Research Officer| 23 Month Contract | (Outside IR35) | Hybrid, 3-4 days pw Edinburgh| Starting ASAP

Day Rate: £194.38

About the role:

Our client is seeking a Research Officer to support the delivery of an important public inquiry. Working closely with senior research and data professionals, the successful candidate will use advanced Excel skills to support the management of research databases, including data entry, data cleansing, analysis and reporting. The role plays a key part in ensuring that research outputs are accurate, robust and able to inform the Inquiry's ongoing work and recommendations.

This is an excellent opportunity for a highly organised and detail-oriented individual to further develop their research and analytical experience within a collaborative, multidisciplinary environment. The successful candidate will contribute to work that aims to improve future policy and practice through evidence-based research and analysis.

You will:

  • Contribute to the day-to-day management of the research databases and relationships between these;
  • Carry out cleaning and querying of data and maintaining Excel workbooks used for these tasks;
  • Manipulate data using tools such as Excel and Power BI to produce analytical data reports;
  • Carry out analysis of information gathered by the wider Inquiry teams for research purposes, and be able to communicate findings to a variety of stakeholders in sensitive, compelling, and creative ways;
  • Take ownership for your own projects' objectives and targets;
  • Support with copy-editing and proofreading reports, ensuring consistency and accuracy within and across outputs, both in terms of their content and format;
  • Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team, establishing effective working relationships with colleagues across the Inquiry; and
  • Where required, support other tasks within the Policy and Research Team.

Essential Criteria

  • Advanced use of MS Excel, including experience using Power Query and Macros.
  • Experience of MS packages, including Access and Power BI, and programming languages used in data manipulation and analysis such as SQL,R and Python.
  • Experience of gathering, managing, manipulating and analysing complex and sensitive data for research purposes.
  • Experience working on complex, large-scale research projects and datasets.
  • A strong commitment to quality and meticulous attention to detail.
  • Proven experience of working to tight timescales, and able to prioritise tasks according to project development stages.
  • Experience of working independently, as well as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
  • Highly organised and efficient.
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills and command of English grammar and usage.
  • Personal resilience and the ability to deal with what can be a distressing subject matter.

This role has been deemed Outside IR35 by the client. Applicants must hold, or be happy to apply for, a valid Basic Disclosure Scotland. Please click the link to apply.

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