Research Officer
Research Officer
Initial 6 months.
£21-22 per hour. INSIDE IR35.
Hybrid: 1-2 days per week in the Office (Newport, Titchfield, Darlington, Edinburgh) and 3 days per week WFH.
Successful candidate needs to be eligible for SC clearance and have been based in the UK for the past 5 years.
As a Research Officer in the Business Survey Research and Development team, you will be responsible for designing and conducting research that will enable us to collect high quality business data while delivering an excellent experience to business survey respondents. You will be part of, and contributing to building a centre of expertise in online data collection for business survey.
You will conduct research for high profile projects such as the Future of Business Surveys & Statistics, working closely with others in your team and wider to enable change and innovation in the delivery of a business data collection design that aligns to Government Digital Service standards, best practice and meets our internal and external users’ diverse needs.
- Researching and delivering optimal designs for business surveys to deliver data quality whilst miminimising respondent burden
- Conducting qualitative research with businesses to inform transformational projects such as the Business Survey Strategy
- Using a range of other research methods to deliver goals, working as a member of team to deliver at pace, to high quality
- Conducting business-centred research that might span multiple customers and surveys, drawing on relevant expertise and experience from within your direct team and across the organization
- Developing and testing of data collection instruments
- Conducting analysis of quantitative, and/or qualitative, data and write up results
- Liaising with, and present findings to, internal and external customers
- Planing quantitative, and or qualitative, research within a set budget and timetable
- Being an integral member of a multi-disciplinary team to deliver and communicate data collection research, designed with innovation at the heart and ensuring alignment with the team’s and project goals and milestones
- Building effective networks and relationships across the organisation to maximise efficiency and value of delivery
- Learning from, and be a contributing member of the business survey research community
- Contributing to divisional goals and objectives
Essential criteria:
- Experience of conducting, analysing and disseminating qualitative or mix methods data collection research
- Excellent inter-personal and communication skills
- Strong analytical knowledge, including the planning and practical application of research and analysis
Desirable criteria:
- Experience of business-centred data collection research
- Experience of Agile project delivery
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