Welsh Speaking Recruitment & Engagement Research Assistant

Salary: £26,000 per annum

Location: Hybrid, with a requirement to attend occasional in-person team meetings and training in our Taunton office

Job type: Permanent, full-time (37.5 hours per week)

Start date: ASAP

Passionate about research and media? Fluent Welsh speaker?
If yes, then our Welsh Speaking Recruitment & Engagement role could be just what you’re looking for.

At TRP Research we create and run research projects designed to measure people’s media usage, attitudes and behaviours. Media usage covers TV, streaming and radio, as well as social media. The data collected is used by us to help our clients, including broadcasters and TV show creators, make evidence based strategic and tactical decisions about the media they present to viewers.

We run several consumer panels including trpsurveys.com, surveypraeg.com, panelcyfryngau.cymru, and mediaopinionsireland.ie.

As a Recruitment & Engagement Research Assistant, you’ll be working alongside a small team of colleagues to recruit and retain demographically representative panels.

Key Responsibilities

• Working with the team to implement recruitment strategies – e.g. working with online influencers, advertising, and building relationships with charities and groups
• Designing creative media to use for recruitment, engagement and communication with our panel members
• Analysing response data to generate ideas and run campaigns to engage existing panel members and recruit new panel members
• Panellist-facing communications, including replying to survey inbox queries and social media instant and direct messaging, in both English and Welsh

Our in-house Training and Development Scheme will support you on your TRP journey. Current team members have developed from similar positions to senior roles within TRP.

Skills and Experience

Essential

• Fluent in Welsh and English (written and spoken)
• An effective communicator who can tailor communications to different audiences and demographics
• Ability to see “beyond the numbers” to spot trends and patterns, and add meaning and insight to data
• Good working knowledge of the Microsoft Office package, particularly Word and Excel
• Experience of working within compliance frameworks – e.g. GDPR, Welsh Language Schemes

Desirable

• Familiar with Photoshop, Canva or similar
• Familiar with engagement via media resources (e.g. Meta, Spotify)

Characteristics

• Outgoing, approachable and enthusiastic
• Confident, clear and compelling communicator
• Creative, with the ability to translate ideas into effective and engaging content
• Organised and able to work independently as well as part of a team
• Adaptable and able to manage time well, even when priorities change
• Able to follow clear instructions and use initiative when required
• Keen to develop professionally

Why TRP Research?

Our in-house Development Scheme will help shape your career development within TRP Research and give you a tailored path towards progression.

• 22.5 days of holiday plus UK bank holidays, increasing to a maximum of 27.5 with each year of service
• Holiday flexibility, including carrying leave between financial years and purchasing up to 10 additional days
• 6 weeks of paid parental leave at 70% of average weekly salary (in addition to statutory entitlement)
• Private Healthcare scheme (after a minimum 3-month probation period), including travel insurance, free eye tests and cashback allowance for glasses, lenses and dental treatment
• Bicycle and Tech Purchase schemes via salary sacrifice in a tax-efficient way over twelve months
• Payroll Giving scheme for charitable donations

We recognise that you may prefer to split your working week between our offices and your home, and encourage everyone to discuss their preferences with their manager.