RAND Europe

Senior Research Analyst – Crime and Justice, fluency in Dutch

RAND Europe

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: The Hague • Netherlands

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Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

Python

About the role

  • Undertaking qualitative (interviews, literature reviews, workshops, focus groups) and/or quantitative data analysis using appropriate tools and software with minimal supervision.
  • Contributing to studies including research design, selection of appropriate analytical approaches, undertaking data collection, and analysing and reporting findings.
  • Preparing clear and robust presentations and research briefs for policymakers. Identifying opportunities to disseminate research findings to academic, media and other audiences.
  • Identifying business development opportunities by seeking new research opportunities.
  • Managing projects and people with minimal supervision to deliver high quality work within available time and resources.

Requirements

  • **Essential **
  • - Research expertise in one or more of the following areas: organised crime and corruption, criminal justice, drug policy, illegal markets, organised crime and corruption, criminal justice, drug policy, illegal markets, or policing and prisons or policing and prisons
  • - Excellent understanding of the institutional and policy context for criminal justice in the Netherlands
  • - Flexibility and interest to work on a broader range of themes within the DSJ portfolio.
  • - Experience managing research projects in professional services or public sector domains.
  • - Experience in communicating and dealing with clients in the public and third sector.
  • - Experience drafting and contributing to proposals that secure research funding in competitive environments.
  • - Experience of effectively managing small to medium-sized project budgets.
  • - Ability to apply a range of quantitative and/or qualitative methodologies in policy analysis.
  • - Fluency in Dutch and English.
  • **Desirable **
  • - Familiarity and experience of working with WODC, Nationale Politie and other clients in the Netherlands in the crime and justice space.
  • - Familiarity and experience with international research funders, including the EU
  • - Expert use of software packages for statistical analysis (e.g., STATA, R, SAS) or qualitative data analysis (eg. MaxQDA) and relevant programming languages (e.g., Python). Familiarity with LLMs and other AI tools to solve problems at scale
  • - Experience with different evaluation techniques and quasi-experimental designs
  • ** Personal qualities**
  • - Commercially astute, analytical thinker with the ability to see issues strategically and at a practical level from a variety of perspectives.
  • - Networking skills to build relationships, facilitate joint decision making and cultivate relationships with potential funders and collaborators.
  • - Hands-on, team player with strong people management skills and a strong commitment to rigorous and high-quality research, public service and the ability to manage multiple projects and tasks, and work to tight deadlines.
  • - Enthusiastic about learning new skills, expanding your knowledge, and contributing to people development initiatives, such as training.
Benefits
  • Full-time members of the team enjoy a competitive salary and additionally benefit from the following:
  • - Pension - 9% employer contribution;
  • - 24 days holiday per annum + public holidays;
  • - Holiday pay (monthly);
  • - Annual salary review;
  • - Sick pay; (70% pay for sickness absence up to 104 weeks)
  • - Compassionate leave;
  • - Paid travel expenses;
  • - Home office expenses (if required) and home working allowance €2 per day;
  • - Flexible working hours;
  • - Learning and development opportunities;
  • - Employee wellbeing training;
  • - Service awards.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
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Soft Skills
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