Find More Than 10K+
United Kingdom Jobs

The Research & Insight Executive helps people with sight loss to live the life they choose by using research and data to better understand the needs of people with vision impairment and sight loss.

The ideal candidate will have demonstrable experience of independently carrying our primary research, either with a research agency or as part of an in-house team, and be passionate about using their skills and experience to support Guide Dogs.

This role will provide the customer insight we need to guide our strategy and develop person-centred services and marketing plans to meet those needs.

We’re committed to enabling our staff to work where best suits the needs of the individual, their team and the organisation. We want our staff to flourish and work in environments which maximises their potential and best serves our stakeholders.

For this role you’ll be working 35 hours per week, worked 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday. We are looking for you to attend the office at least 2 days per week, the remainder of your week may be spent working from home.

We offer a generous pension scheme, annual leave, life assurance and enhanced pay for parenting and sickness leave. In addition, we provide an Employee Assistance Programme, flexible benefits package and discounts and cashback scheme to care for our people.

More details can be found in the attached candidate pack and job description.

We reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date.

Diversity

Guide Dogs welcomes applications from all sections of the community and actively encourages diversity to maximise achievements, creativity and good practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment, regardless of age, race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, disability or nationality.

We encourage applications from people with disabilities as they are currently under-represented in the organisation and guarantee an invitation to interview for all applicants with disabilities who demonstrate, within their application form, sufficient evidence to meet the essential criteria for the job.

Safeguarding

Guide Dogs is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children, young people and adults at risk of harm with whom we work. We expect all our employees and volunteers to fully share this commitment.

To be able to fulfil this role, the skills and experience we are looking for in a potential candidate include;

Essential

• Educated to degree level, or equivalent (QCF level 6 / SQCF levels 9-10).
• While not essential for this position, please share in your application if you have had any training from MRS, SRA or similar research institution.
• Demonstrable experience in a customer insight and research role, either with an agency or in a client-side insight team.
• Experience managing external research agencies within agreed timelines and budgets.
• Strong understanding of research methodologies and research design best practice, and how to apply these when scoping & designing new projects.
• Proven ability of time-management – managing workload, working to deadlines and ability to adapt quickly to changing priorities.
• Proactive attitude and ability to work independently on projects when needed.

Desirable

• Awareness of accessibility needs to ensure research is accessible to those with vision impairment.
• Experience of working in the non-profit sector, or a strong desire to develop in this area.

For the complete list of essential and desirable criteria necessary to be successful in this role please see the Person Specification within the Job Description. The candidate pack contains more information about this role & the recruitment process at Guide Dogs.

If you are successful you will need to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK. We cannot provide sponsorship for this role.

How to apply
If you have any accessibility issues, please contact our Recruitment Team on 0118 3540345 or [email protected].

Applications need to be made using the online application form, accessed using the ‘apply’ button above.

As part of your application ensure you provide evidence and examples of how your skills & experience meet the criteria as set out in the attached job description.

The system has a one-hour time limit. We would advise you to prepare your answers separately and then copy and paste into the online form once finalised.
If any mandatory fields are missed, a pop-up box will appear at the top of the page advising which sections require completion.

Please note that you’ll have to upload a CV as this is a mandatory requirement as part of our Safer Recruitment Policy.

Guide Dogs follow Safer Recruitment practices to ensure we are safeguarding the vulnerable people we work with. As part of this, we require a full work history with any gaps accounted for & a minimum of 2 professional referee details fully covering the past 5 years. If there is not enough space in your application form to provide this information, please ensure you upload additional documentation containing the additional detail.

Please contact our Team on 0118 3540345 or [email protected] if you require any support with your application.