Employee Research Consultant

Position Title: Employee Research Consultant (Confidential Client)
Location: Philadelphia, PA or Washington, DC | Hybrid
Employment Type: Permanent

Compensation

• Salary: $101,000–$200,000
• Incentives: Performance-based incentives

Benefits

Professional development opportunities, interesting work and supportive leaders. A range of career opportunities, as well as benefits and rewards to enhance your well-being.

Company Overview (Confidential)

Our Client helps companies of all sizes and across all industries to solve their greatest challenges by designing and implementing workforce strategies to help them grow within their markets. They help these organizations define and implement an employee experience that will make the right talent want to join, stay, and deliver their best performance.

Position Summary

With a career as an Employee Research Consultant, you will be helping companies of all sizes and across all industries to solve their greatest challenges by designing and implementing workforce strategies to help them grow within their markets. Our Client is seeking candidates for this position based in Philadelphia or Washington, DC.

Primary Functions

• Support companies in the design and execution of employee engagement and total rewards optimization strategies that reinforce business objectives
• Take the lead on projects in creating survey content, conducting survey data analyses (e.g. using SPSS for driver analysis), and creating "the data-based story" that draws on insights from the data/research findings
• Thrive and be motivated by an environment that embraces AI and technology-enabled tools
• Work with clients in a consultative manner to create, launch and administer employee engagement surveys, then build presentations and present results to clients' executives
• Partner with consultants to brainstorm and determine the analytic approach and appropriate project plan for clients and prospects
• Develop expert knowledge in conducting surveys from start to finish, advising (and presenting to) managers on the practical use of survey processes, and data for organizational improvement
• Contribute to thought leadership in research and/or client work (e.g., Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) presentations, "breakthrough insights" for acting on results)
• Perform advanced statistical analysis, including regression modeling and additional statistical tests using SPSS and R
• Independently develop customized client reports based on outcomes of statistical analysis

Must-Haves

• Master's degree or higher in Industrial/Organizational Psychology (or related field of study)
• At least 4-5 years' employee research, employee engagement or organizational assessment survey experience
• Ability to conduct statistical analysis and design data structures using SPSS and/or R programming
• Advanced knowledge of Excel (vlookups, pivot tables, index matching)
• Strong PowerPoint skills to build compelling executive summary reports and data visuals for senior leadership audiences
• Excellent analytical, writing, and presentation skills
• Proven project management skills and creative problem-solving abilities

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous consulting experience preferred (employee experience/engagement survey, external consulting or internal HR consulting)
• Proven sales support experience (e.g., building business development materials with guidance, supporting business development activities)
• Ability to conduct research studies using Our Client's robust normative database to produce trend reports/white papers/thought leadership pieces for social media posting purposes
• Highly skilled in the areas of data analytics and drawing insights, writing, and presenting results to business leaders
• Strong project management abilities in order to effectively "own" projects from start to finish with support manager and operations team.