Market Research Executive

Responsibilities: To work with the Market Research Manager and colleagues to design, specify and implement research studies; including the recruitment of participants, data collection/interrogation methods, and reports which support business benchmarking and improvement in the company and among its members. 

To perform numerical analyses, mining and modelling on our own and third party data, including retail barcode-level transactions shared with the association by its members, CRM data, government statistics, consumer attitudinal/behavioural measures and customer satisfaction metrics to turn figures into actionable recommendations with the support of colleagues

To use, and support colleagues and member businesses in using the research and insights produced by the team, including via presentations, following up to assess what use has been made of the analysis and recommending improvements to manager 

To quality assure data and research methods to ensure the accuracy and validity of analyses produced by the company, performing data cleansing and administrative tasks when required in a timely and regular way 

To proactively conduct desk research to identify pertinent issues set to the industry and the organisation itself, and to draw on multiple data sources to make sound assumptions where data may not currently exist 

Essential Skills and Qualifications: 

Degree level qualification or equivalent work experience in a relevant discipline involving interpretation or analysis of complex data sets such as the social sciences 

Appreciation and understanding of good practice in designing research and data collection to support specified business or project needs 

Strong desk research skills with the ability to critique a source’s reliability and validity 

Strong problem-solving skills, including ability to make assumptions using multiple data sources where there may be gaps in information or existing research 

A good team-worker, with desire to work collaboratively as part of a wider team made up of staff with varying areas of expertise, and to support colleagues through insights and recommendations 

A questioning, curious nature to get to the bottom of a business issue/problem and find research-based solutions, with ability to think critically and not take information presented at face value 

Ability to handle detail accurately and where required to perform data cleansing work to maintain the integrity of data sets 

Please note: Only candidates with the relevant skills and experience will be contacted regarding this position. If you do not hear back from us within 5 days you have unfortunately been unsuccessful in your application for this position, however we may contact you in the future to discuss other opportunities.

Please note that no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of a person's gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability or sexual orientation. Every candidate will be assessed only in accordance with their merits, qualifications and abilities to perform the duties of the job