RAND Europe

Research Scientist

• Supports project teams in research by: undertaking analysis of quantitative and qualitative data; conducting literature reviews; supporting interviews and workshops; preparing presentations and research briefs; coordinating meetings and events, including taking minutes
• Supports the collation of administrative documents for proposals
• Drafts sections of reports under supervision
• Proof reads and checks documents
• Makes corporate contributions through supporting RAND processes such as quality assurance and research ethics
• Provides occasional corporate support with administrative tasks
• Communicates with clients and partners with supervision
• Ad hoc duties as required
• Additionally, for candidates with quantitative skills, opportunities are available to work with large datasets, including data cleaning, data manipulation, linking multiple datasets using a number of relevant variables and other activities to prepare data for analysis; Implements research projects using inferential statistical and econometric methods (e.g. regression analysis, differences-in-differences, synthetic control).

Research Assistant, Education, Employment and Skills