Research Executive

The Vacancy

BMG Research part of RSK Group is a leading social research and analytics agency operating primarily in the UK. We partner with clients to inform decision making, shape policy and guide investment, leading to better public services, positive customer experiences and a fair and equitable society.

Our clients include the largest government departments, such as Defra, the Department for Business and Trade, the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, HMRC, the Home Office and the Department for Education. We also work with government agencies and regulators, local authorities, charities, utility companies and housing associations. Our projects range from small to large, from exploratory research to evaluation, and from qualitative to quantitative, including a number of Official Statistics.

We are now recruiting for Research Executives to join the team who wish to develop and progress within a friendly, informal environment that provides support, training and personal development opportunities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Designing research materials e.g. questionnaires and topic guides
• Background research to support proposal and report writing
• Preparing project materials including script checking, questionnaire development, job specification forms
• Preparing presentations and reports for clients to a high standard
• Client servicing and management
• Day-to-day project delivery; including planning, problem solving and delivery with supervision
• Analysing and investigating data to uncover impactful insights
• Manipulating data e.g. checking, cross tab, formatting charting data
• Reporting results in a clear, concise and usable way

Person Specification:

• Data analytics systems e.g. SPSS, Q, SAS - Desirable
• Primary research and/or fieldwork - Desirable
• Data charting tools - Desirable
• Excellent written and verbal communication abilities accompanied by good numerical skills
• An interest in, and knowledge of society and current affairs
• An understanding of data and statistics
• An ability to write around data/results (to tell an accurate and interesting story)
• A full working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint

Salary & Benefits:

• Competitive Salary
• Life Assurance
• Regular training and development
• Access to a range of online benefits and discounts

About Us

BMG Research is a leading social research and analytics agency operating primarily in the UK. We partner with clients to inform decision-making, shape policy and guide investment, thereby leading to better public services, positive customer experiences and a fair and equitable society.

By working with clients to understand the challenges they face, we can identify priorities for action and evaluate the impact of change. We combine our in-depth topic knowledge and methodological expertise with sophisticated analytics and impactful insight to create bespoke solutions tailored to a client’s need. Clients include large government departments, such as Defra, the Department for Business and Trade, the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, HMRC, the Home Office and the Department for Education. We also work with government agencies and regulators, local authorities, charities, utility companies and housing associations. Our projects range from small to large, from exploratory research to evaluation and from qualitative to quantitative, including using official statistics. Topics vary and include crime and justice, the media and online harms, health policy, tourism and leisure, customer experience, industrial and trade policy.

Working for BMG Research
Joining BMG Research brings you into a 60-person team based across Birmingham, London and Glasgow, focused on delivering effective social research and insight. We are committed to adaptable working practices with a culture of individual and collective success in a fair and supportive working environment. We operate a hybrid working model with the expectation that staff will be in the office at least 40% of the time. We ensure everyone has a learning and development path and a review and appraisal system to support their careers. We offer fantastic development opportunities to everyone through face-to-face, online and on-demand training and structured development that covers all aspects of technical research skills, management and leadership, communication, health and wellbeing and commercial behaviours. You can also undertake different roles in organisations through secondments in other RSK businesses. Our wider group relationships also provide access to a vast range of employee groups focused on issues such as sustainability, EDI and wellbeing, as well as social activities.

RSK Group
BMG Research is part of the RSK Group, a leading integrated environmental, engineering and technical services business providing dynamic, multidisciplinary services to broad-ranging sectors. Founded in 1989, RSK has evolved into a market-leading organisation. It is headquartered in the UK and has an established presence across Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Africa and Australasia. The group is growing fast thanks to its diverse operations, entrepreneurial spirit and open management style. When you join RSK, you are connecting to a growing community of experts and specialists who regularly collaborate to deliver projects and support each other across business units.

An RSK Company