Senior Research Manager - EU Communications Evaluation

Ecorys UK

Brussels, Belgium

About Ecorys

Ecorys is a world-class research-based consultancy. We help our clients to make a positive impact on society. We are leaders in research and evaluation, project management and communications, providing the evidence and advice that our clients need to tackle the issues that affect communities around the world. Our 600 staff are justifiably proud of our state-of-the-art contributions to policy and programme delivery. We are employee-owned and passionate about our environmental and social impact, sharing our profits with employees’ selected charities and committed to becoming carbon neutral by 2030.

What you will be doing

We are currently looking for EU Senior Research Manager/Senior Consultant to join our Policy and Research team to help us grow our European market. They will help us win and deliver projects in the area of EU communication evaluation, monitoring and research.

In your Senior Research Manager/Senior Consultant role, you will mostly work with EU institution clients, including the European Commission, e.g. DG COMM, but also other Commission services that require communication evaluation, monitoring and research services.

You will also have the opportunity to contribute to Ecorys’ work in other EU policy areas, including employment, education, social inclusion, equalities, youth, greening and digital as well as other EU bodies and agencies e.g. the European Parliament, the Council of the EU, ELA, ESFA, HaDEA, etc.

As a Senior Research Manager/Senior Consultant, you can expect to:

Contribute to leading the work within the Policy and Research team as well as with Ecorys partners and clients to advance the field of communication evaluation, monitoring and research, drawing on new technologies e.g. AI, analytics tools and innovative impact evaluation methodologies;
Manage exciting and challenging medium- to large-sized pan-European communication evaluation, monitoring and research projects with the support of Ecorys directors, while keeping them within budget and timescale and overseeing teams of other researchers and experts;
Work with senior colleagues to identify new business opportunities and contribute to drafting proposals for winning work in communication evaluation, monitoring and research across a wide spectrum of EU policy areas, including digitalisation, greening, more inclusive communication, etc.;
Utilise your technical skills and EU policy knowledge to design and oversee the implementation of communication evaluation, monitoring and research methodologies, covering mixed-method research techniques as well as innovative and experimental methods in communication monitoring and evaluation;
Successfully advance and conclude projects through the production of high-quality written reports and presentations of results;
Manage high-performing, highly motivated and diverse technical delivery teams to work within tight deadlines;
Assume line management responsibilities of one or two more junior staff members once you have well settled into your role;
Undertake international travel when and if necessary for project delivery, business development and team-building.

What we will need from you

Experience in the development and delivery of methodologies for EU-wide communication monitoring, evaluation or research projects, including successful application of analytical approaches, development of KPIs and data collection methods;
Solid project management skills as well as in-depth knowledge of a variety of primary, secondary, qualitative and quantitative research methods such as desk research, interviews, surveys, focus groups, statistical analysis, etc.;
In addition to strong technical skills, you will need to be equally enthusiastic about business development in this field, with some experience of winning new projects and ideally tender-writing;
Experience of managing and coordinating teams (including with industry and academic experts as well as partners and subcontractors), as well as developing and maintaining excellent client relationships;
An outstanding level of spoken and written English, as well as strong presentation skills, are essential.

We offer a highly competitive benefits package including variable pay (bonus), private healthcare, company share scheme as well as buying and selling annual leave, etc. Colleagues based in our Brussels office will also receive automatic salary indexation, a collective bonus as well as travel and home working allowances. If you choose to be based at our London office, you will receive an additional £3,500 London Weighting per annum.

If you would like to find out more about this opportunity and our company, please visit our website: https://www.ecorys.com/.

Please apply with your CV and cover letter; early applications are encouraged and reviewed daily.

At Ecorys we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace that we all enjoy and care for every day. So, if you are excited and feel qualified for this role but your past experience does not perfectly align with all requirements in the job description, we still encourage you to submit your application. You may just be the right candidate for this position!

If you require a copy of the job advert and job description in an accessible version, please contact recruitment@ecorys.com.

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