Commission available for small piece of social research interviewing – deadline 8 June 2009

NLab’s CreativeCoffee Club Leicester has been running for about eighteen months, meeting alternate Wednesdays during term-time. Since the Club started there have been some dramatic changes including the global economic situation, and an explosion of local and national networks and social networking tools.

We would like to commission a social researcher to conduct and analyse a short telephone survey of CreativeCoffee Club members. The work must be completed by 13th July 2009, and carries fee of £1250.

We are looking for a researcher who:

– has excellent telephone and organisational skills
– has previous research and report writing experience
– is proficient with basic functions in SPSS (eg frequencies, cross tabs)
– ideally, has some knowledge of small businesses, social networking and social media

If you’re interested in this opportunity and can meet the deadlines, please email Professor Sue Thomas sue.thomas [at] dmu.ac.uk immediately for more information.

Remember, time is short and proposals must be received by 10am Monday 8th June 2009.

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