Junior Research Assistant

2 weeks ago

Durban, South Africa Fempower Personnel Full time

KwaZulu Natal
- ,
- Durban
- (Market related)
- An opportunity is available for a Junior Research Assistant to be based in the Durban area.
- Requirements:

- A relevant Bachelor’s / Diploma or Certification
- 2 to 3 years’ working experience conducting research, preferable within HR / Recruitment / Consulting industries
- MS Office skills with a specific focus on Excel and PowerPoint - intermediate to advanced
- Third language will be an advantage
- Attentive with an eye for detail
- Systems orientated, deadline driven and willing to work under extreme pressure
- Capable of planning, organizing, filing, and administration for assignments
- Performance and objective driven individual
- Time management and action orientated
- Demonstrates eagerness to acquire necessary technical knowledge, skills and judgment to accomplish results or to serve customers’ needs effectively
- Demonstrate desire and drive to acquire knowledge and skills necessary to perform job more effectively
- Technology Savvy - being able to identify most efficiently use of currently technology and systems

Duties and Responsibilities:

- Support project team members with end-to-end project requirements and administration
- Compilation of presentation on PowerPoint
- Compiling project packs for Consultants and Managers
- Provide high quality comprehensive research
- Responsible for cold calling, sourcing and mapping
- Conduct quantitative research in relative markets
- Remain abreast and up to date on developments in the industry and related markets
- Understand the needs of clients to target research effectively
- Information Management through collecting data and information to analyse and translate it into knowledge
- Use relevant information for planning and decision making
- Distributing information to relevant audiences by using a variety of information and communication technologies
- Identify potential opportunities to improve efficiencies for internal systems, processes and technology at minimum cost
- Evaluate information to develop, implement, measure and improve work methods, procedures and systems
- Appreciation and appropriate use of standards, deadlines, follow-up, monitoring mechanism
- Adhere to controls over processes when driving toward goals and objectives
- Provide team and office support

Please note that appointments will be made in line with the Company's EE targets.
- For more information please contact:

- FP Admin

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