Pollara Strategic Insights
Location
Ottawa, ON | Canada
Job description
Pollara Strategic Insights keeps growing! We invite you to join the momentum, by joining the excellent team at one of Canada’s longest-standing and leading public opinion and market research firms.
We are currently looking to hire a Senior Research Manager who is fluently bilingual (English/French) and located in the Ottawa area for an office/remote hybrid position.
About Pollara
Since 1985, Pollara Strategic Insights has provided our clients with what they need: deep understanding, bulletproof accuracy, actionable recommendations, and insightful ongoing counsel. Pollara is founded upon demonstrated expertise and acumen, responsive client-first partnership, and custom-tailored solutions chosen from a comprehensive toolbox of industry-leading research methodologies and analytical techniques.
For us, our job never ends with the research itself. The research is the critical foundation upon which we provide our primary value: insightful guidance and ongoing advisory partnership. For every client and every study, we strive to transform datasets into guideposts.
Role & Responsibilities
• On small projects and client accounts, independently lead and manage research studies through design, execution, analysis, and reporting phases with exemplary level of ownership, attention to detail, and quality control
• On intermediate projects and client accounts, lead and manage research studies through all phases, with indirect or direct, involved supervision, as appropriate.
• On larger projects and client accounts, fulfill a key, collaborative role on a broad research team committed to a client project, with supervision.
• Act as responsive client contact, providing progress updates, answers, and solutions
• Contribute to client briefings and meetings, and develop presentation skills
• Develop and author persuasive, impressive proposals
• Manage multiple tasks and project elements simultaneously.
Qualifications & Requirements:
• 3-5 years of experience in the research industry , preferably with a wide variety of methodologies, project types, and client types and sectors
• Minimum of a Honours University Degree in Political Science, Sociology, Psychology, Statistics, Data Sciences, or related analytical fields
• Strong quantitative research design and interpretation skills
• Written and verbal fluency in French is mandatory
• Ability to work both remotely and in-office in downtown Ottawa is mandatory .
• Excellent analytical and data analysis skills
• Understand appropriate use of advanced analytics, sampling, weighting
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Excellent multi-tasking and organizational skills
• Strong attention to detail and quality control
• Fast, eager learner committed to taking ownership of tasks and going above and beyond for clients
• Ability to work effectively both independently and within a team
• Demonstrated skills in using Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel
• Strong skills and experience in traditional in-person and/or online focus group/forum moderation and associated analysis and reporting are a valued asset
• Advanced statistical analysis skills and knowledge are an asset
• Skills and comfort with web/social media analytical platforms are an asset
Via LinkedIn's job posting and application process, please provide us with a n up-to-date curriculum vitae (CV) and a cover letter detailing the interest, experience, skills, and value you would bring to our team. As the LinkedIn application process only allows one file to be uploaded, we encourage applicants to combine their cover letter and CV into one file, and to upload that file.
Due to the number of applications, we will only be able to respond to applicants under consideration for the available role. However, we want to take this opportunity to thank you very much for your interest and the effort expended in applying to this job posting. We greatly appreciate it!
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