Research Survey Programmer

Our client is an exciting market research agency with a superb working culture, seeking a Research Survey Programmer to join their brilliant and growing team. This is a full time permanent position, working 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday. The role is based remotely but the team also meet on site every Monday at their offices in Newbury with parking available.

This exciting and varied role will involve the following key responsibilities:

• Accurately programming surveys and making post-pilot changes to surveys, meeting the project specification, questionnaire draft and deadline
• Develops and maintains survey and reporting templates to suit requirements
• Proactively develops use of survey and reporting software to improve survey and report design, functionality and efficiency of programming
• Reviews programming operational processes and scripts, recommends and implements automation opportunities
• Programs large/non-standard data manipulation tasks
• Works with teams to develop new reporting solutions as required
• Programs more complex data reports within reporting platforms
• Responsible for suggesting and investigating improvements to internal processes and methods of working
• Supports Operations team with non-standard Forsta-related tasks as required as well as ad hoc non-project activities
• Troubleshoots and supports Operations team with Forsta-related tasks
• Effective and independent management of deadlines and workload
• Effective communication with project team(s) and external suppliers
• Awareness of Operations team resource and capacity and proactive with prioritising own workload effectively to support the team's overall needs
• Peer reviewing other team-members work to ensure the Operations team delivers work to the standards required
• Applying best practice knowledge to survey design, reporting and project work

Skills, qualities and experience required:

• Proven track record of creating online surveys in Confirmit, working with quantitative data and report programming
• Proven and significant experience working with JavaScript scripting in Confirmit
• Some knowledge of other programming languages (Python, HTML, CSS, SQL, jQuery)
• Excellent problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Proven capabilities in the following key areas; accuracy and attention to detail, teamworking, proactive deadline management, proactive workload management, effective communication, knowledge of market research best practice, using online survey software, providing support and guidance for other team members
• Development of new processes and methods of working with existing software tools and implementing new software tools
• Best practices for Market Research, survey and report design
• Experience of resolving technical scripting issues
• Experience of managing commercial relationships and supporting management team with commercial decisions
• Potential to study for the Market Research Society Advanced Certificate (if not already certified)