Graduate Consultant

**Role overview**

Ipsos is one of the world’s largest research companies, with offices in 90 markets. As Ipsos’ in-house brand and innovation consultancy, Strategy3 occupies a unique space. We have the heart and hustle of a start-up paired with the big league scale and diversity of a large global agency.

In this role, you'll be passionate about the future and how it might unfold - and what this means for organisations in the public and private sector. You will help our clients navigate the complexity, uncertainty and opportunities that the future brings to make better strategic decisions today. You’ll be supporting a small team to spot and map trends, interview leading opinion formers, carry out horizon scanning and scenario building, and run strategic workshops.

We’re a small team operating within a large organisation and across many different business functions, allowing plenty of opportunity to bring ‘futures thinking’ to a diverse range of projects across the business.

**What will I be doing?**

You’ll play a key role in supporting the team to deliver our client engagements. In the past 12 months we’ve worked with financial services clients, the UK and EU public sector, food and drink manufacturers, consumer healthcare and technology firms.

Our team are approachable, constructive, and helpful to our colleagues and clients, and we try to spot ways we could all work together as effectively as possible. Under the direction of senior members of the Trends and Foresight team, this role will include the following responsibilities:

- Finding complex, messy information and data and synthesising this into concise foresight;
- Support the delivery of proposals and projects;
- Help conduct and analyse expert interviews, attending internal analysis sessions and develop narratives;
- Attend debriefs with clients, capture comments and build deliverables;
- Develop a strong understanding of our clients’ business or policy challenges and goals and creating analyses that answer their key questions;
- Contribute to the scoping of proposals and own sections of the proposal writing process, including basic desk-research to support hypotheses;
- Build relationships with the immediate team, clients, and broader Ipsos community (locally and globally);
- Attend workshops in a note-taking and technical capacity;
- Build project plans, creating timelines, and undertaking project management activities;
**What do I need to bring with me?**

We are looking for someone who thrives in the fast-paced environment of a small consultancy - no matter the ask, we always find a way - those who are quick on their feet and even quicker in their wit are sure to be right at home You may find yourself in a situation where you don’t always know the answer so you’ll need to be someone who has the confidence to ask questions of anyone in the team no matter how senior, to help solve your challenge.
- Being curious about the world and excited to learn about new policy areas, industries, products, and ways of seeing the world;
- Strong business and/or public sector acumen combined with creative and analytical thinking;
- Has a collaborative approach to solving problems and can tell data-led stories with fluidity, comprehensiveness and confidence;
- Can let your hair down and have a laugh, but also know when and how to act in a business-professional manner;
- Interest in continual learning, driven by enthusiasm, curiosity and the desire to tell interesting stories about the future.

Along with...
- Have a good business acumen and critical thinking skills;
- Ability to juggle multiple projects / workstreams;
- Ease and confidence with “thinking on your feet”;
- Impeccable interpersonal and communication skills, written and verbal;
- Effective listening skills with an openness to constructive feedback, suggestions and new ideas;
- A willingness to think around challenges and cope with ambiguity
- A positive outlook when approaching new challenges
- Has a team-oriented mindset, supportive and encouraging of others
- Proactive, reliable and hard working.
- An unrestricted right to work in the UK.

**Along with **
- The unrestricted right to work in the UK

**What is in it for me?**

Our Generation Ipsos programme provides a comprehensive foundation in research and how it’s practically applied in a commercial environment. You’ll be trained in client management, project and operational management, equipping you to partner with researchers, Project Management colleagues and other teams to deliver excellence for our clients. You’ll learn through real life, hands-on experience, webinars, seminars and specialist workshops.

We’ll provide you with dedicated training designed to achieve the industry recognised Market Research Society (MRS) Advanced Certificate accreditation. Networking is a key skill, so we have Early Careers events with other Graduates, Placement Students, and Interns across the company.

Having a flexible