Speculative Applications

About M·E·L Research

M·E·L Research is a social research agency, with a strong social ethos. Our vision is to make a positive difference to organisations, employees, customers, and wider society.

We commit to giving 5% of our net profit as a minimum each year to charity, provide paid volunteering days, pay the living wage, and actively deliver social value within – as well as a result of – our projects. Approximately 15% of our projects have a defined social value commitment within them and last year, we raised an additional £7,000+ through ad-hoc charity and fundraising events. We are also on track to be carbon neutral by 2030, and have taken the MRS Climate pledge.

Click here to see our recently published Social Value report.

About the role

We are always on the look-out for great research, insight and evaluation members and even if we do not currently have a defined role available, if you feel you have something to offer please do apply below.

We are lucky to work with a range of amazing clients, from smaller third sector bodies to leading charities, arts and cultural organisations, sporting bodies, technology providers and educational institutions, as well as local government and central government organisations. Recent and current clients include:

• Health and Wellbeing: Mind, Macmillan Cancer Support, Mental Health Foundation
• Culture & Arts: Birmingham 2022 Olympic Games Cultural Programme, UNBOXED, Eurovision
• Social Issues: South Yorkshire Violence Reduction Unit, Kick It Out, NSPCC, YMCA, Transport for West Midlands, Unipol
• …and a range of other clients across sectors

Person profile

We are typically looking for curious and socially-interested people across all levels. Aside from that, tell us what you think makes you a good fit!

You will join a passionate organisation, with a long term commitment to growing our offering and developing our team, with full support from the Board of Directors and Senior Management Team.

Salary and benefits

Hybrid working, with the majority of your time spent working from home, and a good reward package, will be available for successful candidates.

Please provide details of your salary expectations in any speculative applications. As standard, our benefits package includes:

• Flexible working hours arrangements based around the needs of the employee (such as family commitments/needs/childcare).  We are a very family-orientated business and encourage flexible hours and homeworking.
• Provision of employer contributions to Royal London personal pension scheme starting from a 4% contribution and rising to 8% (subject to employee contributions that meet the auto enrolment requirements)
• Paid annual leave allowance of 25 days per annum, plus paid public holidays and your birthday off
• 2 paid volunteer days per year
• Life assurance policy at 3x basic annual salary 
• Health cashback medical care scheme and employee benefits scheme inc retail discounts
• Eligibility for annual company profit and performance bonus scheme dependent on company performance
• Annual pay reviews and cost-of-living pay increases in addition to performance related appraisals

Applicants must be based in the UK.

If you are interested in applying for a role, please upload your CV and a cover letter outlining your experience and why you are interested in working for M·E·L Research via the section below.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age. We are committed to ensuring that our recruitment process is fair, transparent and free from discrimination or bias. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the application process or have any questions about our approach to diversity and inclusion, please do not hesitate to contact us.

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