Qualitative Lead

**Is taking a human centred approach to insights your superpower? We know people, you know people, let's meet. Come join our strategic qualitative team in bringing the personal perspective to NZ top organisations, as Qualitative Lead**

**ABOUT TRA**
TRA is an insights agency. We are a diverse group of thinkers, intent on solving the complex and challenging problems our clients are facing. We combine our understanding of human behaviour with intelligent data capability to navigate uncertainty and answer the big questions.

We are growing and looking for a strategic qualitative researcher to work alongside New Zealand’s top organisations solving problems and enabling decision making.

**ABOUT THE ROLE**
This exciting opportunity will see you play a leading role in our qualitative team working with our clients to understand and explore their businesses objectives, and design and deliver research solutions that put people back at the heart of the project.

Taking an active role in the delivery of amazing work, you will be responsible for all parts of research and insight process, from proposal and project design to the delivery of actionable and strategic insights and outputs.

As a senior member of the qual team, you will use your coaching and development skills to lead and develop effective project teams ensuring great outcomes are delivered and junior team members are mentored and developed.

**Requirements**:
**ABOUT YOU**
We are looking for someone with:

- 5+ experience in qualitative research or similar.
- Fined tuned expertise in research, marketing, psychology or social science fields.
- Excellent knowledge of insights covering a range of project areas, including such; as brand and communication development and testing, innovation and NPD.
- Knowledge, or has a desire to learn, in the area of Culture Analysis and/or Behaviour Change.
- Innovatively and creatively find solutions and is open to new ideas.
- Desires to encourage, train and develop others and share knowledge / expertise company wide.
- Sets an example, is a leader within their own work and with clients.

**Benefits**

**WHY WORK HERE**
Do the best work of your life, alongside some of the greatest thinkers you’ll encounter in your career.

We are an agency challenging the status quo and influencing decisions. We are a curious, creative, and multi-disciplinary team committed to delivering amazing work built on values of collaboration, creativity, and clarity.

At TRA, you’ll be immersed in an environment where you’ll be surrounded by innovators and collaborators. You’ll be given the opportunity to tackle complex and challenging client problems equipped with training and support. You’ll be given a voice to shape the direction and thinking of TRA and how the wider world uses human understanding to create better outcomes for all.

**WHY WORK WITH US?**
A commitment to focused learning, with two hours set aside each week for TRA Academy, means you will be able to continually expand your knowledge, skills, and thinking. Combined with outstanding on-the-job learning experiences, you will have the support to take your career to the next level.

Our flexible working policy, TRA Flex, gives you the freedom to choose when and where you work.

In fact, we were the only dedicated market research agency to be recognised across the prestigious AFR BOSS Best Places to Work awards system - placing 3rd in the Media and Marketing category in this years’ AFR BOSS Best Places to Work Australasia list.

And of course, the competitive salary package underpins the experience.

**WE VALUE DIVERSITY IN ALL ITS FORMS**

**CONTACT US**
We want to hear from the storytellers, the curators, and the collaborative.

**Check us out a TRA.co.nz