Researcher and Intelligence Analyst

Boasting a 24/7 nightlife, iconic shopping destinations such as Carnaby Street and famous tourist attractions including Buckingham Palace, Westminster is one of the most alluring places in which to live, work and visit. Made up of a diverse range of multicultural neighbourhoods that span the elegance of Knightsbridge and the quirky charms of Soho, we witness more than 1million people passing through the area every day – so our role in our communities’ lives is of vital importance.

The Role:

Our dynamic team covers a huge scope of fascinating topics and analysis methods, and it is here that you could join us. We're currently adopting an exciting new City for All strategy – where you will play an integral role in converting insights into compelling outputs that will help us connect to our audiences and create impact. The challenge of using research to influence behaviour change – plus other projects relating to local government policy – will provide an array of creative challenges in which you will assist the strategic direction of council services by anticipating issues and finding practical solutions. Working with our academic partners, your multi-method analysis will result in targeted campaigns and measurement of impact.

For further information please refer to the Job Description

About You:

• Highly analytical: able to interrogate data and think creatively about what evidence is required to understand an issue
• Strong understanding of user-centered and audience focused research skills, such as Behavioural Insights methods and/or audience segmentation
• Experienced in any of the following: spatial analysis, business analysis, data analysis or evaluation
• Inquisitive: interested in the how and why
• Flexible and driven to succeed
• Strong communicator, problem solver, critical thinker
• Experience in both quantitative and qualitative research skills
• Confident approach to rapid discovery research in new areas of enquiry

What We Offer:

This is a unique chance to join an award-winning team who are truly leading the field of impactful analysis. Having won multiple awards in 2018, we recently won ‘PR Moment: Best Research in a Campaign 2019’, and ‘Big Data Project of the Year’ in the national Paperless Awards. Our outstanding reputation – alongside our well-developed relationships with Data Scientists at Kings College, UCL and the Centre for Urban Science and Progress – means that we are able to offer a working environment that is simply career-defining. Further enhanced by plenty of training and development opportunities and a real sense of camaraderie, you are sure to excel in our progressive team