The candidate will oversee the non-profit research function and supervise the research team. The incumbent will establish research processes, evaluate research tools and guide the staff on effectively addressing research problems and will be the custodian of the final output of the team.

At the disposal of the incumbent will be a team of researchers and a key role will be to help the team priorities tasks to adhere to the timelines assigned to multiple projects. The incumbent should be comfortable working independently and should have the experience of managing teams of researchers and designing effective work flows.

Experience Range: 6 - 9 years

Educational Qualifications: Any graduation, and Any PG

Job Responsibilities: Responsibilities

•Involved in all aspects of the project including project planning, delivery, making recommendations, getting client buy-in and ensuring closure of all workstreams independently.

•Mentoring the project team by building their motivation (especially in high-pressure situations), guiding their efforts and thought process, and managing contributions and performance on- the-job to efficiently produce high quality and relevant (to context, i.e., research scope) deliverables

•Manage multiple projects with multiple stakeholders across the organization, meeting deadlines and objectives

•Quality control and audit of the output

•Engage confidently with the client as their thought partner whilst outlining innovative and inventive research reports

•Demonstrate and possess clear propensity to learn about the sector including the competitive landscape and institutionalize the observed issues, trends, and challenges pertinent to the topic/theme under investigation

•Steadfastly build an external network of industry or functional sources and experts to derive their objective views on the subject-matter





•Collaborative in working style to engage with subject matter experts and functional specialists to harness their knowledge and views in the deliverable

•Lead by example a culture of knowledge sharing using available channels and exploring alternatives to overcome impediments in dissemination

Qualifications

•Masters qualification in Business/Management/Economics

•Solid analytical skills, along with good written and verbal communication skills.

•Ability to take initiative and manage multiple projects concurrently and deliver high quality results.

•Excellent Customer Relationship Management skills as the role entails communicating (in-person, phone or email) with senior stakeholders in education institutions and large organisations

Experience

•Experience in non-profit research domain

•Experience predominantly in non-profit research, along with experience in conducting interviews with subject matter experts

Skills Required: Market Research, Primary Research, Secondary Research, Qualitative Research, Report Writing, Research, Stakeholder Management, Global Client Management, Subject Matter Experts, Presentation Skills,

Candidate Attributes: Desired/Preferred skills Requirements

•Good verbal and written communication

•Analytical bent of mind and Critical thinking

•Prudent and objective judgment and intuitive capacity

•Ability to take initiative and manage multiple projects concurrently and deliver high quality results.

•Detail orientation

•Eye for detail and meticulous

•Proactive and persistent approach to ensure on-time delivery

•Ability to effectively work in challenging situations and stick to deadlines.

•Multitasking capabilities across research projects and other capability building initiatives

•Good IT skills, high level expertise with MS Office suite, especially Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.

📌 Senior Researcher- Non-Profit (Lucknow)
🏢 Enlyst Staffing Solutions
📍 Lucknow