This role can be based from any of our UK locations London, Manchester, Edinburgh, Belfast, Cardiff or from Delhi (India) or Islamabad (Pakistan)
Apply to the role here - https://careers.britishcouncil.org/job-invite/37259/
ABOUT US & THE ROLE
Role Purpose:
This role sits within the Research and Insight (R&I) function https://www.britishcouncil.org/research-insight responsible for research excellence. The function supports the British Council to be an expert and inclusive organisation informed by research and evidence, and a confident and generous thought leader in its core areas of work.
The postholder will support the team in the design and delivery of research using quantitative methods, ensuring high quality and impact of work undertaken in this area. They will also support the team in using quantitative research to inform strategy and planning, and in high impact narratives for external stakeholders.
As with other members of the team, the postholder will have an understanding of research management processes and methodologies and will give advice and guidance across the British Council, contributing to building a culture of valuing research and policy insight.
They will also offer support, as required, to the development and delivery of the global programmes contributing to the British Council’s impact areas. They will also undertake projects and assignments on behalf of the R&I management team, and support the contracting and commissioning of new research and the establishment of partnerships as required.
The postholder will work closely with the team’s sector research leads in Arts, Education, and English as well as the team’s Soft Power Insight function to establish good practice in quantitative research methods across commissioned research, and to ensure data from research and evidence projects is of high quality and is used to maximum effect. This will include providing analysis of a range of large and small data sets which the British Council holds and give clear guidance on their validity and reliability
The postholder will work closely with the Evidence, Evaluation and Learning (EEL) team and the wider Data, Evidence and Performance team on joint projects, in particular to enhance our capacity to evaluate programmes through high-quality monitoring data and operational research that explores critical performance questions, enhancing our understanding and ability respond positively to performance challenges.
The postholder will be expected to develop areas of specialist expertise over time as part of their professional development. They will also support the efforts of the Head of Research Excellence, particularly in promoting building capacity in using quantitative research methods and data management.
Role Context:
The purpose of the British Council’s Research and Insight (R&I) function is to systematically generate useful new knowledge that will achieve impact for our mission and for UK and overseas stakeholders.
We support the British Council to be an organisation guided by evidence, knowledge and insight, one that is confident in its voice as a cultural relations thought leader and a credible partner, and one that is generous in sharing its knowledge and insight in core areas.
As a team, we aim to role model the British Council value of ‘expert and inclusive’. The team is currently based across in locations across the UK and South Asia. We support a community of practice of more than 200 members across the global network.
We have two core outcomes:
1. Research to ensure the British Council is a trusted and valued provider of knowledge and soft power insight for the UK and overseas stakeholders in English, Education and Arts
2. Well evidenced analysis and understanding of how the totality of our work across the sectors generates soft power effects for the UK within priority countries
These are supported by a centre of excellence approach providing professional advice and capability, including stakeholder management, technical support and knowledge exchange. We work closely with other knowledge intensive functions, including Evidence, Evaluation and Learning; and Market Research, Analytics and Insight.
Through sharing our understanding of our core areas, we contribute to the organisation’s Strategy 2025 by enabling policymakers, researchers and practitoners to use our knowledge and insight to shape their thinking. We also enable colleagues across the organisation to avail themselves of current research and insight to support better strategy and programming.
We also support the British Council in understanding and objectively evidencing how our cultural relations work contributes to the UK’s soft power and long-term policy goals and has impact on perceptions of the UK in priority countries, as well as to anticipate future global trends in soft power.
Main Accountabilities:
Leadership & Management
Functional expertise
Internal customer focus
Service improvement
Commercial and financial management
Consultancy, analysis & problem-solving
ABOUT YOU
In addition to the below essential requirements the ideal individual will have a good understanding or interest of the work that the British Council does and a general interest/passion for Quantitative Research. The ideal individual will be someone who can communicate ideas, research and recommendations to non-specialist audiences and has worked with a range of stakeholders, ideally within a global role (but not necessarily essential).
Role specific knowledge and experience
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