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BUSINESS FUNCTION: Strategic Planning

GRADE: ML1/SB1

SALARY: £34,060 to £40,508 per annum

ROLE TYPE: Hybrid

HOURS: 37 per week

Is uncovering trends from data ‘Your Thing’?

We are looking for a great written and verbal communicator, with the ability to present complex information in condensed forms, where you will be contributing to the strategic business objectives.

Connecting millions of people and communities across the North is our mission. With 2,500 trains a day, we connect people to jobs, friends, family, and the wonders of the North.

We're improving rail travel, enhancing the experience on board and at stations. Customers are at the heart of our business as we improve performance and create a better way to go.

We're driving economic value and sustainable growth for the North and its people. Our commitment to the environment means reducing our impact and enhancing the world around us.

Make a difference. Make it last. Make it easy. Make it happen. Make it yours. These are our values.

Ready to make them yours? Join us on this journey.

About the role:

As a Data Analyst you will support the Strategic Planning team and will work closely with the Senior Analysis Manager and Analysis Manager to ensure that robust, coherent and consistent business case analysis is available.

This role offers the ability to work remotely with the expectation to come into the office when required for meetings.

If this sounds like your thing, we’d love to hear from you.

Key responsibilities:

This is a varied and challenging role, but here is a taste of what your day-to-day activities could include:

• Data / Information preparation and presentation: Using a variety of data systems to source, review, and prepare accurate and consistent data, and developing cost appraisal models for projects.
• Planning: Managing operational analysis planning, maintaining records of data, and informing the Senior Analysis Manager of progress and risks.
• Presentation: Presenting results and information clearly, including summary reports and methodology statements.
• Liaising with Colleagues: Collaborating with colleagues across the business to source relevant data.
• Reviewing and Research: Reviewing industry and business reports to identify relevant information and ensuring customer implications are considered in business cases.

About you:

You will need a degree or equivalent qualifications in statistical/numerical/analytical (e.g Maths or Economics) and have advanced skills in working with a database and data management systems like Excel.

We’re also looking for the following:

• Good communication skills
• Able to handle and distil relevant information from complex data sets
• Experience delivering in a high-pressure environment
• Sensitive to interdependencies
• Flexible and able to work to tight deadlines

Our Benefits:

Because we value our people and reward hard work, we’ve created a benefits package that we think you’ll love. So, you’ll be able to make the most of:

• Opportunities to progress and grow - including comprehensive training schemes and a range of online learning courses.
• Free Travel on Northern services - everyone who works at Northern, plus their partners/spouses and dependents, can travel for free right across our full network of services. *Certain eligibility criteria will apply.
• Defined Benefit Pension Scheme - you’ll rarely find a pension as good as a Northern pension, and we top up your pension with a generous 1.5 times your contribution.
• A generous holiday entitlement - our holiday entitlements can help you feel like you can get away too.
• Maternity and Paternity Benefits - we go above and beyond the standard, and mums can enjoy 9 months’ maternity leave on full pay while dads can make the most of 2 weeks’ paternity leave on full pay.
• Employee Assistance Programme - advice, support and useful information 24 hours a day, 365 days a year on everything from family issues to lifestyle matters.

You can find out more here.

Please note that Northern reserves the right to close recruitment for this role before the published closing date, if high volumes of applications are received.

However, if you miss the application window for this particular role, please keep checking back for other opportunities. We are always on the lookout for great people to join the Northern Team!

We’re an equal opportunities employer and a promoter of diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We encourage and welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds, regardless of gender, sex, ethnicity, race, religion, education, socioeconomic background, disability, or sexual orientation.

We also have Disability Confident status, which means we’re committed to making the most of the talents that disabled people can bring to the workplace.