Research executive

Role description

Role title:

Research executive

 

Location:

Henley-on-thames/London (flexible remote working)

Reports to:

Head of insights

Updated on:

January 2022

Who are we?

 

At Moving Ahead we support organisations to drive meaningful change within inclusion, equity and diversity. From international mentoring programmes to inclusive leadership training, we believe in the power of structured development programmes, thought-provoking content and impactful facilitation.

Through our Speaker Academy and digital content we share stories and conversations that matter. From talking about race, sexuality and ability, to power, privilege and bias, we inspire courageous conversations that cultivate inclusion and belonging.

Since launching in 2014, we have worked with more than 300 organisations across sport and business, including many of the FTSE 100 companies. We have supported over 30,000 mentors and mentees.

 

Job purpose

 

This role provides a great opportunity for an entry-level candidate to gain experience and guided development in a broad range of organisational research fields (Customer, Impact, Markets and products, Employee), chief responsibilities include the production of impact reports for our programmes and assisting our Head of Insight to be the voice of data driving and enabling business strategy.

 

Key accountabilities

 

  • Responsible for impact-research reporting across our programmes (cross-company and internal) 

  • Assisting the Head of Insight in building cross-programme insight processes and outputs 

  • Working with teams across the business to implement research designed in collaboration with the Head of Insight and client stakeholders 

  • Longitudinal analysis of past cohorts and maintenance of templates and benchmarking databases 

 

Knowledge, skills and experience required

 

  • Degree level education in psychology or a related field (economics, behavioural science, business/occupational psychology/anthropology etc.) or equivalent in-work experience 

  • An interest in the world of organisational research, with a willingness to build skills across different research domains (both qualitative and quantitative) 

  • Basic Microsoft Excel and Word skills 

  • Knowledge of statistical approaches and tests and where to implement them 

  • Desirable: experience with macros or other Microsoft automation approaches, experience with database management  

 

Values

 

  • Leading Myself – take personal responsibility for bringing our best and whole selves to work

  • Working Together – work together to make great things happen for our organization, our clients and our mission

  • Doing the Right Thing – honest, trustworthy and act with integrity in everything we do

  • World Class Delivery - deliver high quality work, every time – internally and externally

  • Future Focus – go beyond the tried and tested, embracing new things