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PT Graduate Researcher - Remote Role, Surrey

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Client:

Love Recruitment

Location:

Surrey, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Job Reference:

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Job Views:

11

Posted:

12.08.2025

Expiry Date:

26.09.2025

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Job Description:

The UK's leading specialist fitness and leisure recruitment agency.

Service and Delivery.

Contact us 07746 791415 or email contact any of the team via People.

PT Graduate Researcher

Salary circa £25k (36 hours a week) – pro rata to agreed hours

Company and Job Overview

Max Associates is a small, dynamic consultancy working in the local authority sports, physical activity, and cultural sector. Our clients are mainly local authorities and not-for-profits managing sports and leisure centres. We collaborate with organizations like Sport England, national governing bodies, and community groups.

We seek a recent graduate to focus on research for our projects.

Key Projects include:

• Sports, physical activity, and wellbeing strategies
• Feasibilities and appraisals for new and refurbished facilities
• Management options appraisals
• Support for councils in procuring operators for sports and leisure centres
• Service, business, and pricing reviews

The role:

Supporting our team with primary desk-based research.

Home-based position.

Research focus includes:

• Reviewing council strategy documents
• Demographic and health profile analysis
• Using Sport England tools to assess participation trends
• Competition analysis via search engines
• Facility audits within council areas
• Report writing and presentation development
• Specific research as needed per project

Hours:

Negotiable between 2-3 days per week.

Person Specification:

Experience:

• Project work, data analysis, and report writing experience
• Survey management and primary engagement experience
• Teamwork and deadline management

Knowledge & Understanding:

• Understanding of government and public policy issues
• Knowledge of public leisure and culture sectors
• Research and engagement methods

Qualifications:

Degree-level education.

Skills:

• Proficiency in Microsoft Word and PowerPoint
• Data analysis and interpretation
• Attention to detail
• Initiative in project development
• Self-management for home working
• Interpersonal and communication skills
• Organizational and workload management
• Ability to deliver projects from start to finish
• Effective information presentation
• High-quality work and knowledge sharing
• Respect, trustworthiness, and integrity
• Solution-focused mindset
• Responsibility for project outcomes
• Willingness to learn and develop
• Marketing and project management experience
• Knowledge of local authority sports sector

Salary circa £25k (36 hours/week), pro-rata to hours.