Senior Research Executive, Public Affairs, Geneva

• Join a team that helps leading public institutions, international organisations and private sector companies understand and strengthen their operations, communicationsand stakeholder relationships through high-quality research.
• The Senior Research Executive will have the following main responsibilities:
• Being part of the client servicing team during the project cycle.
• Work on successful execution of projects together with other team members as well as other Ipsos country teams.
• Development of research instruments, quantitative and qualitative, manuals, supporting documents.
• Development of reports and presentations for quantitative and qualitative studies. Work on insights to maximize study impact of for the clients.
• Participate in client presentations and visits to clients with other project team members.

Desired qualifications, skills and experiences

• University degree preferably in marketing research or social sciences
• Experience: at least 3-5 years’ experience in a research environment
• Demonstrated interest in corporate branding and communication as well as public policy research for international organizations and corporate clients
• Accountable for actions, commitment to meeting the expectations
• Ability to work in a team, flexibility and creativity
• Quick learner and independent in the context of an activity
• Great attention to detail but also ability to see the big picture
• Strong analytical skills, knowledge of SPSS statistical package is desirable
• Excellent report writing skills, ability to interpret results and generate insights
• Strong communication skills, ability to communicate in an assertive and diplomatic way
• Tenacity and excitement to work in a challenging environment with different teams and under time constrains
• Internationally minded, team spirited and multiculturally oriented
• Fluent reading/writing/speaking English
• Good command of German is highly desirable; and other languages are an advantage.
• Strong PowerPoint, Word and Excel skills. Knowledge of statistical packages like SPSS or R is an asset.