Role Overview
Nest Insight's mission is to find ways to support people to be financially secure, both today and into retirement. To do this, we conduct rigorous, cutting-edge research, working collaboratively with industry and academic partners to understand the needs and behaviours of the new generation of savers created by the UK's pensions auto enrolment system. We also consider how self-employed workers and others at risk of missing out on pension saving can be brought in.
To be successful in this 6 month Fixed Term Contract position you will have the following skills, competencies and experience:
- Proven design skills and a track record of compelling content creation in a range of formats and for multiple channels
- Experience managing multiple projects and working collaboratively with multiple stakeholders
- Effective and clear business partnering and communication skills
- Experience managing external suppliers and ensuring VFM
You'll oversee our website, brand and all corporate communications. You'll deploy the voices of our research teams and partners, producing social content (including video) which highlights the expertise, innovation and diversity of Nest Insight.
Flexible working patterns are actively supported in our team.
Don't worry if you think you don't have all the key skills, it might be worth taking the few minutes to apply as we're good at spotting potential and offer a generous training budget.
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Directorate/Department Overview
Nest Insight is a public-benefit research and innovation centre set up by Nest Corporation in 2016. Our work is about finding better ways to support people's lifelong financial security. We focus on understanding the lived experience of people on low, moderate and volatile incomes, learning about their financial needs, challenges and goals through rigorous and thoughtful analysis. We work with employers, product providers, academics and policymakers in the UK and around the world to identify, invent, test and evolve practical solutions and see what works best for people in the real world. This builds the case for systems-level change.
Our ground-breaking research into workplace savings has included piloting a hybrid sidecar savings solution, and pioneering opt-out approaches to workplace saving working with employers, a credit union and a fintech benefits provider. These trials have been influential in the UK and internationally, and been celebrated in the media. Supporting the availability and take-up of workplace emergency savings at scale has the potential to positively impact millions of people – reducing anxiety and stress, helping avoid problem debt, and boosting wellbeing and productivity.
Our Real Accounts project is the first study of its kind in the UK, building an in-depth understanding of the lived experience of low and moderate income households whose income fluctuates over time. Using a custom designed data collection app alongside monthly interviews with 44 households, we have identified the huge mental burden undertaken by people on volatile incomes working within a system designed for regularity.
We also work to understand overall household finances: we have been matching data from Nest's 13 million members with other financial datasets and academic studies to get a full and holistic picture of people's long-term savings. This has helped us to better understand the knock-on impacts of changes such as saving for a pension on other parts of people's financial lives – for example, their level of debt or how much they spend.
And we also focus on the particular challenges faced by self-employed people.
Whilst Nest Insight is a business unit of Nest Corporation, we are responsible for raising our own operating budget through sponsorships, grants and in-kind support from organisations with similar research interests, goals and values. Our funders include BlackRock, MaPS, the Aviva Foundation, and the Nuffield Foundation.
Organisational Overview
Nest is an award-winning workplace pension scheme, the largest in the country.
Set up by the government to give every worker in the UK somewhere to save, our first-class responsible investment practice and governance are the backbone of what we do, supported by all the functions you'd expect to find in a thriving business. We're committed to creating a workplace where you can be your authentic self and offer an inclusive and flexible working environment.
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Everyone is welcome to apply for our roles, and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment because of their age, belief, disability, gender identity, marital status, national origin, pregnancy or caring responsibilities, socio economic background, sex, sexual orientation, religion or race or any other legally protected status.
We also recognise the importance of diversity of thought and other forms of neurocognitive variation.
As a Disability Confident Leader organisation, if candidate meets the minimum criteria for a role and have declared that they are disabled and are applying through the scheme, we will aim to invite them to interview. However, there may be a few exceptions where we are not able to take all eligible candidates to the next stage due to the volume of applications
Please note that this advert may close early if we receive a sufficient number of satisfactory applications.
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