Perrett Laver is an Executive Search Firm and our mission is to serve sectors that benefit society by finding the strongest leaders to take on tomorrow’s challenges. We are an employee-owned company, and our diverse team incorporates over 120 employees from many different countries and backgrounds across our 11 global offices.

We have practices in Social Imapct, Higher Education, Schools, Arts and Sports sectors. Our Advisory Board is chaired by Professor Dame Alison Richard, formerly Provost of Yale University and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge. We have been privileged to support appointments such as Oxfam International’s Executive Director, Director of Women’s Economic Empowerment at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, President & Principal of King’s College London, Master of Jesus College, Cambridge, Director of Warwick Arts Centre and the Hillary Rodham Clinton Professor of Women’s History at the University of Oxford.

By combining the intellectual and analytical skills necessary to grasp complex briefs and the research skills to identify world-leading candidates for leadership roles, the Research Associate role is fundamental to our business. Flexible, rigorous and attracted to complexity, you will have the advocacy skills to engage world-class senior leaders on behalf of our varied client base.

You will work under your own initiative in a fast-paced environment to deliver consistently excellent results. Throughout your time at Perrett Laver, you will be part of a strong, global network of colleagues who inspire and encourage you as you develop in the role while making a real difference to our client institutions.