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Senior Research Executive - Middle East Political Research

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Senior Research Executive - International Social Affairs Research (Middle East)
Central London (hybrid, 3 days in the office)
Up to c£42,000 + bonus + bens
Highly respected research agency specialising in the issue-based, international and socio-political space seeks an additional researcher to serve their growing portfolio of clients. This position offers the opportunity to work on public opinion research of citizens across the world covering some of the most important contemporary issues (security, democracy, development, etc.)
They seek a solid researcher and methodologically speaking quant will take precedence, however any experience in qual would be appreciated. You will be active across all stages of the project from survey design, project management to report writing and presentation. To be successful here you must have a ‘can do’ attitude. Whilst you will of course have people to work with and turn to those that like to get on with it will thrive.
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As a business they work on international public opinion research often involving fragile and conflict environments. They are fascinated by the relationship between public opinion and political, military, economic, social, and development-related issues; these are all areas you will be looking to bring into your analysis. Experience of working on nationally representative surveys would be ideal.


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This is the ideal role for someone with a keen interest in international politics and an agency research background. This is a small and busy consultancy, so this role would suit someone who wants to be given responsibility and be trusted, is happy to muck in and do what’s needed to get the project done. So if you like the idea of action over function and structure, then contact us for more details.
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