Director, Research Methods

Director, Research Methods

Location: London Millbank

Job type: Permanent, Full time

Hybrid working: 3 days a week in the office 2 days working from home

About our Company

Verian is one of the top tier social research agencies in the UK. Our team is based in the heart of Westminster and comprises around 150 specialist researchers working together to provide knowledge, evidence and insight that helps Government, the private sector and the Third Sector plan and care for society.

About the Role

Due to business growth, we are looking for a Director, Research Methods to join our UK Research Methods team. This role is a permanent, full time, hybrid home/office role. Our Research Methods team is a group of research design specialists and data analysts, providing technical and statistical support to each of our client-handling teams. In this role, you will work across our client base and provide ad hoc support to other members of the UK Methods team, the principal focus of this role will be on complex data analysis.

Key Responsabilities

• Apply your statistical skills and broader methodological knowledge to a variety of research projects across the business
• Client work: complex sampling, weighting, and multivariate analysis/interpretation of substantive data
• Development work: investigation of new statistical techniques, software packages and routines, and reviewing methodological literature to support new components of the Verian offer
• Business generation work: contributing to the methodological shape of proposed research projects, drafting elements of the bid documents, and directing literature searches to ensure evidential support for what is proposed
• Provide ad hoc support to other members of the Methods team, and to the division as a whole. Given Verian’s global reach, the successful applicant will also be expected to participate in cross-national methodological debate and projects (including conference presentations and publications)

Your Profile

• Solid formal qualifications (e.g. a Bachelors degree with a significant statistics element or a Masters/doctorate in a relevant topic)
• Substantial track record of working with survey, administrative and other large scale datasets to answer research questions or to prepare sample frames
• Detailed knowledge and experience of sample design and bias analysis
• Robust applied knowledge of generalised linear modelling techniques
• Experience of providing both verbal and written advice to research commissioners
• Able to deliver on time and to specification

Does this sound like you? Don’t hesitate and apply online!

We will review your application as soon as possible. If your profile and experience fit our requirements, we will invite you for a first exploratory interview.

What we offer

Joining Verian means becoming part of a dynamic and collaborative community that thrives on intellectual curiosity and a shared commitment to making a difference. As a member of our team, you will work on cutting-edge projects that influence policies, drive social change, and shape the future of our society.

You will collaborate with passionate colleagues in an open and engaging environment, where people feel included, accepted, and are allowed to thrive in a space where their wellbeing is taken into consideration. We encourage applications from all sections of society and ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Visit veriangroup.com to find out more about who we are.