Research Analyst

Research Analyst

Infopro Digital group is recruiting for a Research Analyst on a permanent basis to join its Barbour ABI brand. Barbour ABI is the UK’s leading provider of intelligence and lead generation services that help clients to generate new business opportunities from the construction sector. With more than 80 years of experience and 100+ colleagues based at Cheshire Oaks within our research, sales, client management and marketing teams, the quality of our data collection processes and existing knowledge in researching and tracking construction projects is second to none – we publish the UK Government’s National Infrastructure & Construction Pipeline and provide the Office for National Statistics with critical data to produce its Construction New Orders estimates.

Role Overview:

In this role you will work for the Head of Barbour ABI Client Analytics with a focus on supporting our Consultancy Research division. The consultancy division manages a range of qualitative and quantitative research projects covering market sizing, brand positioning, market scoping and new product development research and testing. These use a blend of primary research in the form of surveys, focus groups, interviews and trials, along with secondary research including data gathering and analysis, studies on company and product information.

Our consultancy clients can be varied, they range from product manufacturers and industry associations through to service providers, retailers of construction products and government bodies. This is a role that has a healthy mix of working in the office and working from home.

Key Responsibilities:

• Your primary role will be to collect, analyse and work with the data, to produce meaningful reports, dashboards, data sets and analysis for our consultancy clients, with the ultimate aim of enabling them to understand their market position.
• This role will be particularly focused on the data used to build market profiles - from granular to macro levels; across products, sectors and regions. You will need to be adept at bringing together data from multiple sources to create a detailed and verified view of the market. Key data sources include Barbour ABI construction project data, company portfolio data, client data and external data sources (e.g., from government statistics and industry monitors).
• The role requires excellent management of data inputs including clarity of definitions, data verification and quality checking, adherence to data transfer protocols and management of appropriate update cycles.
• While building reliable, flexible data sets is fundamental, being able to present data, and the stories it holds, in an accessible and informative way is essential. You will need to enjoy finding clear and engaging ways to present data in multiple formats – from Word and PowerPoint to datasheets and interactive dashboards.
• You will be required to support the business on the specification, testing and launch of new data-related products.
• There is great scope in this role to contribute to the developing data architecture as we build data sharing capacities with our clients and our European sister companies.
• You will also be supporting the internal business analytics team to further develop reporting frameworks and tools.
• Any other reasonable tasks required.

Minimum Requirements:

• Experience in data management and working with large data sets – queries, cleansing, data verification.
• Strong data analysis skills, especially the ability to derive insight from data.
• Experience using and configuring data visualisation tools such as Power BI, Tableau, Google Analytics.
• Previous experience in research looking at data and statistics, especially company data and official statistics and reports.
• An analytical, questioning mindset.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Experience in trends analysis and market forecasting.
• As all our work is on markets associated with the built environment, you will need to demonstrate either experience or a strong interest in the built environment, the economy and consumer trends.

Benefits:

• 25 days holiday rising to 30 days with increased service.
• Hybrid working - home and office - 3 days in the office / 2 at home per week.
• 3pm finish on a Friday.
• Additional day off for your birthday.
• Long Service Awards.
• Life assurance x 4 salary.
• Additional holiday purchase scheme.
• Volunteering days.
• Group personal pension plan.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Employee retail discount scheme.
• Eye-care vouchers.
• Discounted gym membership.
• Bike to work.
• Ongoing development and support.
• Friendly and relaxed office environment.
• Regular business and department social events.

Equal Opportunities:

In accordance with our Code of Conduct Policy, we provide equal opportunities to any employee or job applicant and do not discriminate either directly or indirectly because of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation or any other characteristic or activity protected by law.