Research Officer

Salary
- £34,253 to £40,298 (dependent on experience)
- Contract type
- Temporary: Fixed Term Contract or Secondment
- Hours
- Full Time
- Location
- Poole, Dorset, England
- Location description
- Hybrid between home and Poole - with occasional travel to Poole as required by the role (approximately once a month)
- Interview date
- 2nd or 3rd October
- Closing Date
- 16-09-2024
- Reference
- 17969

**About us**:
Our purpose is simple, to save lives at sea. For 200 years our crews have been risking their lives to save those who are in danger of drowning.

We’re looking for a Research Officer to join our Research Team, which is part of our Data Team, until 5th August 2025. The Research Team supports the RNLI by delivering insight and recommendations, generated by robust and ethical research, to enable the RNLI to make sound evidence-based decisions.

This Research Officer role will work across the organisation, but will particularly support our colleagues in the Fundraising, Marketing and Media and People Departments. Research projects will be varied and include conducting in-house surveys using our survey software tool (Qualtrics), desk research and commissioning and working with suppliers to deliver qualitative and quantitative research to help shape fundraising or water safety campaigns and future strategy. Research participants will include volunteers, staff, supporters and members of the public.

It’s a fascinating role offering the chance to make a real difference to our charity.

**Some of the benefits**:

- Salary - £34,253 to £40,298 (dependent on experience)
- Flexible working
- 26 days’ annual leave plus Bank Holidays
- Outstanding pension scheme (contributions of up to 16% of basic salary)
- Life assurance
- Health and dental cashplan

**Your Role**:
As a Research Officer you will be tasked with the following:

- Scoping, undertaking and managing multiple and varied RNLI research projects, ensuring research evidence meets the requirements of the RNLI within the timescales agreed
- Building and maintaining successful working relationships with research customers and stakeholders at all levels
- Commissioning and working with external research suppliers to deliver high quality research, negotiating for best price and ensuring that objectives and deadlines are met
- Providing expert research advice to RNLI colleagues at all levels, and promoting the role of research in decision making

**About You**:
You’ll be naturally inquisitive and proactive, with a sound understanding and demonstrable experience of conducting both quantitative and qualitative research. Perhaps already in a research team, or with research agency experience, you will be used to working on multiple research projects at a time for a range of customers, prioritising your own workload. You’ll be someone who builds effective working relationships with colleagues, customers and research agencies, and who can communicate research and insight findings and recommendations in engaging ways to senior audiences.

To be considered as the Research Officer you will need:

- Proven knowledge of and experience conducting quantitative and qualitative research projects.
- Experience of managing multiple projects for multiple customers/stakeholders.
- Good working knowledge and experience using Microsoft office software (e.g. Excel, Word, PowerPoint) and proven experience of using survey software packages (Qualtrics preferred).
- Good written and verbal communication skills.

**Safeguarding**:
The RNLI is committed to safeguarding; protecting a person’s health, wellbeing, and human rights, enabling them to live free from harm, abuse, and neglect. We expect all employees and volunteers to share this commitment and have a zero-tolerance approach. The suitability of all prospective employees and volunteers will be assessed during the recruitment process in line with this commitment. This will include relevant criminal record checks being carried out dependent on the eligibility of the role. (England & Wales; DBS check, Scotland; Disclosure Scotland PVG, Northern Ireland; Access NI, Republic of Ireland; Garda Vetting; International, International Child Protection Certificate process).

**Diversity at the RNLI**: