Senior Research Executive / Research Manager – Online Experiments

Senior Research Executive / Research Manager – Experiments

Verian, Behavioural Practice

London, 4 Millbank, Westminster.

Verian is one of the top tier social research agencies in the UK. We have around 150 specialist researchers working together to provide knowledge, evidence and insight that helps Government, the private sector and the Third Sector plan and care for society.

We are looking for a Senior Research Executive or Research Manager with expertise in the design and analysis of experiments to join our award-winning Behavioural Practice. In this role, you will contribute to delivering online and field experiments, and other projects within our growing behavioural insights research and consultancy offer.

The Behavioural Practice brings together varied expertise – including behavioural economics and cognitive and social psychology; qualitative and quantitative research methods; creative and design; data analytics; communications consultancy and capability building – to deliver a full-service behavioural offer to UK Government. We advise clients on the opportunities for behaviour change at all stages in the policy cycle, providing insight into what influences individual and organisational behaviours, designing interventions and strategies for driving change, and trialling and evaluating interventions.

Our work involves some of society's most pressing issues, from online safety to education outcomes to net zero, and makes a real difference to the world we live in!

Your responsibilities

The list below relates to the Senior Research Executive role; a Research Manager would require greater experience in managing projects and clients, and delivering experiments.

• Manage and support delivery of online and field experiments, of varying scales and speeds – designing and analysing experiments, managing tasks and costs, responding to client queries, developing outputs
• Maintain efficient, profitable, high-quality project delivery – taking responsibility for project management, monitoring progress, pro-actively addressing challenges and maintaining quality
• Contribute to reporting and presentations for varied audiences
• Juggle multiple projects – proactively (with support) managing your own time and prioritising effectively
• Participate in wider team activities across Verian in the UK and globally

Your Profile

• Experience and skills in running experiments, in the context of behaviour change and/or behavioural science
• Interested in Government behaviour change work – understanding behaviour, designing interventions and strategies for change, and trialling these to provide evidence of effectiveness
• Strong organisational skills – confident in managing time and working both independently and within a multi-disciplinary team
• Excellent communication skills – preparing engaging, authoritative and insightful presentations at pace, and helping to deliver these
• Strong writing skills – ability to work to short deadlines producing high quality drafts of written reports (or report sections) that will be published, and responding quickly to review comments
• Ambitious, and interested in innovation and creative thinking – excited by learning curves and being challenged
• Relish the opportunity to contribute to a growing, award-winning team, which is both well established and always keen to improve and push the boundaries

Does this sound like you? Don’t hesitate and apply online!

To apply for the position, please submit a CV along with a cover letter that outlines how your skills and experience match our job requirements. Please state in your cover letter when you would be available to start work.

We will review your application as soon as possible. If your profile and experience fit our requirements, we will invite you for a first exploratory interview.

What we offer

It is an exciting time to join us! You will join an international leading company, with flexible working practices.

We have a hybrid working model with a central London office as a base, but flexibility to work to the patterns and locations that suit team members and the research we do.

You will be surrounded by passionate colleagues in an open and engaging environment, where people feel included, accepted, and are allowed to thrive in a space where their wellbeing is taken into consideration. We encourage applications from all sections of society and do not discriminate on the basis of age, race, religion, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, marital status or any other legally protected characteristics.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Visit our website www.veriangroup.com to find out more about who we are!