data analyst Manchester, England
Job description
Assessment Data Analyst & Developer - Please note applications without a cover letter will not be considered.
Background
We (Doublestruck) are further extending our use of our data for internal purposes and as part of a broader offering of services to our clients in the education community. In order to do this we need an experienced data analyst who, vitally, must also have first-hand experience of working in educational assessment, especially the data that both informs assessment development and that results from its use. As part of our strategy in the coming years, we intend to build on our existing customer-facing reporting systems to provide the next generation of actionable diagnostics for use by students, teachers, and all levels of leadership in schools and across school trusts. We are also continuing to develop tests for the primary sector, and our data and analyses will be used to ensure that we deliver quality assessments for use seasonally across years 1 - 6.
Core role
The data we hold is of two basic types: product and customer data, including customer subscriptions and their usage of our products via our online platforms of Exampro and Testbase; and assessment- related data made up of metadata about our assessments and marking data from students and teachers who have used our assessment products. This role is intended to support the organisations’ utilisation of these data for internal and external customers and stakeholders. This will require working with various teams across the organisation to establish data needs, ensure data quality, and provide analyses and insights in a timely manner and appropriate formats such as spreadsheets, written documents, and live presentations, etc.
The role will also require writing analytical code for one-off and repeated analyses, and the maintenance and extension of existing code. You will need to work with the database team to discuss database architecture, metadata schemas, and the development and deployment of a new data warehouse. You will also work with AQA colleagues to collaborate on data-related matters, keeping an awareness of their data strategies and usage, and working on mutually beneficial sharing of assessment-related data, data schemas, etc.
Reporting to: Steve Wooding, Head of Assessment & Education
Location: London or Manchester Office with flexible home-working arrangements
Working hours: A full time, 40 hour working week, typically starting at 09.00*, Mon-Fri with a paid hour for lunch.
Notice period: 1 month
Salary £40,000 - £50,000
Regular smart working available.
*Flexibility exists around core hours 10.30-16.00 with frequent, regular working from home
Reduced hours may be available with a pro-rata salary to the right candidate.
Key responsibilities
The Ed Tech business has become increasingly data-driven in terms of the products and services offered to the education sector, and in commercial strategies around marketing and product development; Doublestruck is no different, and we will remain a key player in the formative and diagnostic assessment landscape.
You should maintain an understanding of the context that teachers and data managers are working in and keep up to date with educational policy and how schools use data, especially its use in informing teaching and learning decisions at every level.
Planning and Organising
● Keeping up to date with and contributing to the organisation’s data-related developments and strategies, including with colleagues across the AQA group.
● Organising your own day-to-day
Data & Analytics
● Use our data and appropriate analyses to support the development and delivery of current and future products and services to internal and external customers
● Work with the Education, Development, Production and Commercial teams, to explore ways to improve and enhance our products and services, in line with customer needs and levels of expertise
● Work with colleagues to quality-assure and maintain the metadata behind our products to ensure a high standard of service to our customers
● Work with the Head of Assessment & Education to drive the development of our customer- facing assessment reporting systems, in particular unifying the various reporting tools that currently exist in MERiT and on-screen assessment to deliver test-based, suite-based and progress-based reporting
● Carry out routine monitoring and bespoke analyses of incoming assessment-related data, including test and suite population metrics such as stability checks, means, rankings, etc. and publish when appropriate
● Carry out assessment functioning analyses and work with the Head of Assessment & Education and the Education Team Primary Lead to inform the development, trialling, and refinement of our primary test suites.
Training
● Deliver training - internal and external - including webinars and written guidance materials, for colleagues across Doublestruck and AQA when needed
Customer-Facing
● Attend events representing Doublestruck (and AQA) when needed
Communications
● Liaise with Communications team to ensure that materials used to promote our data-driven services contain supportable claims, and are clear and appropriate for the audience
● Liaise with internal stakeholders (e.g. AQA) where appropriate on data-related matters
Competencies /Skills/Experience
What Detail Required/
Desired
Experience ● Experience of research and/or analytics in educational R assessment, including assessment performance and functioning measures
● Experience in statistical analysis and modelling, R including at least one programming language used for such tasks, e.g. R, Python
● Experience in report-writing and presenting for both R technical and non-expert audiences
● Experience in project management D
● Understanding of assessment in schools D
● Experience of data-driven development projects, i.e. R that use data to deliver a product or service to end- users
Planning and ● Ability to write effective project plans R organising ● Ability to organise own work effectively and R efficiently, and liaise with colleagues to deliver to project timelines
● Ability to see when a change is required and adapt R plans accordingly and communicate the changes
Data management ● Ability to analyse data effectively R
● Ability to interpret data to inform decision making R
● Ability to quality check, correct, and maintain the data R that drives our products and services
● Understanding of database querying via e.g. SQL R
● Use of data management systems and tools, e.g. D relational databases, data warehousing
General I.T. Systems ● Use of Microsoft Office software and/or Google suite R
& Software Skills ● Understanding of information systems and how to R categorise content effectively
● Use of ticketing systems to request and monitor I.T., D development, and production requests
Training ● Ability to deliver training to internal and external R parties related to data systems, usage, and any data- drive products or services developed as part of the role
Customer-facing ● Ability to represent the organisation at public-facing R conferences and events
● Ability to communicate clearly and cooperatively with R customers verbally and in writing
Communications ● Ability to liaise with internal stakeholders across the R
AQA group re. our developments
● Ability to meaningfully share data-heavy information R with non-technical colleagues
● Ability to write clear and effective project R documentation, such as specifications, plans, etc.
● Ability to create technical documentation R
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: £40,000.00-£50,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Additional leave
- Casual dress
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Flexitime
- Life insurance
- Profit sharing
- Sick pay
- Work from home
Schedule:
- Flexitime
- Monday to Friday
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Manchester: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Manchester
Application deadline: 21/07/2023
