Insight Manager (Children and Young People)

at  The Money and Pensions Service

JOB DESCRIPTION

The Insight Manager will report directly to Senior Insight Manager. In this role you will be responsible for the following;

• Commissioning and managing research projects, ensuring they are delivered to a high standard, on time and within budget.
• Translating stakeholder requests into effective research briefs and managing research agency relationships.
• Analysing quantitative and qualitative data, including complex datasets, to provide objective insights.
• Developing and presenting compelling stories through reports and presentations to senior stakeholders.
• Building and maintaining relationships with internal and external stakeholders to identify evidence gaps and insight opportunities.
• Ensuring research materials and deliverables meet project objectives and business needs.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

You will need to demonstrate the following skills and experience;

• Relevant experience in research, ideally with experience of researching children and young people
• Ability to manage both ongoing tracking projects and ad hoc qualitative and quantitative studies.
• Proficient in research design, questionnaire development, fieldwork management, analysis, and reporting.
• Strong project management skills, with experience in resolving issues and managing third-party agencies.
• Proficiency in analysing data using Excel, SPSS or similar, and experience
• Excellent analytical and influencing skills to present complex information to various audiences.

Benefits

• The Money and Pensions Service is based in Bedford and as a key employer in the town we work hard to ensure that we are an active part of the community. This is a great opportunity for you to join us in Bedford and to be an integral part of the Money and Pensions Service team.We are already forging great relationships with Bedford Borough Council and other local organisations to ensure that we are an active part of the community and fully integrated to play our part in the Government’s “levelling-up” strategy. This is a wonderful opportunity for you to be one of the first colleagues to join us in Bedford and to be an integral part of helping us establish ourselves in the town.At the heart of the Money and Pensions Service are our values – caring, connecting and transforming, which are the foundation of our success. They permeate every area of our work and define all our business relationships and the way we work with each other. We’re not only looking for the best people in and around Bedford to come and work for us, but we need people who align themselves to our values: -
• CaringWe care about our colleagues and people whose lives we are here to transform.
• ConnectingWe will transform lives through our ability to make positive connections.
• TransformingWe are committed to transforming lives and make a positive societal impact.ABOUT MAPSAt MaPS, we help people – particularly those most in need – to improve their financial wellbeing and build a better, more confident future. Working collaboratively across the UK, we make sure customers can access high-quality money and pensions guidance and debt advice throughout their lives, however and whenever they need it.ABOUT OUR PEOPLEIn our move to Bedford, we aim to attract and retain the absolute best talent, so we can achieve our objectives and continue to make a difference to millions of people’s lives. We are keen to encourage applications from individuals across the whole community with the skills, knowledge, and behaviours for the job, and who show a strong commitment to MaPS’ objectives, values, and vision. It is important to us that we continue our ambition to be a genuinely diverse and inclusive organisation, so that we reflect the people we are here to help.OUR INCLUSIVE WORKING ENVIRONMENTBy fostering our values, we are immensely proud of the inclusive working environment that we have created.The diversity of our people is a strength that we embrace and wish to build upon, so we are committed to attracting people of all backgrounds.We work hard to ensure that we have a progressive approach to inclusion, equity and belonging. We really do want our colleagues to “bring their whole selves to work.”By way of brief example, we have an enviable ethnic diversity mix, equal gender balance with a zero mean gender pay gap and thriving colleague and ally networks, including LGBTQ+, neurodiversity, women’s health, men’s health, ethnicity, and diversity.WHAT MONEY AND PENSIONS SERVICE CAN OFFER YOU?
• Generous Annual Leave – 30 days plus Bank Holidays
• Pension scheme – contributions matched 2 to 1 (up to 10% of your salary)
• Interest-free loan to help you buy season tickets for buses and trains
• Cycle to work Scheme
• Subsidised eye test & flu jabs
• Life assurance scheme
• Give as you earn scheme
• Employee assistance programme (EAP)
• PAM Assist and PAM Life scheme (Wellbeing)
• Enhanced family and sick pay
• Paid volunteering (2 days a year)
• Recognition Scheme
• Discounts portal to numerous retailers

Things you need to know

NATIONALITY REQUIREMENTS

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

The Insight Manager will report directly to Senior Insight Manager. In this role you will be responsible for the following;

• Commissioning and managing research projects, ensuring they are delivered to a high standard, on time and within budget.
• Translating stakeholder requests into effective research briefs and managing research agency relationships.
• Analysing quantitative and qualitative data, including complex datasets, to provide objective insights.
• Developing and presenting compelling stories through reports and presentations to senior stakeholders.
• Building and maintaining relationships with internal and external stakeholders to identify evidence gaps and insight opportunities.
• Ensuring research materials and deliverables meet project objectives and business needs