Senior Research Lead — Energy Transition & Policy Impact

Centre for Sustainable Energy; Bradley Stoke; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

25 days holiday

Bike scheme

Life Assurance

Health plan

Retail discounts

Breakdown cover

Job summary

Centre for Sustainable Energy seeks an experienced research leader to shape and deliver research for a fair and sustainable energy transition. You will lead major projects, build funding opportunities, and work with partners and policymakers to ensure evidence informs decisions.

You'll manage large, strategic research, provide social research expertise and lead a small team, helping reduce fuel poverty and advance a just energy transition in the UK.

Qualifications

• Strong track record of conducting and leading impactful research, including large-scale projects.
• Experience developing successful funding proposals and new streams of work.
• Research methods skills including numerical/data analysis, survey design, and qualitative and/or evaluation methods.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, with ability to engage diverse audiences.
• Ability to produce clear research reports and effective summaries for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Effective coordination of teams, stakeholders and clients for project delivery.
• Strong time management, prioritisation, multi-tasking and problem-solving.
• Advanced knowledge of UK sustainable energy policy and the social/behavioural dimensions of the energy transition.
• Positive, self-motivated, able to work independently.

Responsibilities

• Manage large, strategic and technically complex research projects, including design, planning, ethics, data management, budgeting, monitoring and evaluation.
• Provide expertise in research management and social research across CSE.
• Contribute advanced subject knowledge in social impacts of the UK energy transition.
• Lead and coordinate work of others, including external partners and subcontractors.
• Develop and maintain relationships with project partners and funders.
• Identify opportunities for policy influence and develop new funding proposals.
• Consolidate research insights to deliver outputs, communications and policy influence.
• Present outputs to clients and external stakeholders and represent CSE at events.
• Line manage two junior team members with mentoring.
• Participate in workload planning across the Research & Analysis team.

Skills

Research leadership

Funding proposal development

Data analysis

Survey design

Qualitative methods

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

Project management

Team coordination

Independent working

Job description

Centre for Sustainable Energy seeks an experienced research leader to shape and deliver research for a fair and sustainable energy transition. You will lead major projects, build funding opportunities, and work with partners and policymakers to ensure evidence informs decisions.

You'll manage large, strategic research, provide social research expertise and lead a small team, helping reduce fuel poverty and advance a just energy transition in the UK.