Masters or PhD Paid Internship – Public Affairs, Politics team London, England
Ipsos UK
Full Time
London, England
21749 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description
Location – London (E1W 1YW) or UK remote for the right candidate
Start date – Summer 2023, exact start date flexible
Duration – Minimum of 4 weeks, up to 12 weeks
Hours – Flexible to full-time (35 hours) or part-time
Salary - £21,749 annualized full-time equivalent
Applications will close at 10am BST on Monday, 5th June, however, we may close the advert sooner if we receive a high volume of applications. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible!
ABOUT US
We are one of the world’s largest research companies and currently the only one primarily managed by researchers. With offices in 90 markets, Ipsos brings together research, implementation, methodological, and subject-matter experts from around the world, combining thematic and technical experts globally with local knowledge to deliver top-quality research and evaluation.
Our culture is unique - we have the entrepreneurial spirit and quirkiness of a small boutique, but we also have the resources, scale and diversity of a large global agency. We have more bright, friendly, hard-working and enthusiastic people, from more backgrounds, with more interests, skills and experiences to learn from. Our values are based on our diverse cultural backgrounds, helping us to be responsive, client-focused and flexible.
YOUR ROLE
Ipsos Public Affairs are the leaders in social research and evaluation. We bridge the gap between government and the public, providing robust research and analysis. We cover broad issues that shape the delivery of public services in modern society and how to engage the public in the policy-making process.
This is an exciting opportunity for a candidate with strong analytical and statistical skills that has an interest and passion to work in data science within the UK’s most established political pollster.We work on a range of topics including political attitudes and voting behaviour, social attitudes, public services, levelling up.
We are ideally looking for a PhD candidate or post-doc fellow for a short-term summer internship (minimum 4 weeks), though we can be flexible with start dates and duration. We welcome suggestions on how to support publication of a paper to showcase your achievements during the placement.
Main responsibilities include:
ABOUT YOU
This role is well suited for someone with strong analytical skills and an interest in public policy and/or politics. We are looking for someone with:
HOW TO APPLY
To apply, please submit your CV alongside any work (published or work in progress) that evidences your experience with complex modelling, such as local area estimation, MRP, random forest etc.
Applications will close at 10am BST on Monday, 5th June, however, we may close the advert sooner if we receive a high volume of applications. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible!
We are committed to equality, treating people fairly, promoting a positive and inclusive working environment and ensuring we have diversity of people and views. We recognise that this is important for our business success - a more diverse workforce will enable us to better reflect and understand the world we research and ultimately deliver better research and insight to our clients. We understand the importance of commitments you may have outside of work and we consider all flexible working applications - please highlight what you are looking for when you make your application.
Start date – Summer 2023, exact start date flexible
Duration – Minimum of 4 weeks, up to 12 weeks
Hours – Flexible to full-time (35 hours) or part-time
Salary - £21,749 annualized full-time equivalent
Applications will close at 10am BST on Monday, 5th June, however, we may close the advert sooner if we receive a high volume of applications. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible!
ABOUT US
We are one of the world’s largest research companies and currently the only one primarily managed by researchers. With offices in 90 markets, Ipsos brings together research, implementation, methodological, and subject-matter experts from around the world, combining thematic and technical experts globally with local knowledge to deliver top-quality research and evaluation.
Our culture is unique - we have the entrepreneurial spirit and quirkiness of a small boutique, but we also have the resources, scale and diversity of a large global agency. We have more bright, friendly, hard-working and enthusiastic people, from more backgrounds, with more interests, skills and experiences to learn from. Our values are based on our diverse cultural backgrounds, helping us to be responsive, client-focused and flexible.
YOUR ROLE
Ipsos Public Affairs are the leaders in social research and evaluation. We bridge the gap between government and the public, providing robust research and analysis. We cover broad issues that shape the delivery of public services in modern society and how to engage the public in the policy-making process.
This is an exciting opportunity for a candidate with strong analytical and statistical skills that has an interest and passion to work in data science within the UK’s most established political pollster.We work on a range of topics including political attitudes and voting behaviour, social attitudes, public services, levelling up.
We are ideally looking for a PhD candidate or post-doc fellow for a short-term summer internship (minimum 4 weeks), though we can be flexible with start dates and duration. We welcome suggestions on how to support publication of a paper to showcase your achievements during the placement.
Main responsibilities include:
- Developing advanced statistical models using small area estimation & MRP techniques with senior analytics guidance.
- Manipulating data and data processing, preferably in R, though other packages available.
- Collating and manipulating primary and secondary datasets, including census, official statistics data and administrative data to help build an appropriate model.
- Developing quality assurance procedures to validate model results and predictions.
- Developing technical documental and user guides for future users.
ABOUT YOU
This role is well suited for someone with strong analytical skills and an interest in public policy and/or politics. We are looking for someone with:
- Strong analytical skills and an interest in data science
- Proficiency in statistical software such as R, STATA, or Python
- Minimum requirement of Masters or PhD with a strong statistical emphasis, such as political science, economy, sociology, psychology etc.
- Experience (commercial or academic) with statistical techniques such as MRP, small area estimation, multilevel models, GLM regression
- An understanding of UK administrative geographies is an asset
- Results orientated, ability to manage deadlines and time effectively
- Ability to find creative and innovative solutions for complex and varied problems
- Good attention to detail
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Interest in public policy and social research
- Must hold the right to work in the UK for the duration of the internship
HOW TO APPLY
To apply, please submit your CV alongside any work (published or work in progress) that evidences your experience with complex modelling, such as local area estimation, MRP, random forest etc.
Applications will close at 10am BST on Monday, 5th June, however, we may close the advert sooner if we receive a high volume of applications. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible!
We are committed to equality, treating people fairly, promoting a positive and inclusive working environment and ensuring we have diversity of people and views. We recognise that this is important for our business success - a more diverse workforce will enable us to better reflect and understand the world we research and ultimately deliver better research and insight to our clients. We understand the importance of commitments you may have outside of work and we consider all flexible working applications - please highlight what you are looking for when you make your application.
Ipsos UK
www.ipsos.com
Paris, France
Didier Truchot | Ben Page
$2 to $5 billion (USD)
10000+ Employees
Company - Public
Business Consulting
1975
