Research Manager

The RNLI is the charity that saves lives at sea. We provide, on call, a 24-hour lifeboat search and rescue service around the UK and Ireland, and a seasonal lifeguard service. With lifeboats, lifeguards, safety advice and flood rescue, we are committed to saving lives.

The Research Manager is based within the RNLI’s Research team, which works alongside the RNLI’s Operations Research Unit and the Data Analysis team to ensure the RNLI has the research, evidence and analysis required to make sound organisational decisions.

You will help to contribute to an expanding analytical community at the RNLI, which is providing expert social, operational and market research for customers at all levels of the organisation. This role is an opportunity to provide the research and analysis which will help one of the UK’s largest charities to deliver against our goals and save more lives.

We are looking for an experienced individual who will lead and manage RNLI social and market research projects ensuring evidence is sound, robust, fit for purpose and that customer requirements are met. You will build strong and successful relationships with research customers across the RNLI, promoting the role of research in organisational decision making and proactively managing client requirements and priorities. You will be skilled at commissioning and working with external research agencies, managing multiple research projects to tight client deadlines.

This role would ideally suit someone who has good people and project management skills, enjoys working proactively across teams, has a high level of knowledge and experience in conducting both quantitative and qualitative research and analysis, and has a high attention to detail.

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Closing date: 6 December 2015.

The RNLI is the charity that saves lives at sea.

Registered in England and Wales (209603) and Scotland (SC037736).

Charity number CHY 2678 in the Republic of Ireland.