Job Title: Research Assistant
Location: Bristol
Salary: £25,055-£26,654
Job Type: Full time, Permanent
The Centre for Sustainable Energy (CSE) is a Bristol-based national charity that supports people and organisations across the UK to tackle the climate emergency and end the suffering caused by cold homes. We do this by sharing our knowledge, practical experience and policy insights.
The Role
The Research and Analysis (R&A) Team at CSE is currently looking to recruit a new member of staff to support the core activities of the Research & Analysis team. The Research Assistant (Social Research) will use social science methods and approaches to deliver evidenced-based and impactful work. The role is likely to cut across several work areas covered by the R&A team including heat decarbonisation, building retrofit, affordable warmth, fairness in the energy transition, energy policy and local area energy planning. The bulk of this will be delivered by R&A team members, but support may also be periodically required from other teams at CSE. The role will be line managed by a senior member within the team.
Responsibilities include
- The delivery of high quality project work, predominantly employing social research methods and social science approaches, as required by relevant project managers, meeting project deadlines and other project objectives.
- To assist on research projects covering a wide range of activities including design of research tools, input to method development, designing surveys, analysing qualitative and quantitative social research data, literature reviews, report writing.
- To contribute high quality written material to reports and other publications by summarising key research findings, presenting effective visualisation of data and producing well evidenced research findings.
- To contribute to the development of CSE’s responses to invitations to tender for project work, drawing on psychological and other social science theories of behavioural change to address climate change mitigation and tackling fuel poverty.
- To complete allocated tasks within agreed budgets and deadlines.
- To take personal responsibility for decisions on your work, seeking assistance and input from others as appropriate, with the support of the line manager and relevant project managers.
- To plan and prioritise your workload to achieve high standards and meet agreed deadlines, adjusting readily to suit changing circumstances, with the support of or in agreement with the line manager or relevant project managers.
Ideal Candidate
- A degree level qualification or equivalent in a related field such as energy, environmental science, social sciences, or similar.
- A minimum of two years’ experience working in similar or related role.
- Experience of using social research methods and analysis techniques.
- Design and use of one or more research tools: interview topic guides, focus groups, questionnaires, surveys.
- Interest in energy issues and tackling the climate crisis.
- Interest in the application of approaches that encourage people to take action as part of climate change mitigation or fuel poverty prevention.
Benefits
- 33 days paid holiday per year including 8 bank holidays.
- Generous ethical company pension scheme (8% from employer, 6% from employee) to which the post-holder will be automatically enrolled
- Salary sacrifice childcare vouchers
- Subsidised bike purchase arrangements through the cycle to work scheme
- Training and study time is given to complete the NEA City & Guilds 6176 in Energy Awareness.
Please click on the APPLY button to complete the first stage of the application process by sending your CV and Cover Letter for this role.
Candidates with the experience or relevant job titles of; Research Management, Research Administrator, Research Planning, Research Coordinator, Research Director, Senior Research Lead, Senior Research Manager, Senior Research Coordinator, Research Manager, Research Lead, Lead Research Manager, may also be considered for this role.
