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About The Role

We at PEI Group are looking for a Research Associate to join our welcoming, diverse and growing team in London. The successful candidate will be a part of a global team, responsible for the research and maintenance of online intelligence services that track the flow of capital in alternative asset classes, and will play a key role in survey-based research activities.

The role demands first-rate organisational skills, excellent verbal and written communication, strong excel and data management skills and an analytical mind. The ability to focus and a keen eye for detail are essential to ensure that we maintain accuracy and a high quality of output.

The Research Associate is primarily engaged in the following activities:

Research:

Build surveys according to briefs from different internal departments, making sure questions are well written and survey functionality is optimised.
Put together survey contact lists targeting relevant respondents and track corresponding email campaigns and response rates.
Ensure survey respondent quality remains high, screening respondent lists for relevance, duplicates and low-quality responses.
Becoming an expert in how best to collect, manipulate and present survey data in excel.
Develop a general awareness of all research activity at PEI, with a particular focus on the types of survey-based projects conducted across the business.
The balance of the above tasks, along with other duties, will vary.

Knowledge:

Maintaining an excellent knowledge of alternative assets.
Develop an understanding of the different teams at PEI and their survey requirements.
Demonstrating best-practice techniques in contributing to survey projects.
Experience working with survey software is a plus.

Key relationships:

The Research Associate will work within a larger team of research associates within the London office.
Building relationships with editorial, sales, events and marketing staff members across offices where necessary.

Key success measures:

Managing time well, meeting agreed deadlines and working well under pressure.
Demonstrating a high level of attention to detail.
Maintenance of an enthusiastic and positive attitude towards work.
Building surveys efficiently and to a high standard.

About You

Requirements

The role would suit individuals with;

Highly developed research skills.
High levels of self-motivation.
The ability or willingness to learn the dynamics of the private markets industry to have informed conversations about market data.
Experience within a research role or working with surveys is useful, but not necessary.
Attention to detail and patience so that work is completed on time and to the required standard.
Confidence in multitasking and strong time management skills are also essential.
Excellent spoken and written English skills and be degree educated.
Be inquisitive and have a proactive, methodological and enthusiastic approach to work.
The ability to work on one’s own initiative whilst maintaining close and effective relationships with others in the team and company is needed.

This role would suit recent graduates, individuals looking for a step up onto the career ladder or someone looking for a career change. If you have a keen willingness to learn, are able to take the initiative and think of new ideas to improve the department please do consider applying, even if you don't tick every box! Our supportive team will be there to guide you.

About Us

Benefits:

UK:

Generous Leave: 25 days annual leave (+8 bank holidays), Holiday-Flex and a gifted December break
Volunteer Time: 4 days of volunteer leave per year to give back to your community
Comprehensive Benefits: Life Cover, Private Medical Insurance
Financial Perks: Employee Incentive Reward Scheme, 4.5% matches pension contribution and a Cycle to Work Scheme
Employee Support: Employee Assistance Programme to enhance employee’s wellbeing & Referral Scheme to help reward your network
Flexible Working: Enjoy a flexible working policy to balance your professional & personal life

Who we are:

PEI Group is a subscriber-focused business intelligence company. With our multi-talented global team of over 490 people, spread across EMEA, USA & Asia, our purpose is to inform and connect investment professionals across global, specialised markets. We identify specific high growth, high value investment sectors and themes where deep insight, strong market relationships and active capital flows are critical for success.

What we do:

PEI Group provides industry-leading journalism, data, and market insight to subscribing clients via a wide portfolio of specialist brands supported by our robust and scalable digital publishing, analytics, and database platform. We also track the firms and individuals who shape markets and bring client-communities together to enable knowledge sharing, profile building and relationship development through professional networks and events. Wherever our markets are active – in New York, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Sydney, Hong Kong, Singapore, London and elsewhere – PEI is hard at work examining crucial market forces and shifting investment themes, identifying active investors and their capital allocations, and scanning ahead for regulatory changes, new compliance requirements and other risk factors.

At PEI we value diverse talent and welcome applications from everyone – regardless of background. We are an equal opportunity employer and our inclusive culture at PEI is reflected in every stage of the recruitment journey. Please inform us at initial stages of the recruitment process if you require any reasonable adjustments and we can accommodate this.

PEI Group supports flexible working arrangements, and we welcome career returners.

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