Interested in working at Swift? Great! Here's what you need to know.
It's an exciting time for Swift as we are now an employee-owned company. This means going forwards the employees will be responsible for shaping the company's future and will benefit from its profits.
Having spent the last 40 years as a family-owned business, we were keen to maintain the family-feel culture we have and by selling the business to the employees, it secures the future of the business and means we can continue as an independent research agency for generations to come.
We are looking for someone to join our busy Data Collection team.
You'll be working in a small, but fast-paced market research agency which prides itself on its family-feel, where staff work collaboratively across teams to produce high quality (often bespoke) solutions to challenging client requests. We are based just off the A1 in Wetherby, so you won't have to face the daily commuting headache of getting into a big city, plus all our staff enjoy free onsite parking.
Before we go into details, are you eligible to work in the UK and do you have a full UK driving licence? If you can meet these requirements for us, read on.
The Company
Swift Research is a family-run market research agency based in Wetherby, West Yorkshire. We offer a wide range of research services, utilising an online panel, in-house laundry suite and our own on-site sensory research facility, we conduct projects via web, phone and face-to-face methodologies, serving both national and international clients from a variety of sectors.
The Role
The role covers all aspects of data collection, you will be working both individually and as part of a team to plan, organise and administer our variety of projects. Good communication skills are essential as you will be liaising with internal and external colleagues as well as project participants on a daily basis.
If you like variety, this is the role for you as no two days are the same. It's certainly not just a desk job, it involves being active between various locations and floors, with plenty of hands-on tasks. Flexibility is the key as some out-of-hours work may be required. Specific tasks include managing staff and participants, paperwork set up and review, database administration, product management and assisting with research studies both directly and behind the scenes.
The Person
You Are...
- Not one for the status quo. "that's the way we've always done it" isn't in your vocabulary. You constantly look for ways to innovate, challenge and proactively seek out and promote new and efficient ways of working and make things better. Good is never good enough.
- Proactive. You don't just sit and wait for work to come your way, you actively seek new projects and tasks.
- Meticulous and organised with a keen eye for detail.
- A strong team player with exceptional communication skills.
- The type that gets stuff done. You identify with your work. You have a list of finished projects that you can look back on with pride.
- Confident, friendly and a problem solver. You thrive under pressure and adopt a flexible approach to your work.
You Will...
- Focus on Initiative and show a constant willingness to learn.
- Proactively work to improve efficiencies on project management within the team.
- Take responsibility for your own targets. You thrive on accountability.
- Deliver high quality fieldwork for our clients, liaising externally with a team of field interviewers and internally with researchers, often to tight deadlines.
- Be yourself. Be unique. Be authentic. However, you prefer to say it, we really mean it. Our culture embraces people's diverse perspectives and creates a positive environment where everyone belongs.
We Will...
- Promote a healthy work-life balance. We focus on personal time management to achieve what needs to be done.
- Give you what you need. We'll supply the environment and tools for success, allowing you to focus on professional growth and career development.
- Challenge you. You'll be surrounded by people equally committed to the company's success, allowing for constant collaboration.
We empower the people who work at Swift to make an impact. When you're in charge of making a difference, there's no limit to what you can do.
Requirements
Essential:
- A systematic, disciplined and flexible approach to work
- Good people skills
- Good verbal communication skills both in person and over the telephone
- Good organisational skills
- Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to "think outside the box" and come up with bespoke solutions to challenging problems
- Good knowledge of Microsoft Office, in particular Word and Excel
- Full UK driving licence - transporting equipment around the country may be required on occasions.
Advantageous but not essential:
- Background in project management or administration
- Knowledge of market research
Benefits
- £23,800 - £26,000 DOE
- 33 days annual leave (including bank holidays) + up to 5 additional loyalty days
- Company profit share scheme
- Employee-owned; automatically become a company partner after 12 months’ continuous service
- Pension scheme
- Casual dress code
- Birthday holiday
- Christmas Closure - an additional 3 days holiday
- Health cash plan (claim back the cost of treatments eg: dental, optical etc.)
- Flexible benefits portal with instant access to 100's of perks, benefits & discounts
- Great location just off the A1(M) offering an easy commute without public transport
- Free on-site parking for all staff
Location & hours
- The role is located in Wetherby, West Yorkshire
- Full time (37.5 hours per week)
Apply online
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