Recruitment

Pye Tait Consulting is recruiting:

Research Executive/Senior Research Executive  

Based North Yorkshire with some travel required

 

About us

Pye Tait Consulting specialises in consulting and research across a wide variety of fields and sectors including employment assessment (including psychometric assessment), marketing, education, skills and qualifications.    

 

Established in 1991 we work for a wide range of top-drawer clients on policy development and evaluation, recruitment and research projects. Our staff work directly with some of the highest profile organisations – including large private companies, Government Departments, and Government agencies (including the Qualifications & Curriculum Development Agency, the Training & Development Agency for Schools, Sector Skills Councils, the Alliance of Sector Skills Councils in Scotland and many others. Please visit our website at www.pyetait.com for more information.

 

We are looking for truly exceptional individuals to join our team, with the potential to learn very quickly to develop the unique mix of skills that makes an effective consultant and researcher – a quick and intelligent mind, truly excellent communication, and accurate and effective writing skills.  We are currently particularly interested in expanding our quantitative research team, and therefore statistical skills and experience of using SPSS or similar statistical packages would be a distinct advantage. 

 

About the roles

The role of Research Executive is primarily concerned with carrying out and supporting the research and development function.  On entry, Research Executives are expected to be able to undertake basic research and writing tasks and develop subject knowledge, writing skills, and competence in research methods (including questionnaire design and analysis, data sources, interpretation, and project design). They are also expected to begin constructing and writing tenders for new work, and to manage parts of projects, and elements of report construction and writing.  Some travel will be necessary in this role. 

 

Senior Research Executives are responsible for identifying and bidding for work and for managing their own portfolio of project-work.  They are expected to possess good analytical skills, effective people skills, and a very high standard of written English.   Senior Research Executives will design and implement all types of primary and secondary research including surveying, interviewing, focus groups, workshops and seminars, literature reviews etc, as well as producing detailed reports in accordance with client requirements.  They will also develop the ability to construct and present innovative and successful tenders and become competent in project management.  It is also within this role that our top staff begin to develop and perfect their consultancy skills. Candidates must be prepared for extensive travel in this role, by road, rail and air. 

 

Ours is a fast-paced and challenging environment.  Excellent organisation and communication skills with the ability to multi-task and prioritise work are a must for these roles.  You must be a highly credible graduate professional with a well defined work ethic, excellent interpersonal skills and the confidence to communicate effectively both face to face and over the phone.

 

You will ideally have excellent knowledge in the use of SPSS or other similar statistical packages, and be keen to develop expertise in quantitative research.  You will be prepared to learn fast,  to continuously develop new skills and knowledge and improve your approach to research methodologies, report writing and developing proposals. Experience of in such areas as writing top level tenders, specialist knowledge of private industry, marketing, recruitment at the very highest level, knowledge of the education, training and skills arena and using Access or SQL would be an advantage. 

 

If you feel you have the necessary skills and experience to embark on a rewarding career with us, then we look forward to hearing from you.

 

Person Specification

        

Essential

Please note that none of what is written below is jargon … we take each area of skill and knowledge extremely seriously and look for precisely these things. All of our recruits undergo a period of up to a year’s probation during which their knowledge, skills and abilities are thoroughly tested and monitored.

• Educated to at least first degree level and preferablywith further or professional qualifications
• A high standard of written English (in terms of planning, construction, grammar and vocabulary)  
• Ability to multi-task within a fast-paced environment
• Computer literacy (confidence in the use of Word, Excel and PowerPoint as a minimum)
• Communication skills (suitable for top level discussions, group work, presentations, etc – and both oral and written)
• Self-motivated with the ability to organise and prioritise own workload
• Good team working skills (almost all our work is performed by flexible teams)

 

Highly Desirable

• Expertise in using SPSS or similar statistical packages, or a detailed knowledge of statistics
• Experience in designing and undertaking quantitative and qualitative research methodologies

 

Desirable

This is a list of the sorts of things that we look for. We do not, of course, expect every candidate to possess all of them.

• Experience at a meaningful level in private industry and marketing
• Experience of top-level recruitment work
• An understanding of the education and skills sector
• Experience of public sector tendering processes
• Intermediate level of skill in Access or SQL

 

To apply, please provide the following information:

 

• A detailed CV and covering letter explaining why you are interested in the role plus details of your current remuneration package, notice period and any contractual restrictions
• A supporting statement that matches you to the person specification

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