Research Intern

Remuneration:	negotiable
Location:	Johannesburg, Craighall
Education level:	Degree
Travel requirement:	Occasional
Type:	6 months
Reference:	#Research Intern
Company:	BMi Research

BMi Research requires a highly motivated and focused individual to assist as a research intern within the consumer behaviour and business insights division. The intern position is an opportunity to gain hands-on experience in the research environment through on-the-job experience. The candidate needs to be a logical thinker, pay the utmost attention to detail and be deadline-driven.

The successful intern will:

• Assist in building and developing the consumer behaviour and business insights division
• Support the CBBI team with day to day administrative and project management functions
• Need to be an all-rounder with qualitative and quantitative research interests

Research functions:

• Project management within stipulated time and budget constraints
• Anticipate and manage bottlenecks and project delivery delays.
• Draft questionnaires and discussion guides, with guidance
• Draft supplier agreements and co-ordinate with suppliers on deliverables
• Preparation of fieldwork material e.g. stimulus, schedules, briefing instructions
• Attend client meetings and fieldwork/briefings as and when required
• Charting of qualitative and quantitative analysis
• Checking of charted data
• Desk research

General administrative functions

• Document control
• Formatting/creation of Word, Excel and PowerPoint reports (in keeping with BMi Research templates)
• Checking of all supporting documents such as receipts, visuals, quotes and recordings.

Skills, qualifications and education requirements:

• Matric Certificate or equivalent, including good performance in English and Mathematics (excl Maths Lit)
• Completed tertiary education in an appropriate field (eg communications, research, psychology)
• MS Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Teams proficiency essential

Required attributes:

• Passionate about market research
• Analytical (accurate, attention to detail)
• Confident communication skills (articulate)
• High level of personal accountability (professional)
• Independent and creative thinking
• Promote team spirit and group success
• Strong problem-solving skills (self-directed)
• Strong project management skills (energetic, proactive, punctual)
• Experience in a coordination or team support role
• Efficient time management

Company Description

BMi Research (Pty) Ltd is a research house specialising in consumer, B2B, retail, FMCG and industrial research.

Posted on 16 May 14:25, Closing date 15 Jul