest in the not-for-profit sector.**

There is great scope to grow and develop in the role and to take on further responsibility. There is a clear career development path to develop to Research Consultant, Senior Research Consultant and Project Manager roles, with corresponding higher levels of responsibility and salary if you meet objectives and targets.

Agenda is a friendly company and we endeavour to provide our employees with excellent opportunities for personal and professional development.

We are currently operating a hybrid model with team members splitting their time between working in our Oxford office and working at home.

We require post holder to be in our Oxford office for onboarding and induction. After this period we currently ask staff to be in the office for 4 days a month minimum.

**Learning and Development**

We provide each team member with access to a comprehensive e-learning platform (LinkedIn Learning) and provide guidance regarding courses to take. We also hold a regular programme of Learning Lunches to share knowledge, skills and good practice.

**Salary**

£24,500 per annum

**Benefits**
- 25 days paid annual leave plus an additional day per year of service up to 30 days
- 4 days per annum time off for volunteering
- Pension contributions 4%-6% matched by Agenda
- Private medical insurance through Aviva
- Life insurance
- Simplyhealth cash plan
- Subscriptions for Headspace and LinkedIn Learning
- Cycle to work scheme

**Responsibilities**

Employee and Volunteer Surveys
- Work closely with our clients throughout the project from survey design, communication, response tracking through to reporting and feeding back results
- Set up and deliver surveys through our on-line software tools
- Design and produce reports and online dashboards
- Provide support to clients in using their reports and taking the results forward in their organisation
- Assist with feeding back results to clients and their Senior Teams

Other
- Contribute to research/consultancy projects
- Contribute to developing our research methodology

**Person specification**

**Specification**

**Essential**

**Desirable**

Skills and knowledge

1 Able to undertake research and analysis of quantitative and qualitative information and draw appropriate conclusions

2 Excellent IT skills

3 Excellent writing skills

4 Good interpersonal skills

5 Organised and reliable. Able to make decisions, set priorities and meet deadlines

6 Strong attention to detail

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