Reputation Strategy and Research, Associate Consultant

The Reputation Strategy and Research team helps help our clients take a strategic approach to reputation, so they can win the trust their business needs. We design processes that help clients make defining strategic choices about reputation and build the positioning, narrative and communications strategy they need. We develop cutting-edge research techniques to inform these decisions, identifying priority audiences and the most persuasive approaches. Our approach is audience-led and evidence-based, using research and insight at every stage of our projects.

An Associate Consultant (AC) in Teneo’s Reputation Strategy and Research team is responsible for providing the highest quality of service to our clients. They play a key role in delivering quality work and ensuring agreed timelines on client projects are met.

ACs work into and learn from our Consultants, Senior Consultants, Associate Directors and Managing Directors, with the structure of each team varying based on our scope and clients’ needs. They demonstrate a collegiate approach to working with others and help ensure new junior team members, such as graduate programme intake, settle into their roles.

We are looking for exceptional candidates with varied experience and wide-ranging perspectives. Like us, they’ll be intellectually curious, creative, great team players and eager to learn.

• Support the management of projects, including timeline, resource and budgets; communicating proactively about progress; with a forward view to anticipate needs and potential issues
• Work as part of a team to find and apply the right research methodologies in response to a client challenge
• Conduct effective desk research, including using media, social media and AI analysis tools (training will be given on tools)
• Support the team in conducting primary qualitative and quantitative research (e.g. managing third party suppliers, drafting discussion guides and questionnaires)
• Play a key role in analysing and interpreting research (primary qualitative and quantitative / secondary desk research and analysis) and distilling research into compelling insight
• Play a role in workshops / presentations, preparing materials for these, presenting back insights and helping to facilitate client discussions
• Quickly become a subject matter expert for our clients
• Build a strong network of effective relationships internally and externally
• Stay well informed and share knowledge with teams and clients

• At least 1 year’s experience in a similar role
• Demonstratable experience in executing primary research such as online polling, focus groups, in-depth interviews and data collection
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent proficiency in Microsoft Office
• Strong project management skills
• Good attention to detail
• Ability to make valuable contributions in internal and external meetings
• Appetite to build their own skills and knowledge, and willingness to ask questions along the way
• Enthusiasm about research and insight – experience is desirable but not essential
• A positive, flexible and ambitious team player

New joiners are supported by an induction programme, and continuous development is a key focus of life at Teneo - learning and knowledge sharing are at the heart of this. We have an environment and culture that is focused on supporting your development and career progression. We support this with a dedicated Learning Team who provide a range of learning opportunities and personal development support. 

Our face-to-face learning is supported by some 100 modules of e-learning available on our internal knowledge management system.

Given our client base you’ll be working on career-defining work that is exciting, rewarding and one where you can make a real impact to high profile projects.

As well as this we offer a whole host of benefits and reward including;

• Competitive salary (depending on experience)
• 28 days holiday
• Discretionary bonus
• Annual salary review
• Pension (with company contribution: 5% of annual salary)
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave (depending on length of service) and shared parental leave
• Private medical insurance
• Group Income protection
• Life assurance
• Cycle to work schemes
• Season ticket loans
• Regular social, cultural and charitable activities
• Flexible working with office laptop and phone provided

Teneo is the global CEO advisory firm. We partner with our clients globally to do great things for a better future.

Drawing upon our global team and expansive network of senior advisors, we provide advisory services across our five business segments on a stand-alone or fully integrated basis to help our clients solve complex business challenges. Our clients include a significant number of the Fortune 100 and FTSE 100, as well as other corporations, financial institutions, and organizations.

Our full range of advisory services includes strategic communications, investor relations, financial transactions and restructuring, management consulting, physical and cyber risk, organizational design, board and executive search, geopolitics and government affairs, corporate governance, ESG and DE&I.

The firm has more than 1,800 employees located in 45+ offices around the world