Data Services Executive

Are you looking for a role to develop your data services skills?

Do you value flexibility, with the ability to work in ways that suit you best?

Would you like to work in a friendly and supportive team, working alongside people who share a passion for making a difference?

IFF is an award-winning social research agency, that helps organisations, businesses and individuals to make better informed decisions. We deliver best-in-class social research on topics that really matter, helping shape public policy and informing programmes and initiatives that make a difference to people’s lives.

About the role

This is a development role that sits within our Data Services team and reports into our Head of Data Services. The team is in the UK and largely remotely based though we welcome you to be based out of our London office or work hybridly as you prefer.

As the Data Services (DS) Executive you’ll work directly with the research team on a variety of projects dealing with varied data, using different, relevant software. You’ll receive specs from the research team and work on all phases of the data services process which includes sampling (Excel respondent data) and analysis (Data reduction in Merlin and SPSS). You’ll work to deadline and budget, building relationships with the research teams and providing timely outputs.

Much of your work will be autonomous but you'll help with adhoc demands from the DS team where needed. You’ll be able to develop your own style of working and delivery, building on your skills and experience, always with the support of your team.

Key responsibilities include:

• Manage analysis projects as agreed.
• Ensure outputs accurate and as specified.
• Accurate quality checking.
• Present and explain all data clearly as required.
  
• Keep teams updated by communicating openly, honestly and frequently.
• Work effectively and in partnership, with clients and suppliers.
• Proactively provide support for other departments and team members.

About you

We’re looking to develop someone, with full training provided in the software needed to succeed in this role, you must be confident communicating and working with a range of people and have a high level of competence with Excel in particular and computing in general and will be able to cite a range of software that you have experience with.

As you'll work mainly autonomously, you must be experienced managing your work and ensuring you are motivated to meet deadlines.

We have found that candidates who graduated with a data science/maths/engineering/computer science degree fair well in this position as do candidates with a high degree of numeracy skills.

Our values are key to how we work, we’re looking for somebody that truly aligns with those values and understands the importance of being human first.

Don’t quite tick all the boxes, but still believe you’d add value? We’d encourage you to apply and tell us how.

Why join us?

• A friendly and supportive work environment, true to our value of “being human first”
• Genuine flexibility, with hybrid working and the ability to flex when you work around our core hours of 11-3
• Learning culture, with ongoing investment in your personal development
• Competitive remuneration, including 5% pension contributions
• 28 days’ annual leave (+ bank holidays), increasing by one day at 3 and 5 years’ service
• PLUS a range of nice perks designed to bring the team together such as all team events and team lunches