Researcher
Do you enjoy producing research to influence key business and policy decisions? This role gives you the opportunity to design, commission and manage research projects to provide ground breaking market intelligence to understand the legal services market.
In this role you will:
- use your advanced research skills to produce high quality reports
- cover a diverse range of topics such as economic impact assessment of the legal services market, legal education and training, consumer decision making and law firms' behaviour and compliance with SRA regulations.
The role
The post holder will be based in the Research and Analysis Team. We produce high quality research and data analysis to support evidence-based regulatory policy making.
As an experienced Researcher you will produce research reports to inform regulatory policy and actions. By conducting quantitative and qualitative research you will increase our understanding of the legal services market. Examples of our previous research includes: quality of legal advice provided to asylum seekers, lawyer-client relationships in corporate law firms and innovation in legal services.
You will work with external stakeholders, such as academics, research agencies and consultants to commission and manage the delivery of high quality research projects. You will have experience in all aspects of project management including, scoping and writing invitations to tender, evaluating tender responses, finalising contractual and budgetary arrangements, supporting the design of methodological approaches and research tools, quality assuring key research outputs and preparing documents for publication.
Your research findings will be used to influence key decision makers such as senior management and external stakeholders. You will be a good communicator able to present complex research in an accessible way to non-technical audiences.
What we expect:
- Educated to degree level or equivalent (psychology, economics, social science or other relevant quantitative discipline and/or relevant experience)
- Experience of designing quantitative and qualitative research studies
- Experience of commissioning research from universities, consultancies or other research agencies
- Experience of managing projects and delivering work on time and to budget
- Experience of facilitating focus groups and stakeholder interviews
- Ability to carry out statistical analysis
- Ability to write and present research reports
- Good verbal and written communication skills
To apply for this role, please submit your CV and covering letter. Please ensure that your CV and covering letter clearly demonstrate how you meet the knowledge, skills and experience requirements of the role.
Previous applicants who have applied for the role in the last 12 months need not apply.
Essential
Degree or equivalent in psychology, economics, social science or other relevant quantitative discipline and/or relevant experience
Practical experience of designing quantitative and qualitative research methodologies
Ability to write and present research papers
Experience of commissioning research from universities, consultancies or other research agencies
Experience of managing projects and delivering work on time and to budget
Experience of facilitating focus groups and stakeholder interviews
Ability to carry out statistical analysis
Clear verbal & written communication skills
Proactive and able to make decisions
Understanding of how to take equality and diversity issues into account when carrying out research.
Desirable
Additionally, we provide a generous flexible benefits package, including gym membership with a tax only cost, an excellent defined contribution pension scheme and an additional 3% of annual basic salary upon successful completion of probation.
The Solicitors Regulation Authority is an Equal Opportunities Employer.
Diversity and inclusion is central to everything we do. We are actively committed to promoting and participating in good practice in the way that we attract, recruit and retain staff.
Everyone is encouraged to bring their whole self to work because we appreciate the value that a truly diverse workforce brings to an organisation. We celebrate difference, recognising the benefits this brings to our inclusive culture, including age, disability, gender identity and expression, religion, race, sex, sexual orientation and socio economic background.
We are a Stonewall Top 100 Employer, a member of ENEI, a disability confident employer and we are happy to talk flexible working.
This opportunity is closed to applicants.