Senior Research Consultant - Social Impact & Public Sector Research

Resources Group AU; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Resources Group is seeking a Senior Research Consultant specialising in Social Impact and Public Sector Research. You will lead bespoke quantitative studies, deliver high-quality insights, and advise clients on how to improve wellbeing through evidence-based findings.

In this role, you’ll manage project delivery, nurture client relationships, and mentor junior team members within a nationally recognised agency with strong public sector partnerships.

Qualifications

• Your wheelhouse includes campaign evaluation, audience segmentation, brand health, program development and community sentiment research.
• You can design and deliver quant research end to end, with broad experience developing questionnaires and analytical frameworks.
• You're very comfortable getting stuck into a dataset. Strong Q skills, or similar, are essential.
• You know how to turn complex data into compelling insights, with strong reporting, narrative and presentation skills.
• You're confident writing small to medium-sized proposals independently and love spotting new opportunities to help clients.
• You'll manage one direct report, while also inspiring and upskilling junior team members.
• You know how to build trust and rapport, unpack client challenges and become a valued research partner.

Responsibilities

• Hands-on project delivery and shaping insightful deliverables.
• Manage client relationships and help grow accounts.
• Mentor junior team members and lead one direct report.
• Build trust and rapport with clients as a valued research partner.

Skills

Research experience

Quant skills

Analytical skills

Storytelling

Commercial

Mentoring

Client relationships

Job description

Senior Research Consultant - Social Impact & Public Sector Research

If you're driven by impact, you'll light up here. This role is perfect for an insights professional passionate about improving people's wellbeing through exceptional-quality, evidence-based research and consultancy for public sector clients.

You’ll find yourself immersed in important topics affecting everyday Australians around public health, behavioural change, harm reduction, community wellbeing and improving essential services.

As a quant specialist, you'll bring your breadth of methodological experience to bespoke, ad hoc research programs. You'll be hands-on with project delivery, shaping insightful deliverables, managing client relationships and helping grow accounts.

Ideal profile

• Research experience: Your wheelhouse includes campaign evaluation, audience segmentation, brand health, program development and community sentiment research.
• Quant skills: You can design and deliver quant research end to end, with broad experience developing questionnaires and analytical frameworks.
• Analytical skills: You're very comfortable getting stuck into a dataset. Strong Q skills, or similar, are essential.
• Storytelling: You know how to turn complex data into compelling insights, with strong reporting, narrative and presentation skills.
• Commercial: You're confident writing small to medium-sized proposals independently and love spotting new opportunities to help clients.
• Mentoring: You'll manage one direct report, while also inspiring and upskilling junior team members.
• Client relationships: You know how to build trust and rapport, unpack client challenges and become a valued research partner.

We're looking for someone with experience in an established social research agency who is ready to take that next step in their career. You’ll also be drawn to this agency’s impeccable reputation, national scale and incredible leadership.

It's a fantastic opportunity to grow your career in social and public sector research, working on fascinating projects that influence decisions, shape services and make a tangible difference to people's lives.

About Resources Group

We are the Leading Global Talent Agency for Insights, Analytics & Data Strategy. Our consultants take the time to truly understand your career aims and are dedicated to providing tailored, impartial advice to find you the very best career move. We have access to an unrivalled and exclusive range of job opportunities with trailblazing agencies and blue-chips across Australia, NZ and APAC.

Resources Group’s Diversity and Equality Policy determines that we submit applicants to our clients on the basis of merit and ability, regardless of race, colour, age, disability, family responsibilities, gender, marital status, nationality, religious or political views or affiliations, sexual orientation or socio-economic background.