Olive Tree Consulting Group
Junior Research Analyst
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Junior Research Analyst
We are looking for a Junior Research Analyst to support our team as we navigate a major engagement with a client based in London. This role focuses on gathering and organizing the information we need to diagnose where management processes are slowing down within an organization. You will work alongside our advisors to document how work happens in practice, providing the factual foundation for our practical recommendations.
About the role
This position is a permanent, full-time role designed for someone at the start of their career who is interested in how businesses function. You will help us bridge the gap between what a company thinks its processes are and what actually happens in daily work. This involves a lot of observation, clear writing, and the ability to organize complex details into direct, usable formats. Since we operate as a fully remote team, you will manage your own time while collaborating closely with our consultants through written records and digital meetings.
What you will do
- Review internal documents and meeting records to identify where priorities or responsibilities have become unclear.
- Draft concise summaries of management interviews and group discussions that capture the core points without the fluff.
- Map out who is responsible for specific tasks and identify where handoffs between teams are failing.
- Identify recurring themes in organizational friction that appear across different departments.
- Assist in creating the smallest possible written records that help clients maintain their management rhythm.
- Observe digital meetings and take structured notes that focus on decisions made and ownership assigned.
- Gather and categorize data on how teams are spending their time compared to their declared goals.
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What we are looking for
- The ability to write clearly and simply using plain English.
- A high degree of accuracy and attention to detail when documenting conversations and decisions.
- The curiosity to ask why a process exists and whether it still serves a useful purpose.
- An organized approach to managing multiple research tasks and data points at once.
- The capacity to stay professional when sitting in on meetings with senior leadership.
- A preference for clarity over complexity in all your written work and data presentation.
- Comfort working in a remote setting where most communication happens through writing.
Helpful background
- A recent degree or ongoing studies in business, social sciences, history, or a related field.
- Familiarity with standard spreadsheets and documents to organize and present research.
- Experience with academic or personal research projects that required looking for patterns in information.
- A general interest in how groups of people coordinate work and make decisions.
- The ability to present gathered facts in a logical, chronological, or thematic order.
- Prior experience in a remote environment or a strong ability to work independently.
What the role offers
This is a fully remote position that offers significant flexibility and the chance to learn advisory skills from the ground up. The position is paid, and the pay is competitive for an entry level role in this market. You will work in a culture that values quiet productivity and avoids the typical noise of corporate life. We focus on getting the work right and making it useful for the client, providing you with an environment where you can develop a deep understanding of organizational mechanics.
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About Olive Tree
Olive Tree Consulting Group is a focused advisory practice that helps leadership teams solve recurring management issues. We typically work on the space between strategy and daily execution. A team can have very capable people and still find that decisions keep reopening, priorities stall, or responsibility remains unclear. These are rarely personality problems: they are structural habits that have not kept up with the company growth. We favor practical changes over large scale transformation programs. Our work involves looking at how decisions are made, how meetings are run, and how ownership is recorded. We prefer useful written notes and clear ownership over polished presentations and vague alignment. Good advisory work should make things plainer and leave the team with a rhythm they can continue on their own.
The firm is built on the principle that memory is not a management system. We help teams create the smallest possible written record to support their work so that important follow up does not depend on who was in the room or who has the best memory. The goal is a quieter management pattern that makes the existing work easier to lead.
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