This role is an exciting 6 months Fixed Term Contract opportunity, for a Qualitative Researcher to work in the Nest Insight team, and contribute to an innovative new research project.

They will use their skills in conducting interviews, analysing qualitative data and working collaboratively to support the delivery of a project that aims to build an in-depth, in-the-moment understanding of households’ income, spending and money management strategies over time.

Working alongside academic partners and internal Nest Insight colleagues to conduct household research in a sensitive and responsive way, building strong relationships with our research participants. The Researcher will also contribute to research communications and outputs, such as blogs and papers.

Please note this role will require travel across the South of England, to facilitate and moderate sessions.

This a part time role (2 or 3 days a week), fixed term role for a 6-month period. Working hours to be discussed at interview.

Please download a full job description to find a full scope, deliverables, experience and personal attributes required for this role.

Flexible and agile working

Everyone's personal situation is different. To make the most out of hybrid working we've introduced different ways of working, which include (subject to role requirements):

• hybrid of office and home working (there will be an expectation to attend the office, as required)
• reduce or vary working hours
• reduce or vary the days worked
• work from home (or a different location)
• work compressed hours
• job share

Nest Insight is a public-benefit research and innovation centre. Our mission is to find ways to support people to be financially secure, both today and into retirement. We conduct rigorous, cutting-edge research, working collaboratively with industry and academic partners to understand the financial challenges facing low- and moderate-income households. We use these data-driven insights to identify and test practical, real-world solutions. Our findings are shared widely and freely so that people around the world can benefit from our work.

Whilst our research programme began with a focus on retirement saving, we now take an increasingly wide-angled view of household finances and financial wellbeing. For example, this year we have been working with SUEZ, TransaveUK and a team of academics at Harvard and Yale to pilot an opt-out approach to workplace payroll savings (which has been hailed as a ‘remarkable trial’ and ‘the way ahead’). We are about to begin an innovative large-scale, longitudinal UK household financial diaries project.

Nest insight is a business unit of Nest Corporation, but we are responsible for raising our own operating budget through grants and sponsorship. We currently have a core team of 10 people working across research, data analysis, partnerships and communications. The team is passionate about the work we do and proud of what we are achieving. We are innovative thinkers, not afraid to challenge the status quo. We work flexibly, creatively and collaboratively. We are committed to supporting each other to learn and develop. This is an exciting time to join Nest Insight – we’re growing quickly with lots of exciting projects in the pipeline and plans to expand our reach significantly over the next three years.

Everyone is welcome to apply for our roles, and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment because of their age, belief, disability, gender identity, marital status, national origin, pregnancy or caring responsibilities, socio economic background, sex, sexual orientation, religion or race or any other legally protected status.

We also recognise the importance of diversity of thought and other forms of neurocognitive variation.

We are a level 2 Disability Confident Leader under the Disability Confident Scheme. As a Disability Confident Committed organisation, we’re part of the guaranteed interview scheme.