Principal Organisational Behavioural Scientist
Skills
ContextMeasurementsMilitary Weapons HandlingReadinessResearch MethodsSalesTechnical Sales
What the job involves
The main requirements, responsibilities and hiring steps.
Requirements
- Values aligned with empathy creativity and integrity
- PhD in behavioural or social science relevant to organisational culture or design with more than 4 years relevant experience or equivalent experience
- Exceptional interpersonal verbal and written communication skills
- Commitment to personal and professional development
- Ability to work resiliently under pressure
- Self motivated proactive and able to deliver quality work mostly independently with minimal supervision
- Advanced qualitative and/or quantitative research methods skills
- Ability to travel occasionally within the UK
- Fit for remote working lifestyle
- Willingness and ability to undergo security vetting
- UK residency for at least 5 years
- Comfort working in the UK government Defence and Security sector
- UK nationality or UK right to work
Nice to have
- Experience in UK defence or security environment
Day to day
- Lead small teams delivering organisational culture and design focused research projects for clients
- Bridge academic research policy and practice to create measurable impact
- Provide scientific input and technical sales support for a software app that measures key aspects of organisational culture
- Communicate exceptionally well with multidisciplinary teams and people from diverse backgrounds and expertise
Hiring process
- Copy and paste the application webform into browser and complete by 28th August 2026
- Request an MS Word version by emailing justinhj@socialmachines.co.uk if needed
- Shortlisted applicants will be contacted for further assessment and interview on 3rd and 4th September 2026