ICT research consultant
Code 2511.12
ICT research consultants perform targeted ICT research and provide a final report to the client. They also use ICT tools to design questionnaires for surveys, analyse the results, write reports, present the results and make recommendations based on the research findings.
Essential skills
Knowledge
- scientific research methodology
- innovation processes
Skills and competences
- speak different languages
- interact professionally in research and professional environments
- apply reverse engineering
- apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities
- communicate with a non-scientific audience
- consult with business clients
- create prototype of user experience solutions
- develop professional network with researchers and scientists
- demonstrate disciplinary expertise
- operate open source software
- develop software prototype
- disseminate results to the scientific community
- execute ICT user research activities
- write scientific publications
- evaluate research activities
- manage research data
- manage findable accessible interoperable and reusable data
- manage open publications
- innovate in ICT
- integrate gender dimension in research
- interact with users to gather requirements
- perform scientific research
- conduct research across disciplines
- think abstractly
- plan research process
- mentor individuals
- promote open innovation in research
- promote the transfer of knowledge
- provide user documentation
- proporcionar documentación técnica
- publish academic research
- conduct research interview
- conduct literature research
- conduct scholarly research
- conduct quantitative research
- draft scientific or academic papers and technical documentation
- apply for research funding
- use methodologies for user-centered design
Transversal competences
- apply statistical analysis techniques
- execute analytical mathematical calculations
- increase the impact of science on policy and society
- manage intellectual property rights
- manage personal professional development
- perform project management
- think analytically
- promote the participation of citizens in scientific and research activities
- conduct qualitative research
- synthesise information
Download the role profile
We'll send you a profile ready to paste into your job ad: purpose, essential and optional skills, and what to assess. One email, no signup.
What to assess for this role
Technical knowledge can be verified with tests and references. What never shows up on a CV are the transversal competences, and they explain most failed hires. Before closing, it pays to measure them with a standardised battery.
See psychometric assessmentSimilar roles
Other roles in the same group, useful when the one you need is not an exact fit.
Need to find this profile?
We source, screen and assess candidates for this kind of role, with a replacement guarantee. Fast process and a flat fee per role, no percentage of the salary.
In Obrii App the profile becomes a job descriptor, a CV screener and an interview scorecard. Try it free for 14 days, no credit card.
Sources
This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences