Research Assistant

4 weeks ago

Melbourne, Australia ORIMA Research Full time

Posted: 30/10/2024

Closing Date: 01/12/2024

Job Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Melbourne

Job Category: Research & Consulting

Position Title

Research Assistant

Division

Positions in Quantitative or Qualitative research streams

Streams

Professional

Locations

Canberra & Melbourne (Collingwood), Qualitative research roles in Melbourne

Start Date

Late January 2025

Salary

$63,000 + 11.5% superannuation

**Benefits**:

- Comprehensive on-the-job training
- Buddy program with previous Graduate
- Learn from skilled, qualified professionals wanting to help you grow (ORIMA has more Qualified Professional Researchers (QPR) than any other firm)
- Annual off-site conference/retreat
- Regular social events and celebrations
- Access to Employee Assistance Program
- Do you have an analytical mind? Are you curious? _
- Do you enjoy problem solving using quantitative and/or qualitative data? _
- Do you get excited by telling a meaningful story from data?_
- Are you interested in understanding and measuring how people think, feel and behave?_

If your answer is ‘yes’ to any of the above, then you may be interested in our 2025 Graduate Program. We’re looking for high-performing graduates who take pride in the quality of their work, who want to learn and be intellectually challenged, who want to develop a strong professional foundation, and who seek to thrive in their workplace.

**The Company**

ORIMA Research is a private Australian-owned professional services firm that provides market and social research, data analytics, organisational performance improvement and related advisory services. We are a genuine public sector research specialist, whereby over 90% of our clients are in the government sector. Established in 1996, we now have around 70 professional staff working across four offices in Melbourne, Canberra, Sydney and Brisbane.

ORIMA is a values-based organisation and we pride ourselves on our service ethos, high performance culture, innovation, integrity and focus on helping our staff to thrive. We are:

- People who believe in the value of evidence-based approaches to inform government decision making;
- Lateral thinkers and problem solvers - we find the best solutions for our clients; and
- From a diverse range of qualifications and professional backgrounds.

**ORIMA Graduate Program**

ORIMA Research is committed to training and developing young Australians. Our formal graduate program provides high-potential graduates with a pathway to a rewarding career in research, data analytics and consulting, through transparent and clear career progression during the graduate program and beyond.

This is a career growth opportunity to be part of an expanding, high-performance, award-winning private research consultancy firm with a supportive and strengths based culture, underpinned by positive psychology principles, with a strong focus on scientific and intellectual rigour, and collaboration and development.

Our graduate program is underpinned by a Competency Framework and a clear progression pathway. The program provides the opportunity and support to learn and develop quantitative and/or qualitative research skills, as well as the technical and non-technical skills required for a successful career in the private sector and the market and social research industry.

Successful applicants will work across a number of teams and research disciplines to develop and hone their technical and professional skills, as well as take part in a graduate project with peers. We have a very strong, collaborative culture that is enhanced by our staff being co-located in our offices.

Graduates in the professional stream will be exposed to a broad range of research and consulting skills (depending on the Division you are placed in) including:

- understanding and designing quantitative and qualitative research methodologies
- analysing and interpreting quantitative (using SPSS and Excel and other tools) and qualitative data
- producing, understanding and analysing charts and descriptive statistics in meaningful ways
- organising and conducting research fieldwork, including online surveys, interviews and focus groups (as applicable)
- project management and co-ordination
- problem solving, drawing insights from findings and report writing.

**Desired Skills and Experience**:
Residency Status
- **Australian citizen or Permanent Resident**

**Qualifications**:

- Graduate or postgraduate qualification/s in a relevant area (e.g. Economics, Econometrics, Statistics, Actuarial studies, Psychology, Mathematics, Commerce, Science, Law)
- Studies in Research Methods would be well regarded
- **HD average in graduate/ postgraduate course (WAM of over 80)**

General Technical Skills
- Experience with Excel, Word and Powerpoint
- Knowledge of research methodologies

Additional specific Technical Skills/ Experience/ Requirements
- Quantitative Division
- Experience with statistical software (e.g. SPSS, Q, R)
- Understanding of

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