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Exciting opportunity to shape public policy and improve lives as a Senior Research Advisor at BIT, a global innovation consultancy
Overview
Salary
£50625 - £56250
Location
Manchester, UK - Hybrid, London, UK - Hybrid
Expires
Expires at anytime
The Behavioural Insights Team (BIT) is a globally recognized research and innovation consultancy with a social purpose: to improve people's lives. With staff based in 8 countries across Europe, the Americas, and the Asia Pacific, BIT works collaboratively with a range of stakeholders—from governments and businesses to foundations and charities—to tackle major policy issues through impactful changes.
Role Summary:
- Providing advisory services in quantitative research
- Leading projects and securing new partnerships and business opportunities
- Managing junior staff and engaging directly with senior stakeholders in different sectors
- Offering flexible full-time and part-time working schemes with various options to suit your lifestyle
Role Requirements:
- Strong theoretical knowledge and practical experience in delivering quantitative research
- Effective stakeholder and client management skills
- Proven skills in project planning and delivery
- Understanding of qualitative and mixed-methods research and interest in behavioural science
- Ability to manage and develop oneself and others
Application Process Details:
- Applicants must demonstrate their eligibility to work in the UK
- Sponsorship may be available for the most suitable candidates who don't currently have UK work rights, though it cannot be guaranteed for all roles
- A range of benefits including a bonus and generous pension scheme, flexible working culture, regular team lunches, and an exceptional office environment.
The Behavioural Insights Team (BIT) is a social purpose research and innovation consultancy. We exist to improve people’s lives. We work in partnership with national, regional and local governments, businesses, foundations and charities, to tackle major policy problems, often through testing and implementing simple yet powerful changes. Our 250 staff are based in 8 countries across Europe, the Americas and Asia Pacific.
The role of a Senior Research Advisor at BIT involves advising on quantitative research, leading projects, securing new partnerships and business opportunities for the team, managing junior staff, and engaging directly with senior stakeholders in government, private sector and the third sector. The role is available on a full time or part-time basis (39 hours or 32 hours per week/ 4-5 days) with flexible working options including flexible start and finish times as well as compressed hours.
Job requirements include strong theoretical foundations and practical experience delivering quantitative research projects, stakeholder and client management skills, project planning and delivery experience, a good understanding of qualitative and mixed-methods research, an interest in behavioural science, and the ability to manage and develop yourself and others.
Benefits include a bonus scheme, generous pension scheme with 7% employer contribution, flexible benefit pot of £1,100 to spend on our benefits programme, 25 days of annual leave (in addition to public holidays) for full-time employees, rising to 27 days after 2 years continuous service, enhanced parental leave payments, encouragement of flexible working and a culture which enables this, regular team lunches with inspirational guest speakers, and a great office with a fabulous roof terrace overlooking the Thames river, an amazing coffee machine and fridges stocked full of soft drinks.
Please note: You will need to have the right to work in the UK in order to be able to undertake this role. We will ask all applicants short-listed for an interview to provide evidence of their right to work during the recruitment process. If you do not have the right to work for BIT but are the most suitable person for the role we will explore with you whether sponsorship may be an option. However, this may not be possible for all roles.
