Full-Time Senior Analyst: Social & behavioural science
Job Description
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is the UK government department responsible for safeguarding our natural environment, supporting our world-leading food and farming industry, and sustaining a thriving rural economy. Our broad remit means we play a major role in people’s day-to-day life, from the food we eat, and the air we breathe, to the water we drink.
We are looking for two brilliant analysts with expertise in behavioural insights to join two exciting areas of Defra’s analytical community.
One role sits in the Strategic Behavioural Insights team, supporting policy making and delivery across the Defra group.
The other role sits in the Resources and Waste directorate, supporting the design and development of impactful policies in this area.
Both roles offer exciting opportunities to work on high profile and challenging behavioural insights projects across Defra’s portfolio, some of which will involve engagement with ministers.
Location: Bristol, London, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, York
Encouraging diverse applicants
We recognise the challenges that people with (multiple) protected characteristics may experience on the job market and in their career progression. We are fully committed to being an inclusive employer and ensuring equal opportunities. We are keen to make our workforce as diverse as possible, and we hope to attract applications from underrepresented groups.
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How to Apply
We'd love to hear from you if you have the following experience:- Experience of applying behavioural science tools, theory and frameworks in the design and management of behavioural science projects.
- Knowledge of research methods to support a behavioural science project, including design, trialling and evaluation of behavioural interventions.
- Delivering high quality behavioural science advice and insights that challenges (where necessary) and optimises outcomes, while communicating clearly with non-specialists.
- Developing close working relationships and engaging with a wide range of stakeholders (for example, policy, communications and analytical professionals, academics, consultants) to deliver behavioural projects.
- Undertaking research using qualitative and quantitative methods (for example, but not limited to, literature reviews, data analysis, focus groups and surveys).
- Ability to anticipate and identify opportunities to use behavioural science to diagnose problems and design, trial and evaluate behavioural solutions.
- Specifying external commissions for research and managing a project, perhaps with experience of navigating procurement, commissioning and publication processes.
- Working on multiple projects at the same time.
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