Graduate Research Associate

Type: Graduate
Region: London

A Fantastic Research Opportunity in a Well Established Search and Consultancy Firm 

The Company:

This consultancy is a global executive search and leadership consultancy with 30 years’ experience working within the corporate, commercial, education, public and non-profit sectors. They work in partnership with some of the world’s leading financial institutions (including HSBC and BP) and most renowned charities.

Why Them?

• Over 30 years of experience working within their markets and excellent retention.

• The level of exposure to research within different industries is unparalleled. All researchers start as ‘generalists’ working across a variety of sectors on a month-to-month basis. On every project, you’ll be working with at least one ‘head of practice’ and leverage their expertise within the market.

• £27.5K – £30K DOE plus an end-of-year bonus, depending on how the business is performing.

• Excellent office culture; they have an office choir, football team, and netball team and generally enjoy each other’s company. They work hard but don’t take themselves too seriously.

• Flexible working hours if you’re more of an early bird or night owl.

• Flexible career progression, guided by you.

The Role:

You would begin with this company as a researcher and this would involve, to begin with, researching and compiling a long list of candidates that you would deliver to the consultant working on the project who would then present this shortlist to the client. This involves:

• Using traditional executive search methods to research candidates who are relevant to projects you’re working on (e.g. CFO for John Lewis). They have a database of over 250,000 candidates and great relationships with top talent that you will utilise.

• Performing advocacy work on behalf of clients, so talking through these top positions with top-tier candidates and thoroughly interviewing them before submitting to your consultant.

• Thought leadership; making sure you’re abreast of all the latest movements within the sector you’re working within.

• Adapting to changing environments. As mentioned, you’ll be working on different projects on a three-weekly, cyclical basis and will need to get up to speed with the nuances of those different sectors quickly and efficiently.

What You Need:

• Excellent research skills, demonstrated through a 2:1 equivalent or higher in a research heavy degree.