Research and Engagement Officer
Reference number - 2784 - 3431
Location - Portsmouth
Salary - Band 8 £28,785 - £31,370 p.a.
Job type/hours - Full time 37 hours per week, Fixed term contract to January 2021
Closing date - Midnight on Sunday 8th December 2019
Interview date - Monday 16th December 2019
We are looking for a talented and customer-focused market research professional to join our market research team. We recognise the importance of knowing what people think about the work the council delivers and the city as a whole and we need an enthusiastic, highly motivated individual to support a range of projects with engagement activity over the next 12 months.
Your new role
You will be supporting our market research officer in ensuring the council's marketing and communications activity is based on research, using MOSAIC postcode profiling software as well as original research tools to inform campaigns.
You will be responsible for developing and implementing research plans to support a range of projects, using various research tools including in-person surveys, focus groups, depth interviews and digital channels.
What you need to succeed
We're looking for someone with all-round market research skills across qualitative and quantitative analysis but most importantly we need someone who wants to go out and talk to people to find out what they think.
If you are proactive, with a strong commitment to using your excellent research and insight skills to take the council forwards, and a real passion for making a difference to our customers, we want to hear from you.