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Head of Quantitative Research

Public First
London
1 month ago
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Head of Quantitative Research – Public First is Hiring

This is an exciting opportunity to work as the Head of Quantitative Research within Public First as the company continues to expand its operations overseas and in the UK. The Head of Quantitative Research is a new senior role within the Opinion Research team, which services the policy teams across Public First. The type of work varies massively, from major international research projects to highly influential and technical policy research in the UK. As an agency specialising in public policy research, you will spend particular time on policy areas like Energy & Environment; Education; Tech, Media and Telecoms; and Social Policy.

Some examples of our recent projects include:

The Head of Quantitative Research oversees the polling work conducted by Public First. The successful candidate will have a detailed understanding of how quantitative research feeds into both policy making and business decision making, and demonstrable experience in delivering impactful quantitative opinion research.

This is a senior role, at Director level; the successful candidate will be involved in senior decision making across the company alongside the managing and running of the Quantitative Research team. As a small company, the successful candidate will have a huge opportunity to shape the approach and output of the opinion research team.


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