Senior Research Executive

BBC Group and Public Services; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 29,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

BBC Children in Need is looking for a Senior Research Executive to join the Insight team in Salford on a hybrid basis. You will help bring audience voices into the charity, monitor external trends, and support the annual Appeal with data-driven insights.

You will work on data analysis, desk research, and communicating insights to stakeholders to drive decision-making across the charity.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of quantitative and qualitative research and data analysis.
• Strong quantitative analysis skills and ability to create insights from data sources.
• Ability to distill large reports through desk research.
• Good presentation skills and ability to tell insight stories via PowerPoint.
• Experience using audience insights and communicating them engagingly.

Responsibilities

• Support the Monitoring and Evaluation of our Annual Appeal by producing broadcast income updates.
• Support audience research and production of our Appeal debriefs.
• Create Insight Outputs such as summaries of external reports and trends briefs.
• Conduct desk research and analysis to inform broader Insight work like brand reviews.
• Support Knowledge Management by maintaining the Insight Hub and coordinating sessions.

Skills

Quantitative research

Qualitative research

Data analysis

Desk research

Presentation skills

Audience insights

Tools

PowerPoint

Job description

JOB BAND: C
CONTRACT TYPE: Fixed-term Contract, Full-time / Attachment, Full-time (6 months)
DEPARTMENT: BBC Children in Need
LOCATION: Salford - Hybrid
PROPOSED SALARY RANGE: £28,500-£33,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

We're happy to discuss flexible working. If you'd like to, please indicate your preference in the application – though there's no obligation to do so now. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

Join the Insight team at BBC Children in Need for the opportunity to develop insight that will influence the work that we do right across the charity. As Senior Research Executive, you’ll play a key role bringing the voice of our audiences into the charity, monitoring the landscape for children and young people, and helping us keep track of what's happening in the outside world.

WHY JOIN THE TEAM

You will be working in a team who share a fascination with audiences and what makes them tick, a natural curiosity, and a love of data and insight. The team partners with colleagues right across the charity with a focus on helping them insight-based decisions.

You will join at an exciting time, with the opportunity to directly monitor and report on the impact of our annual Appeal with audiences.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT:

• Supporting the Monitoring and Evaluation of our Annual Appeal by producing broadcast income updates, supporting our audience research and supporting the production of our Appeal debriefs.
• Creating Insight Outputs such as summaries of external reports, reviews of external trends and briefings on the landscape of need for children.
• Conducting Desk Research and Analysis to inform the broader work of the Insight team such as brand reviews and impact reports.
• Supporting Knowledge Management and Sharing by championing and maintaining the Insight Hub and managing Insight sessions and bulletins.
• Research Project Support, assisting with external qualitative and quantitative research projects as well as internal staff surveys.

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:

• An understanding of quantitative research, qualitative research and data analysis.
• Good quantitative analysis skills, with the ability to work creatively with existing data sources.
• Experience of conducting desk research and distilling large reports into key insights.
• Good presentation skills, with the ability to develop engaging insight stories via Powerpoint.
• Experience of developing and using audience insights and communicating them in an engaging way.

If you can bring some of these skills and experiences, along with transferable strengths, we’d love to hear from you and encourage you to apply.

Disclaimer

This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance. This is not intended to be a complete, detailed account of all aspects of the duties involved.

Please note: If you were to be offered this role, the BBC will conduct Employment screening checks which include Reference checks; Eligibility to work checks; and if applicable to the role, Safeguarding and Adverse media/Social media checks. Any offer made is conditional on these checks being satisfactory.

Before your start date, you may need to disclose any unspent convictions or police charges, in line with our Recruitment policy. This allows us to discuss any support you may need and assess any risks. Failure to disclose may result in the withdrawal of your offer.

We are unable to accept applications via CV and only applications made online will be considered.

Redeployment

The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC and they will be given priority consideration ahead of other applicants. Priority consideration means for those employees seeking redeployment their application will be considered alongside anyone else at risk of redundancy, prior to any individuals being considered who are not at risk.

Information at a Glance

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Life at BBC

Here you will benefit from:

• Fair pay and flexible benefits including a competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pensionscheme and discounted dental, health care and gym.
• Excellent career and professional development.
• Support in your working life, including flexible working which you can discuss with us at any point during the application, selection or offer.
• A values-based organisation where the way we do things is important as what we do.

Benefits may vary if you are joining on an FTC basis or on an orchestra conditions contract.

Learn more about life at the BBC and our values in our candidate pack.

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We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual’s unique contribution, so all our employees feel that they can belong, thrive and achieve their full potential.

We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to join us. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.

We welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief.

Find out more about diversity, inclusion and belonging in our strategy below.

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Disability confident

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