Associate Director - Communication and Campaign Evaluation

Job Details

Associate Director, Communication and Campaign Evaluation

Verian- Belgium

Full-time

Policy Areas: Justice and Fundamental Rights, Migration and Home Affairs, Employment and Social Affairs, Economic, Social and Territorial Cohesion

About Verian:

Verian is a world-leading, independent research, evidence, evaluation, and communications agency, providing services to government and the public realm. We work with our clients to help solve the next generation of public policy challenges. We are experts in public policy, service design, behavioural insight and election research.

Employing over 800 people globally, our Brussels team includes more than 50 specialist researchers and evaluators who work closely with colleagues across Europe. We deliver evidence for decision-making and offer expert advice on public opinion, international statistics, behavioural research, and public policy design and evaluation.

Our clients include national and local governments, EU institutions, the World Bank, and the United Nations. In Brussels, our Policy Research and Evaluation team has built a strong portfolio in areas such as disinformation, digital and social policy, consumer protection, youth, education and training, humanitarian aid, environmental behaviours, and public health.

As our portfolio continues to grow, we are looking for an experienced Associate Director to lead and expand our work in Communication and Campaign Evaluation.

The Role

We are looking for an Associate Director – Communication and Campaign Evaluation to lead and grow our portfolio of work evaluating communication strategies for EU institutions.

You will play a pivotal role in designing and managing high-impact research and evaluation projects focused on communication and campaigns. This includes overseeing project teams, building client relationships, contributing to business development, and supporting team growth and innovation.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic, multidisciplinary team of social researchers, economists, statisticians, and methodologists at a time of strong business growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Leading and supporting project teams, acting as key contact for clients, being accountable for timings and budgets, maintaining quality in analysis and reporting
• Participating in new business activities – leading proposals, developing new client relationships, planning and contributing to profile-raising activities
• Developing relations with key clients to ensure satisfaction and optimal value from both their and our points of view
• Contributing to team planning and strategy, and skills and capability development
• Working with other experts to develop our offer by drawing on advanced knowledge and skills, creating new solutions, and training the team.
• Line managing one or more individuals and supporting their work and development

Your Profile

• Proven experience in communication research (audience segmentation, asset testing, impact assessment, etc). You have been (co-)leading in all aspects of research design from development of approaches and methods, through team coordination and client management to reporting;
• Experience in providing evidence at different stages of the communication cycle: from objectives and audience research, through development of communication strategy and campaign platforms to their evaluation.
• Proven project oversight experience, with strong client handling skills and an ability to lead a research team to deliver excellent work to time and budget.
• Experience of working with EU institutions and winning work through tenders for EU institutions is required.
• Relish the opportunity to contribute to the leadership of a growing, innovative team which is both well established and always keen to improve and push the boundaries.
• Affinity for innovative research designs using pluri-disciplinary approaches, combining different data collection and analysis methods.
• You enjoy diversity of assignments and are flexible to work on different policy challenges.
• Commercial skill to apply this to developing new opportunities for work.
• Like being with and advising clients, being a trusted partner.
• You have demonstrated your capacity to coordinate diverse team members and support their professional development.

Are you ready to make an impact?  

If you believe this role is ideal for you, feel free to submit your application online to join a team that is making a difference. We look forward to reviewing your submission!  

We will evaluate your application as soon as possible, and if your qualifications meet our requirements, we will invite you for an initial exploratory interview to learn more about you! 

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