Senior Research, Insight And Consultation Officer Full Time Temporary

Senior Research, Insight And Consultation Officer needed in Southampton £20.16ph ref:5187198

This role will involve:

• To deliver a comprehensive and effective programme of consultation and engagement with residents, partners, staff and other stakeholders, including on high profile public interest issues, to inform decision making, transformation and service improvement.
• To deliver innovative and proactive social and market research to ensure reliable and nuanced insight is available that enables the client to better understand customer needs, behaviours and motivations.
• To provide professional and technical oversight and support relating to consultation, research and engagement, ensuring legal and corporate requirements are met and reducing the risk of challenge.
• To develop joined up, effective and efficient consultation, research and engagement frameworks, toolkits and timetables, to ensure there is a consistent and efficient approach across the organisation and key partnerships.
• To work with services, partners and other stakeholders to review and define requirements relating to consultation, research and engagement, in line with overarching priorities, and to identify opportunities to generate income and attract external funding.

Ideally candidates will have;

• Degree or professional qualification or equivalent experience.
• To have excellent numerical, research and analytical skills, and experience of applying statistical analysis, extrapolating and interpreting results verbally and in writing, in ways appropriate to the needs of diverse audiences.
• To have knowledge of best practice models, trends and technologies relating to consultation and market and social research, and how they can be applied to large organisations.
• To have excellent digital skills, including experience of using technology designed to facilitate research (e.g. SNAP, SPSS, Mosaic, and GIS), developing website content and using social media channels as well as MS Office.
• To have excellent level of IT literacy to be able to use self-service, digital user platforms and applications and MS Office.

If you are interested in the role, please email your CV to beth@essentialemploy.co.uk quoting the reference number

Essential Employment is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. Essential Employment is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

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