Graduate Research Assistant
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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 60 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.
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.
We have around 5 graduate positions available for our 2024 intake in Melbourne and Canberra. Specifically, roles are available in:
- Quantitative research teams (Melbourne and Canberra)
- Data Science research teams (Melbourne and Canberra)
- Qualitative research teams (Melbourne)
Please see our website for the full position.
Applications will ONLY be accepted via our website:
https://orima.com.au/working-with-us/apply/
Applications close 6 October 2023.
Positive Police check and Working with Vulnerable People checks required. Able to work at the office as we have a collegiate, supportive office based working culture.
If you have any questions, please email [email protected]
Applications must include the following. Applications that do not include the following will not be considered.
1. CV
2. Academic records (including transcripts of tertiary qualification/s)
3. Cover letter (of no more than 2 pages) addressing the key job requirements and outlining how well you align with ORIMA’s corporate values.
4. Your preferred division (Quantitative, Data Science or Qualitative Research and office locations [Melbourne or Canberra])
- Job type:Graduate Jobs
- Disciplines:Actuarial Studies, Consulting, Data Science and...
- Work rights:Australian Citizen, Australian Permanent Resident,...
- Locations:Canberra, Melbourne...
- VACANCIES
5
- POSITION START DATE
May 2023 (approx)
- Closing Date:13th Oct 2023, 12:59 pm
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