Job title: Senior Researcher
Reference: CM890
Contract: Fixed Term Contract (Up to 6 months maternity cover), Full Time 35hrs per week
Based in: Hybrid working, Kings Hill based
Salary: Up to £31,000 per annum

This is a fantastic opportunity to join the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) as a senior researcher, an integral role in CAF’s Research & Marketing team.

You will be managing and supporting on a number of quantitative research projects, from drafting our flagship World Giving Index and UK Giving reports, to helping us understand our customers better.

Your work will have high visibility within the organisation, and throughout the charity sector and beyond, with the opportunity to see your work in the media across the world. Recent reports have featured on Sky News, BBC television, local radio, sector podcasts, and national print media.

Our ideal candidate will have experience of quantitative research gained at either an agency or client-side, and have the ability and drive to work on research that benefits our organisation and the wider charitable sector. Experience of best-practice research and the drive to deliver results is more important than experience of working within the charity sector. An interest in online qualitative research and customer communities is desirable.

The role will be a hybrid of home and office working, with at least two days in the office each week. Our International Head office is based in Kingshill, Kent, but there will also be opportunities to work in our central London office.

You will join us on a full time basis working Monday to Friday, 35 hours a week. Working hours are 9am to 5pm with an hour for lunch but flexibility is available.

At CAF you will be joining a workforce who are passionate about accelerating society’s progress towards a fair and inclusive future for all. We are people focused, driven by innovation and together, we are building a great and safe great place to work.

In return for joining as our Senior Researcher you will receive (pro rata):
• Salary up to £31,000
• 30 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Excellent – on-going training programme
• Excellent pension scheme
• Private Health care cover
• Life assurance
• On-going learning and development
• Annual flu vaccination
• Employee Assistance programme to support your health and wellbeing
• CAF volunteering day

As our Senior Researcher your key responsibilities will include:
• Project manage a number of planned and ad hoc research projects with oversight from the Research Manager or Head of Research & Marketing.
• Analyse survey results, distilling data into key findings and visualising them effectively.
• Input into the design and implementation of customer research, supported by your broad knowledge of consumers and research techniques.
• Advise on project design, questionnaire development, and analysis.
• Present / disseminate research results to a variety of stakeholder audiences, including CAF senior management.
• Draft reports and articles for publication, working closely with colleagues in the Media team.

Skills required of our Senior Researcher:
• Agency / private sector experience in quantitative research.
• Report writing and data visualisation skills.
• Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills.
• Questionnaire writing and survey design skills.
• An understanding of sampling techniques.
• Qualitative interviewing skills are desirable, particularly for online qualitative research.

Interested in joining us as our Senior Researcher and being part of an organisation who are people focused and are “Together Building Opportunity”. If yes, apply today, we would love to hear from you.

Please use the apply button/send your CV to recruitment@cafonline.org quoting reference number CM890

If this method of applying is not possible, please contact a member of the HR team on 03000 123 566 to discuss how we can support you to apply.

Please note we endeavour to reply to everyone, but it is not always possible. If you have not heard from us within two weeks of your application, please assume in this instance we have not been able to progress.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role.