Researcher
Researcher
Location: Remote within the UK
Salary: £30,154.60 per annum (pro rata of £43,078 FTE)
Contract: Part time, fixed period ending July 2027
Benefits:
• A generous pension plan with USS
• Enhanced family leave benefits
• 31 days’ annual leave, plus bank holidays
• Flexible working hours
• Remote/Hybrid work
Make a real impact in Higher Education.
Based in the Advance HE Research & Surveys team, the role will lead Advance HE’s development and delivery of the Office for Students-funded national pilot of a Pre-Arrival Questionnaire (PAQ project) of undergraduates and postgraduates in England.
The main responsibility of the role will be to work on the PAQ project, with additional involvement across the Advance HE portfolio of qualitative, quantitative and mixed-methods Research & Surveys projects.
In addition to this, as our Researcher you will be responsible for:
• Manage the participation in the project across circa 30 institutions in England, producing communications, responding to requests, providing information as required, ensuring the project is delivered according to timetable.
• Convening a participation (institutional) support network through webinars, FAQs, support materials etc.
• To co-lead (together with the Head of Research & Surveys) on collaboration with the other delivery partners of the project (University of East London and Jisc), establishing productive relationships and working together to ensure the project’s success.
• To lead the organisation of the advisory and working group meetings, setting agendas, timetabling meetings, co-chairing, providing meeting summaries, maintaining up-to-date resources folders for members.
• To deliver the production of benchmarking reports for all participating institutions, specifically using Power BI, excel and SPSS. Creating and running the reports directly in Power BI, cleaning and analysing the data in excel and SPSS, creating benchmarks, agreeing on reporting standards and content, delivering the reports in late Autumn 2025 as per the project timetable.
• Providing overall analysis of results data at cross-institutional level, producing sector datasets and authoring external facing reports for publication.
• Related to the above, delivering presentations and published reports to showcase the project findings
• Work with the Advance HE events team to plan, curate, and successfully co-deliver in-person conferences (one per year) based around participation in the survey, showcasing institutional case studies and convening networks of participants and advisors to share best practice.
• Manage and co-ordinate the production and publication of institutional case studies around participation
Main Accountabilities and Responsibilities – Research & Surveys portfolio
• To support the team in delivering research projects, including questionnaire design, focus group and in-depth interview moderation, analysis, and reporting, ensuring methodological rigour and adherence to project timelines.
• Support the successful delivery of significant research initiatives, and contribute to project planning, stakeholder management, and quality assurance processes.
• Support the delivery of annual statistical reports using Tableau report production.
• Demonstrate financial awareness and proficiency in project delivery, ensuring value for money and client satisfaction.
• Build effective working relationships across the team, directorate, the rest of Advance HE as well as external customers and stakeholders, focusing on collaboration, and demonstrating flexibility in responding to internal and external stakeholder needs.
In order to be successful in this role you must have / be:
Essential:
• Proven experience in conducting research projects using quantitative and/or qualitative methods
• Experience in survey design, implementation and analysis
• Experience in working with large datasets and statistical analysis in excel and specifically, SPSS
• Demonstrable expertise in building and producing interactive reporting using Power BI
• Experience in producing clear and accurate research reports and presentations
• Experience in convening and project managing group participation projects involving multiple external stakeholders
• Undergraduate degree in a relevant field * (e.g. social sciences, education research, statistics) or demonstrable equivalent relevant experience
• Strong analytical skills with expertise in quant and or qual analysis and research methodologies
• Excellent data visualisation and presentation skills
• Strong written communication skills with the ability to present research information clearly and accurately
• Project management skills with the ability to manage deadlines and balance different stakeholder requirement
• Ability to work collaboratively with high profile external stakeholders in a flexible, diplomatic and solution-focused manner
• Willingness to travel within the UK for research activities and stakeholder meetings
• Ability to work flexibly to meet project demands and deadlines
• Ability to work remotely while maintaining strong team connections
Desirable:
• Experience in analysing data using Tableau
• Experience working in or with the higher education sector
• Ability and willingness to develop and deliver inclusive practice in research
Our strategic goals to enhance confidence and trust in higher education, address systemic inequalities and advance education to meet the evolving needs of students and society, supports the work of our members and the sector.
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It is our people and the people we help that really make us who we are!
To apply:
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