Remote Survey Operations Analyst
at YouGov

Summary

Join our global team to help us achieve our social mission: to make millions of people’s opinions heard for the benefit of our local, national, and international communities. Understanding diversity of opinion requires diversity of background. Although our global panel of millions of people worldwide powers our research, our biggest asset is our people. If our research is to be truly representative of what the world thinks, we need people from all walks of life to be part of the team to bring their perspective to the work we do.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Political Science, Economics, Psychology, Statistics, Data Science, or similar fields; or an equivalent combination of relevant experience and education
• At least 1 year of programming experience in Python and/or R
• Experience manipulating and summarizing large datasets with statistical packages and data management tools (e.g., R, Python, SPSS)
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to manage multiple tasks at one time
• Results-driven focus and ability to see issues to completion in a timely manner
• Excellent communication skills with internal clients, both written and oral
• Ability to excel and work with cross-functional teams, all while working remotely

Responsibilities

• Programming complex surveys using an in-house scripting language based on Python
• Setting up surveys for fielding in YouGov’s multiple markets and languages
• Testing survey appearance and user experience on various web browsing platforms and devices
• Monitoring, investigating and reporting on data collection issues resulting from survey programming
• Cleaning and preparing survey data deliverables

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience or training in survey research
• Experience with terminal commands and Git