Graduate Researcher - Remote Role
Graduate Researcher - Remote Role
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Job Description
Graduate Researcher
Salary circa 25k (36 hour a week) pro rata to agreed hours
Company and Job Overview
Max Associates is a small dynamic consultancy that works in the local authority sports physical activity and cultural sector. Our clients are predominantly local authorities and not for profits (which manage sports and leisure centres on behalf of local authorities). We work closely with other sector organisations including Sport England national governing bodies and local community organisations in delivering our work.
We are looking to recruit a recent graduate to focus on the research elements of our projects.
Our key projects include:
Sports physical activity and wellbeing strategies
Feasibilities and appraisals for refurbished and new facilities
Management options appraisals
Support for councils in procuring new operators to manage sports and leisure centres
Service / business and pricing reviews.
The role:
The role is to support our consultants and directors in primary desk-based research for projects.
The role is home based.
The desk based research will focus on:
Reviewing and interpreting Council strategy documents relevant to our projects
Demographic and health profile analysis of Council / catchment areas
Using Sport England tools to assess trends in activity and sport participation rates
Competition analysis utilising search engines to assess level of sports and physical activity opportunities within a catchment area
Undertaking facility audits to understand the extent of sport and leisure provision within a council area
Report writing and presentation development
Comparable specific research as required for individual projects
Hours:
Negotiable between 2-3 days a week
Person specification
Prior experience
Experience of undertaking project work interpreting and analysing data and drawing conclusions.
Experience of summarising information and writing reports.
Developing compiling managing and analysing surveys and primary engagement.
Working in a team environment and able to deliver against deadlines.
Knowledge and understanding
An understanding of central and local government and of public policy issues
Knowledge of the issues facing the public leisure and culture sectors
Knowledge of research and engagement methods.
Qualifications
Educated to degree level.
Skills:
Essential
Good working knowledge of Microsoft Word and PowerPoint
Good written English
Ability to analyse data and interpret findings
Attention to detail
Using own initiative to develop projects and reports
Ability to work at home under own management to meet required deadlines
Strong inter-personal skills supporting effective engagement working with council officers external partners and community groups
Positive and engaging communication skills
Workload management with a high degree of organisation and administration capabilities
The ability to deliver work/projects from start to finish
Ability to take in and interpret information and present in a succinct manner
Complete work to a high standard and ability to share knowledge across the organisation
Respect other individuals; listens and takes into account different opinions feelings and motivations; is trustworthy and acts with integrity; responds and acts constructively towards others
A solution-focused mind-set finding solutions and positive ideas
Take personal responsibility for the complete delivery of projects tasks and outcomes
A willingness to learn and develop their professional and personal skills.
Desirable
CIMSPA membership
Marketing/project management experience
Use of:
o Excel
o Canva / other infographic packages
o Microsoft Teams
Knowledge of local authority sports and physical activity sector
Salary circa 25k (36 hour a week) pro rata to agreed hours
Employment Type
Full Time
