Research Analyst - Birmingham

Are you seeking to build a career as a research expert within life sciences, using your critical analysis and research expertise to advance the healthcare and life sciences industry? Are you looking to work collaboratively within a fun, friendly and supportive team in which you will learn, develop and grow into an exceptional research and insights specialist? If so, come and join us and be part of the next cohort of Research Analysts in our research centre of excellence in the heart of Birmingham.

To support the continued growth of our business, we are recruiting life sciences graduates and post-graduates, looking to apply their expertise in a commercially driven research environment. Working as part of our inspirational and incredibly supportive team across a broad range of therapeutic areas, you will play a crucial role in helping some of the world’s top healthcare and life sciences organisations understand how to overcome their biggest challenges.

As a Research Analyst, you will be part of our research team, supporting the creation and delivery of research outputs across multiple projects through conducting high-quality desk-based secondary research, and summarising and analysing your findings. You will be part of project teams providing industry, market and product level research to consulting colleagues. Key responsibilities will include:

• Secondary research – Developing expert-level understanding on therapeutic areas through identifying and accessing relevant data sources for insights on changes to the competitive landscape.
• Content development – Analysing gathered research to prepare time-sensitive notifications on major and relevant events within the target landscape and develop PowerPoint decks covering key findings.
• Primary research support – Establishing baseline knowledge of the key intelligence topic to support the development of primary research guides and questions.
• Research planning – Helping consulting colleagues to develop robust research plans, including key milestones and deliverables, to support the successful delivery of projects that maximise client satisfaction.
• Consulting support – Preparing consulting colleagues for conferences by contributing to the creation of pre- and post-conference materials and supporting business development through researching and developing analyses to underpin proposals for new client work.
• Project team and client interaction – Attending internal meetings with project teams and external meetings with colleagues and clients.
• Quality control – Peer reviewing work to ensure outputs are of the highest quality.
• Continuous improvement – Using expert knowledge and keeping abreast of developments to both leverage existing data sources and recommend better sources to enhance the quality of research outputs.

At CHR, it is our team that makes us successful. We hire exceptional individuals and provide them with the support and opportunity to excel. Alongside a keen interest in conducting scientific research and insight generation, you will need to have gained a Bachelor’s or postgraduate degree in a life sciences discipline. We welcome applications from candidates with a diverse range of specialisms, including but not limited to; Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Biomedical Sciences, Biotechnology, Cardiovascular Medicine, Drug Discovery, Immunology, Pharmacology and Public Health.

We will also be looking for you to demonstrate:

• Excellent written and spoken English.
• IT skills across the Microsoft suite [especially Excel and PowerPoint] and in using databases.
• Planning, organising and prioritisation skills to successfully complete deliverables and achieve milestones in a timely manner.
• Secondary research skills to identify appropriate data sources and information.
• Strong analytical skills with exceptional attention to detail to convert gathered research into key outputs.
• A growth mindset with an openness to accepting and acting on constructive feedback to improve your own capabilities.
• A collaborative and solution-focused attitude to achieve success as part of a team.
• Drive, ambition and self-motivation; our work requires perseverance and personal accountability.
• Proactivity and using your initiative to deliver beyond expectations.

Essential - you must be based in the UK and able to commute to our office in Birmingham city centre at least 3 days a week.

We offer a flexible and supportive atmosphere as well as a salary of £28,000 and a competitive benefits package.

Due to the high volume of applications expected, please apply early as we will close the advert once we have received a sufficient number of applications.

CHR is an Equal Opportunity Employer and makes all employment decisions objectively on merit without regard to age, national origin, race, ethnicity, religion, creed, gender, sexual orientation, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.