Sustainability Graduate Analyst – Strategy Consulting (Strategy 3) Team

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Job title: Sustainability Graduate Analyst – Strategy Consulting (Strategy 3) Team

Company: Ipsos

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Role overview

Ipsos is one of the world’s largest research companies, with offices in 90 markets. Ipsos has the largest global share of consumer sustainability insights and were mainstage speakers at COP26 in Glasgow! As Ipsos’ in-house brand and innovation consultancy, Strategy3 occupies a unique space. We have the heart and hustle of a start-up paired with the big league scale and diversity of a large global agency.

As part of the S3 team, you will play a key role in helping the team to deliver our client engagements, assisting in executive interviews, supporting in both primary and secondary research, preparing deliverables and helping to present brand strategies to clients such as Diageo, Barclays, Lego, Haleon, Ikea and Nestlé. No two projects are the same, and the work spans a variety of topics (sustainable innovation, corporate strategy, customer strategy) and categories (retail, luxury, tech, financial services).

Typical engagements include uncovering insights on sustainability, understanding consumers, and providing recommendations to senior stakeholders on short & long-term sustainability strategy. These are all underpinned by the great research Ipsos is known for.

At Strategy3, it’s not just about what we do, but how we do it. We’re passionate about what we do and relentless in the pursuit of excellence. We know that we’re stronger as a team and champion the things that make us different. So if you’re kind, curious and ambitious, this could just be the place for you.

What will I be doing?

The role sits within the Sustainability Advisory division at Ipsos UK, and part of the global Strategy3 team.

Strategy3 is a key pillar of Ipsos’ future growth and we expect every one of our team to exemplify what it means to be collaborative, consultative, and courageous, not only ourselves, but to Ipsos and to our clients. You’ll play a key role in supporting the team to deliver our client engagements, with a focus on projects across the ESG spectrum (environment, social governance). In the past 12 months we’ve worked with financial services clients, food and drink manufacturers, and technology giants to name a few.

Under the direction of senior members of the Strategy3 team, this role will include the following responsibilities:

• Take complex, messy information and data and synthesise these into concise foresight;
• Support the delivery of proposals and projects;
• Help conduct and analyse expert interviews, attending internal analysis sessions and helping to develop narratives;
• Attend debriefs with clients and capturing comments and build deliverables;
• Develop a strong understanding of our clients’ business challenges and goals and creating analyses that answer their key questions;
• Contribute to the scoping of proposals and own sections of the proposal writing process, including basic desk-research to support hypotheses;
• Build relationships with the immediate team, clients, and broader Ipsos community (locally and globally);
• Attend face-to-face or virtual workshops in a note-taking or back-room technical capacity;
• Build project plans, creating timelines, and undertaking project management activities;

What do I need to bring with me?

The ideal candidate will bring a strong blend of both left brain (analytical) and right-brain (creative) skills to bear on our client’s problems: someone who is as comfortable in building a technical model in Excel as they are building a beautiful slide deck in PowerPoint. Our approach to solving problems requires fluidity and comfort in ambiguity.

Skills, behaviours and attributes that we’re looking for include:

• Good at understanding clients’ business challenges and goals, and creating analyses that answer their key questions
• Curious about the world and excited to learn about new industries, products, and ways of seeing the world
• A willingness to think around challenges and cope with ambiguity
• A positive outlook when approaching new challenges
• Has a team-oriented mindset, supportive and encouraging of others
• Comfortable analysing qualitative and quantitative data
• Works at building relationships with the S3 team, clients, and broader Ipsos research community
• Able to build strong project management skills and ability to juggle multiple projects, comfortable working under pressure to tight deadlines without losing sight of the details
• Strong critical thinking
• Impeccable interpersonal and communication skills, written and verbal
• An interest in sustainability and ESG-related topics

Along with…

• The unrestricted right to work in the UK

What is in it for me?

Our Generation Ipsos programme provides a comprehensive foundation in research and how it’s practically applied in a commercial environment. You’ll be trained in client management, project and operational management, equipping you to partner with researchers, Project Management colleagues and other teams to deliver excellence for our clients. You’ll learn through real life, hands-on experience, webinars, seminars and specialist workshops.

We’ll provide you with dedicated training designed to achieve the industry recognised Market Research Society (MRS) Advanced Certificate accreditation. Networking is a key skill, so we have Early Careers events with other Graduates, Placement Students, and Interns across the company.

Having a flexible working culture where we support our colleagues and celebrate our successes is important to us. We invest our time in you and you’ll benefit from working alongside our expert teams.

Your manager will help you set goals to achieve your personal objectives throughout the year and help you exceed these.

And the fun stuff …

• 25 days’ holiday which increases over time to 30 days, plus an extra day for your birthday
• Annual summer and All Staff events
• Team socials, including Christmas parties
• Season ticket loan
• Future talent loan – an optional and interest-free loan of up to £1000 to help with any unexpected costs, so you can focus on having a great start to your career
• A huge variety of benefits e.g. pension contributions, income protection, winter flu jabs, eye care vouchers, online and high street discounts
• Opportunity to participate in and benefit from participation in our multiple Diversity and Inclusion Belong groups, which bring together people with shared identities and interests to ensure that their voices are heard through the company and that Ipsos can continue to carry out research that is most representative of the UK and wider world today.

Please note, we are looking for candidates to start ASAP in this role.

We are committed to equality, treating people fairly, promoting a positive and inclusive working environment and ensuring we have diversity of people and views. We recognise that this is important for our business success – a more diverse workforce will enable us to better reflect and understand the world we research and ultimately deliver better research and insight to our clients.

HOW TO APPLY:

To apply, please follow the link below. From here you will be taken to our recruitment partner, Instant Impact’s website where you can fill out our application form. Those who are successful at this stage will be progressed to a virtual interview. The final stage will be an assessment centre.

PLEASE APPLY VIA THIS LINK:

Applications close on 12th January 2024 but we may close early if we receive a high volume of applications.

About Us:

Ipsos is one of the world’s largest research companies and currently the only one primarily managed by researchers, ranking as a #1 full-service research organization for four consecutive years. With over 75 different data-driven solutions, and presence in 90 markets, Ipsos brings together research, implementation, methodological, and subject-matter experts from around the world, combining thematic and technical experts to deliver top-quality research and insights. Simply speaking, we help the biggest companies solve some of their biggest problems, serving more than 5000 clients across the globe by providing research, data, and insights on their target markets. And we’re proud to share we’ve received our Great Place to Work Certification in 2022 & 2023!

About the Team:

Strategy3 is a leading brand, strategy and marketing consultancy, founded and run on the premise that marketing and business are intertwined, and critically, rooted in customer centricity. S3’s multi-disciplinary team of brand strategists, researchers, management consultants, ad executives, and even a few attorneys and accountants, work together to answer complex business questions.

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Location: London

Job date: Sun, 24 Dec 2023 06:25:19 GMT

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