Research & Insights Assistant
- Salary: £230 per day
- Location: Brighton, UK
- Job Type: Temporary Full-time (36.5 hours per week)
- Contract Duration: June 17 - July 31, 2024
My client, a Business School in Sussex, are seeking a Research & Insights Assistant to contribute to a pioneering project in collaboration with Plant Futures and the plant-based foods sector. This role is ideal for someone with a background in economics, marketing, business studies, statistics, or a related field, who is adept at using data to generate actionable insights.
Day-to-day of the role:
- Update and enhance previous charts and analysis, ensuring conclusions are current and visualisations are improved.
- Conduct in-depth analysis of data tables and factor analysis to extract additional insights.
- Perform new statistical analysis from raw data, exploring various hypotheses and questions.
- Translate complex analysis into clear, compelling charts and presentations that resonate with non-data literate audiences.
- Collaborate with the Plant Futures team, sharing work progress and outputs regularly.
- Potentially produce and publish a paper on the findings, subject to meeting core deliverables for Plant Futures.
Required Skills & Qualifications:
- PhD (completed or near completion) in economics, marketing, business studies, statistics, or a related field.
- Proficiency in data analysis and statistical methods.
- Strong Excel skills, including pivot tables, conditional formatting, sorting, filtering, and formulas.
- Excellent presentation skills, including PowerPoint and data visualisation.
- Effective communication skills, both verbal and written.
Ideal Candidate:
- Experience with raw respondent level data and statistical analysis.
- Curiosity and passion for deriving clear insights from data to address business questions.
- Familiarity with SPSS or willingness to learn.
- Interest in web analytics and social media analysis tools, such as Google Analytics.
- Openness to using alternative presentation tools like Canva for infographics.
Benefits:
- Competitive daily rate.
- Opportunity to work on a high-impact project with wide industry reach.
- Access to coaching and support from experienced professionals.
- Potential for academic publication based on project findings.
To apply for the Research & Insights Assistant position, please apply or contact Simon Lambert on or at