Research Manager

Summary

Alterline are looking for a research manager to join our team in Manchester.  Working with higher education clients, your research will have a social impact and ultimately help to improve experiences and outcomes for students. You’ll be joining an agency intent on building something different; our unique research collaborations and solutions are bringing clients together in communities of practice to solve common challenges.

If you’re ambitious, smart, and keen to immerse yourself in a fascinating sector, we’d like to hear from you. You’ll work in a small, friendly team in our Manchester office.

About Alterline

Our vision, underpinned by the personal values of our directors and staff, is to improve experiences and outcomes for students. To do this we provide higher education clients with the evidence they need to inspire action, make tough decisions, and monitor progress. We tackle big, strategic issues and are building an agency that’s different.

Recent work has ranged from the biggest-ever study of student mental health and wellbeing in the UK, to working with mobile app provider CampusM to better understand students’ digital behaviour and looking at the role campus spaces play in student experience for a number of universities to help shape the campuses of the future. For more about our work see www.alterline.co.uk/tag/students

The role

The successful candidate will work across a range of higher education clients. The job will include aspects of quantitative and qualitative research design, fieldwork, analysis, client contact, project management, and report writing. As part of a small company, you'll work closely with the directors and team to develop innovative methodologies and creative approaches to delivering research that has impact.

Person specification

• Minimum four years’ experience in a market research role (quant, qual or both)
• Experience of designing research materials
• Involvement in fieldwork management
• Experience of data processing and analysis
• Great project management and client relationship skills
• Confident data storyteller and report writer
• Willing to learn and try new things
• Passionate, open to new ideas, proactive and enthusiastic.

Salary: £30,000 - £40,000 depending on experience

Other benefits: Healthcare, bike-to-work scheme, childcare voucher scheme, flexible working