The current opportunity is available for current Manchester Met students to apply you must be based in the UK for the duration of the role.
Manchester Met's Careers & Employability Service is looking to recruit a team of Desk Based Researchers to support the service to strengthen its relationship with recent graduates and offer support to those who may need it. Working primarily with LinkedIn, general internet research and Microsoft Excel, this role will involve researching graduate current destinations, whether the graduate has gone into employment, further study, self-employment, travelling or still looking for their next steps. The role is an opportunity for you to gain invaluable experience that can be directly applied to future careers once you leave the university.
The successful candidate will have strong attention to detail, research skills, and the ability to interpret information accurately. Being able to work independently while offering support to other Desk Based Researchers in your team is an essential requirement for this role. This is an opportunity to further develop your employability, research and data analysis skills whilst contributing to the university's graduate transitions support.
The role is a remote working position initially to run during February 2027 for up to 16 hours per week, but this will be dependent on research targets.
If successful, in person training will take place on w/c 1 February 2027 on campus.
Role tasks
Key responsibilities:
Conduct desk-based research on LinkedIn and other publicly accessible websites.
Analyse, interpret and record information on LinkedIn and other public website sources.
Input data into Excel and maintain accurate records.
Communicate clearly with team and escalate queries where necessary.
Maintain confidentiality and privacy following our GDPR data protection procedures.
Support additional employability, research or data-related projects as required within role remit.