Research and Insights Manager, Geopolitical - Africa Region (initial 1 yr contract) Central London / hybrid 3 days a week in office c.GBP 45,000 depending on experience - (posted Jun 3 2025)

Company: Spalding Goobey
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Job Spec: Our client is a specialist research consultancy working across fragile states and nations to produce and manage research that informs communication strategies that affect change in social and political issues. This is a superb opportunity for someone with experience in coordinating and delivering research products, managing pipelines of work and junior staff, and executing analytical and assessment projects, with a particular emphasis on OSINT and media monitoring. Experience of Strategic comms, media influence and analysis of security threats would be particularly welcomed in this role.

This position offers the opportunity to work on a high-growth project that provides analytical assessments across multiple African countries. The project integrates multiple data streams including opinion research, media monitoring, open-source insights and qualitative research. The work covers some of the most important contemporary issues (security, democracy, development, defence etc.); this role will suit people with interests in international politics and backgrounds in research and intelligence.

Candidates must demonstrate a high degree of analytical report writing, as the position involves direct responsibility for the delivery of robust and high-quality work. The ability to understand the strategic use of research is key. The position also features a little foreign travel to non Western Countries and also in Europe. Candidates must be resident in the UK or have the right to live and work in the UK.

This role is based 3 days per week in the Central London Office with the rest at home, if desired and is initially offered as a 1 year contract with the likelihood of going permanent at the end.

Who to contact: Email your CV (in confidence) to sga@spalding-goobey.co.uk, quoting the reference above, or contact Andrew Goobey, Andrew Mercer, Caroline Rock or Rebecca Meaton on 020 7287 7237

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