Research Analyst - Education

Key activities & responsibilities :

- Lead, coordinate and undertake a variety of research roles in a responsive and flexible way.

- Conducting research on competitors, emerging Ed-Tech trends, organizations within the space, and another relevant information gathering.

- Demonstrable expertise in building research frameworks (quantitative and qualitative) to support product and business development

- Strong experience in data extraction and synthesis, skills analysis, comparative and market (user) research

- Proficient at developing and delivering a range of research instrumentation including surveys, interviews, A/B experiments through a range of technologies including SurveyMonkey, Prolific etc.

- Proven research and commercial database searching capabilities (e.g. Thomson, Bloomberg, Factiva, Gartner, etc.)

- Ability to use advanced Microsoft Excel and PPT Skills including VLOOKUP, Pivot Tables, Formulas, Duplicates, Data Validation, visualisation, etc.

- Excellent writing and synthesizing skills for summarizing findings for effective business decision making

- Ability to undertake rigorous primary research, especially with employers and end users for the effective development of the product

- Support the preparation and production of high-quality material and information for meetings, presentations and reports, including undertaking horizon scanning and compiling business intelligence.

- Undertake such other duties commensurate with the grade of the post as may be reasonably expected especially to cover for business operations/administrative matters

Qualifications and Experience

- A degree in a relevant subject with a research component is essential (eg psychology, social sciences, education and so forth), Masters or comparable work experience is desirable.

- Knowledge and experience of qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis

- Multi-disciplinary or cross-disciplinary research experience

- Knowledge of creative research tools (e.g. visual methods, design tools) is desirable

- Excellent analytical skills to be able to scope out, plan and deliver against complex research requirements with minimal supervision

- Demonstrable multi-tasking skills with a demonstrable ability to effectively prioritise own workload

- Early record of writing/publications or demonstrated potential for practical research lead publications

- Experience with conducting qualitative research interviews

- Experience as a Graduate Research Assistant (or equivalent) is desirable

- Passion for educational technology and skills development is important for this role