Senior Fieldwork Executive

Join our team as a Senior Fieldwork Executive!

We're looking for an enthusiastic, organised, and proactive person to lead the way on recruitment-only and field and data projects, primarily through our Sense:lab offering.

In this role, you'll:

Take ownership of projects, ensuring they run smoothly, accurately, and on time
Create quotes and lead facility hire projects
Communicate clearly and proactively with clients, keeping them updated every step of the way
Spot and flag any potential facility capacity issues with the Fieldwork Manager
Drive improvements and look for ways to innovate how we work
Manage project incentives, making sure everything is accounted for and flagged ahead of time
Support and develop Trainee and Fieldwork Execs through line management responsibilities

If you're passionate about delivering great results, thrive on keeping things running smoothly, and want to help shape how we work, we'd love to hear from you.

If you would like to apply for this role, please fill out the application form below. Thank you for your interest.

About you:

We don't expect you to know everything about market research or fieldwork, we'll teach you that. What we're looking for is someone who is:

A natural project manager
Energised by leading a team
Obsessed with the details
Always thinking about how to improve and scale something

You may have experience as a Project Manager or Fieldwork Coordinator, or something similar.

You're likely to bring:

Confidence leading people or small teams
A process-led mindset with a love of structure, systems and tracking
The ability to spot problems and quickly find smart, creative solutions
A hands-on, can-do approach and desire to step up and take ownership
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Curiosity about people, behaviour, and/or research

Experience in market research fieldwork is nice-to-have, but not essential, we'll support your learning and development.

A bit about Blue Yonder:

Blue Yonder was founded by Jonathan Million 20 years ago. Chief Innovation Officer, and lifetime entrepreneur, Jonathan is involved in pioneering innovations day-to-day, with 10% of the company's net profits being invested into innovation, to create new insight tech and methods to support client needs. For example, our very own research tech button, Clickscape®, which was proudly patented in 2023.

Blue Yonder is all about people: our amazing team are key to our success. We value authenticity, partnership, entrepreneurship and positivity, and these values aren't just stuck up on a wall somewhere – they underpin everything we do, internally and externally. Our culture is key; we're supportive, learning and solution-focused, and we're a lovely bunch to work with. But we would say that wouldn't we? In our 2024 full-team survey, 100% agreed their line manager cared about their learning and development, and the most common words to describe Blue Yonder were 'friendly', 'innovative' and 'fun'.

In the last couple of years, we've doubled our team size, restructured, and innovated. We were shortlisted for Agency of the Year at the Market Research Society awards in 2024, after winning break-through Agency of the Year in 2020, and we were finalists for Agency of the Year in 2020, 2021, and 2022. And in 2025, we're still growing, innovating more than ever, and looking for more great people to join our expanding team.

We don't do 'off the shelf' approaches; we work in partnership with our clients, challenge, design solutions, and make them happen. We're hands-on, regardless of job title, and we work with mixed methods to answer client questions, presented beautifully, using a range of tools including video and interactive deliverables. And while our HQ is in Leeds, we work flexibly, and our clients and projects span the globe.

What we offer:

We don't do unnecessary fluff but we do offer a competitive salary, company profit share, a bonus holiday for your birthday, regular socials, a bonus day for charity work, DE&I and wellbeing initiatives, and lots of structured training throughout the year. We have a flexible working environment and if there's something that's important to you – be it a day you need to pick the kids up, or a specific charity you want to support – let's talk!

Authenticity is one of our core values, and at Blue Yonder we're committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic team with equal opportunities. We want to attract, develop, and promote the very best people from all walks of life, so we actively encourage applications from a range of socioeconomic and ethnic backgrounds, as well as others who are underrepresented in our sector, such as disabled or neurodiverse applicants.

Job details:

Please note successful applicants must have the right to work in the UK and will need to bring proof to the interview e.g. a passport or work permit.

Should you be shortlisted in the recruitment process, if you require any reasonable adjustments to be made to accommodate your interview, let us know in confidence.

Job Type: Full-time

Schedule: 40 hours per week (Monday – Friday)

Salary: £28,500

Education: A degree in a relevant field (e.g. social sciences, marketing, business) can be helpful, but is not essential, we're open to candidates with diverse backgrounds and relevant skills.

Ability to commute/relocate: Leeds, LS15 8GB – reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Reference ID: Senior Fieldwork Executive

Vacancy benefits:

Flexible working location
Support with work from home needs you may have
Freedom to dress however makes you comfortable
24 days holiday (plus bank holidays) + one per year up to 27 days
Company pension scheme
Extra day off on your birthday
Volunteering day every year
Fully renovated flexible / hybrid office in 2024
Bi-annual promotion and salary review windows
2 major company parties a year + monthly socials organised by our own social and charity team
Hybrid working – with a requirement of at least 2-3 days a week in the office