Consultant and Researcher
Closing date: 20 Jan 2025
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Website The Autonomy Institute
The Autonomy Institute is an independent research organisation creating data-driven tools and research for sustainable economic planning. Focusing on the future of work, sustainable jobs and just, green transitions, we have a seven-year history of working with public, private and third sector organisations to deliver socio-economic and environmental research projects. While based in London, Autonomy offers an international team and outlook, working regularly with partners from around the world.
The Autonomy Institute is an independent research organisation creating data-driven tools and research for sustainable economic planning. Focusing on the future of work, sustainable jobs and just, green transitions, we have a seven-year history of working with public, private and third sector organisations to deliver socio-economic and environmental research projects.
Job purpose: To work with Autonomy’s workplace consultancy and research team to deliver projects relating to working time reduction, change management, and progressive workplace policies.
Ideal candidate: A motivated, highly organised team player, who has excellent written and verbal communication skills. You are comfortable working across multiple projects simultaneously, delivering a range of tasks such as stakeholder engagement, project management, business development and report writing.
You have previously worked as part of a small team and would be excited by the opportunity to work within an organisation researching and advocating for social, environmental and economic change.
Duties and responsibilities
Project delivery, stakeholder engagement and business development
- You will be a core team member, delivering a full range of consultancy services for Autonomy’s clients in the private, public and third sectors.
- You will be working with different members of the Autonomy team – primarily fellow consultants and researchers from the Workplace team, but also other team members from our Head of Communications, to our Data Unit, as well as our editors and designers.
- You will support our business development, identifying and pursuing new leads for our consultancy services.
- You will conduct and support the delivery of interviews, workshops, surveys and focus groups with a variety of stakeholders.
- You will analyse qualitative and quantitative data during consultancy projects.
- You will work with collaborators on working time reduction across Europe and globally.
- Dependent on experience, you may be responsible for the management of consultancy projects, ensuring services are delivered on budget and on schedule.
Reports to: Head of Workplace Consultancy and Research
To apply for this job please visit autonomy.work.
Other benefits
- Autonomy is an accredited four-day week employer, which means that a 32-hour week is our Full Time Equivalent (with £32,100 p/a salary).
Any other details
We encourage early career professionals and recent graduates to apply for the post. What matters most to us are your skills, and your ambition to contribute to change, not merely your credentials. We are committed to providing equal opportunities for everyone regardless of their background.
We acknowledge that people from certain backgrounds are under-represented in our sector and we’re committed to doing what we can to correct this. We are particularly keen to receive applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic people; women; people with disabilities; people who identify as being LGTBQ+; people who have a mental health condition; and people who identify as working class or have done so in the past.
How to apply
Our application process is straightforward. Just send a CV (no more than 2 pages) and a 1-pagestatement of interest to jobs@autonomy.workby the deadline.
Application deadline: 20th January 2025 (23:59 on the 20th January)
Interviews: Interviews will be held in early February, looking to have the successful candidate in place in March 2025.
If you have any questions about the role or are worried about applying please email jobs@autonomy.work
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Job Details
Organisation: The Autonomy Institute
Location: London
Salary: £30,000 - £40,000 (£32,100)
Closing date: 20 Jan 2025
Contract type: Fixed (12 months, with a view to becoming a permanent member of the Autonomy team.)
Full-time/part-time: Full Time
Remote working: Flexible
About the Organisation
The Autonomy Institute is an independent research organisation creating data-driven tools and research for sustainable economic planning. Focusing on the future of work, sustainable jobs and just, green transitions, we have a seven-year history of working with public, private and third sector organisations to deliver socio-economic and environmental research projects. While based in London, Autonomy offers an international team and outlook, working regularly with partners from around the world.
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