Graduate Research Assistant

Posted: 13/10/2025

Closing Date: 30/11/2025

Salary: $66,000.00 - $66,000.00

Job Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Melbourne

Job Category: Research & Consulting

**The Role**
- Do you have an analytical mind? Are you curious? _
- Do you enjoy problem solving using evidence? _
- Are you interested in understanding and measuring how people think, feel and behave?_

If you answered ‘yes’ to any of these questions, our Graduate Program could be the perfect fit for you. We are looking for high-performing graduates who take pride in producing quality work, are eager to learn and be intellectually challenged, want to build a strong professional foundation and are motivated to thrive in their workplace.

**The Company**

ORIMA Research is an Australian-owned company that specialises in market and social research, data analytics and advisory services. We work primarily with government clients - over 90% of our work is for the public sector - helping them make informed decisions that benefit the community. Since starting in 1996, we have grown to a team of around 80 professionals, with offices in Melbourne, Canberra, Sydney and Brisbane.

ORIMA is a values-driven organisation, and we take pride in our service ethos, high-performance culture, innovation, integrity and commitment to helping our staff thrive. We are:

- People who believe in the importance of evidence-based approaches to support government decision-making for the improvement of communications, policies and service delivery;
- Lateral thinkers and problem solvers who work to find the best solutions for our clients; and
- A team with diverse qualifications and professional backgrounds, bringing unique perspectives to everything we do.

**ORIMA Graduate Program**

ORIMA Research is committed to training and developing young professionals. 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 primarily within the Qualitative team but have the opportunity to collaborate across a variety of public sector projects 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 including:

- understanding and designing qualitative research methodologies
- analysing and interpreting qualitative data
- note-taking and moderating for focus groups and interviews with people from all parts of the community on a range of topics - from education to the environment, healthcare to employment.
- analysing and reporting on qualitative data
- project management and co-ordination
- problem solving, drawing insights from findings and finding evidence-based solutions for our clients.

We have up to 2 **Qualitative**graduate positions available for our 2025-2026 intake of Qualitative Graduates in Melbourne.

**Desired Skills and Experience**:
Residency Status
- **Australian Citizen/New Zealand Citizen or Permanent Resident**

**Qualifications**:

- Studies in Research Methods would be well regarded but not essential
- HD average in graduate/ postgraduate course (WAM of over 80)

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

Additional specific Technical Skills/ Experience/ Requirements
- Experience interacting professionally with stakeholders, clients or the general public, both in person and over the phone;
- Flexibility to travel across Australia and work evenings regularly, sometimes at short notice; and
- A scientific, objective, logical and team-oriented approach.

Professional Skills
- Strong skills and mindset for professional success - attention to detail, problem-solving, time management and organisation skills, combined with a positive, resilient and ‘can do’ attitude;
- Effective communication and interpersonal abilities - advanced verbal and written communication skills (including clear spoken English) and strong interpersonal skills