Research Manager - Talent Pool - NYC - M&C Saatchi Group : Job Details

Join our Research Manager talent pool in New York! We're always on the lookout for talented individuals to join M&C Saatchi Group's World Services. We are particularly interested in candidates with a working knowledge of, or a Degree in International Relations, Political Science, other related humanities, or social science. Languages are a big plus for us so if you're obsessed with understanding different cultures, with human psychology & behavioral change and never put down your phone/books when it comes to staying up to date on geopolitics please submit your CV. World Services partners with governments, civil society, foundations, academia, and the private sector, we work on the critical issues of our time, including national security, social justice and conflict prevention. We provide a fully integrated, end to end service, combining multi-discipline communications teams with subject matter experts, across the world. Our work is domestic and global, often affecting the most vulnerable in society, with international activity orientated towards developing countries, and fragile, conflict affected states. If you are interested in working on some of the most meaningful, exciting and challenging communications tasks please reach out. You'll be working with fantastic people to help build and run communication campaigns from insight to delivery while working with one of the smartest and most engaged agencies in the business. We have almost 250 colleagues globally based in the US, UK, Singapore, Australia, and Dubai working with clients across all corners of the world. We are deeply proud of our trusted, collaborative, and diverse culture. We also recognise our need to continuously grow and evolve. Submitting your CV will add you to our talent pool. Once a suitable role becomes available you will be contacted by a member of the Talent team. This role will involve the following responsibilities:

• Carrying out analysis and triangulation of qualitative and quantitative data for assessing the performance and effectiveness of multimedia communications activity.
• Rigorously manipulating data sets to provide meaningful and actionable insights.
• Writing assessment reports and feeding research findings into other reporting.
• Designing data collection tools for pre-testing, formative research and assessment (such as questionnaires, discussion guides).
• Liaising with research fieldwork partners and work collaboratively on research projects and oversee all project management when outsourced.
• Feeding into strategy/Theory of Change development.
• While it is not expected that this role have formal line management responsibilities, it is expected that this role will require the informal management of others contributing to written research reports.
• Any other duties deemed necessary by the management of the Research team.

What we are looking for:

• Minimum 3 years relevant research, monitoring and evaluation experience.
• Experience with evaluating behavioral change would be an advantage.
• Experience working on projects in developing countries, fragile states and conflict zones would be extremely advantageous.
• Experience conducting research in Latin America and the Caribbean would be an advantage.
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.
• Quantitative and qualitative research experience.
• Experience designing and conducting mixed methods research studies would be an advantage.
• Experience managing research projects from design to report writing.A strong work ethic with ability to stick to deadlines is essential.
• Experience evaluating the impact/effectiveness of multimedia communications activity.
• Strong quantitative analysis skills (with experience using SPSS, R or Stata), although a specialism in qualitative research would also be considered.
• Good communication skills including experience presenting research findings and explaining technical concepts to multiple stakeholders including non-researchers, clients, etc.
• Experience designing logical frameworks (log frames) and assessment strategies.
• Data visualization skills and experience using data visualization software such as tableau would be a bonus.

What we offer:M&CS offers a competitive benefits package including: 25 vacation days, 401k match, annual pay reviews, flexible working, and WFH opportunities. Salary is dependent on experience but ranges from: $92,000-$115,000. All candidates must have the ability to work in the US; we are unable to sponsor any work visas for this role. The M&C Saatchi Group UK has pledged its commitment to create a company that values difference, with an inclusive culture brought to life through equity with business-wide activity across people, culture, industry, and society. As part of this, M&C Saatchi Group continues to be an Equal Opportunity Employer which does not and shall not discriminate, celebrates diversity and bases all hiring and promotion decisions solely on merit, without regard for any personal characteristics.#LI-JM1Group company M&C Saatchi World Services Locations New York Remote status Hybrid Remote