Research Associate

More in Common is seeking a full-time Research Associate as we grow our team and advance our mission of building a more united and inclusive UK, where all people feel respected, better understood, and share a sense of belonging. More in Common UK is a small team with a start-up culture where everyone is expected to execute a range of responsibilities.

The Research Associate will work closely with the UK Team across our core areas of research, communications, partnership, and client work. The Research Associate will serve as a key member of the UK team, working on quantitative and qualitative research projects for our clients and partners and as part of our wider thought leadership, delivering high quality outputs and supporting More in Common’s communications and dissemination work.

ABOUT MORE IN COMMON

More in Common is a research agency working across the US, UK, Germany, France and Poland to tackle polarisation and division. More in Common leads and supports initiatives to build more united, inclusive, and resilient societies. Our mission is to understand the forces driving us apart, help societies find common ground and bring people together to tackle shared challenges.

In the UK, our work is best described as being part consultancy and part think tank. We provide a full suite of research services including polling and focus group research; evidence reviews and secondary data analysis; audience mapping and audience strategy; strategic communications strategy and campaign development. More in Common are members of the British Polling Council.

ABOUT THIS ROLE

The Research Associate role involves:

Research

• Support and execute a range of quantitative and qualitative research projects for More in Common’s own thought leadership work and our client/partner work
• Manage external research vendors’ relationship, including scheduling focus groups and project managing opinion polling research
• Analysis, interpretation and manipulation of quantitative data, and willingness to learn how to perform statistical/econometric analysis
• End-to-end project management for quantitative and qualitative public opinion research projects from design, execution (drafting surveys and discussion guides, and with time, moderating focus groups), analysis, report writing and presentation of insights (including data analysis)
• Drafting and co-authoring public-facing research reports for More in Common and reports and briefings for clients and partners

Partnership / Client management:

• Day-to-day support and project management for a range of our client and partner projects
• Identifying new partners, clients, and opportunities across various sectors from business to civil society to the public sector
• Drafting proposals and responding to tenders for those potential partners and clients and supporting on pitches.
• Delivering trainings and briefings for clients and partners drawing on insights from More in Common’s research
• Drafting grant reports and taking responsibility for day-to-day account management on client-facing projects
• Producing timely and high-quality outputs and deliverables as agreed with clients and partners

Comms and dissemination

• Drafting and developing data briefings and press releases for journalists, conducting data checks, and designing and publishing reports on our website
• Drafting op-eds, Twitter threads, blogs and newsletters using More in Common’s insights
• Designing and delivering webinars and short insights products to disseminate our latest insights and research to partners and the wider eco-system