data analyst Birmingham, England
Job description
How to Apply
ONLY APPLICATIONS WITH COVERING LETTERS & FULL EDUCATION HISTORY INCLUDING GRADES ACHIEVED WILL BE CONSIDERED
To apply for this position please follow one of the two below options:
1) Submit your CV and a covering letter via email. Please see our careers page for further guidance - https://www.netwatchglobal.com/careers
2) Submit PDF copies of your CV and covering letter to the Indeed platform (please avoid using the Indeed CV template).
NetWatch - Data Analyst
Having recently taking on investment NetWatch are in the position to hire a data analyst for the first time. This is a new role that will expand in responsibility and scope over time as our services evolve.
The successful candidate with be experienced with ETL and data mining processes, web scraping experience would be a benefit, and you’ll be capable of designing and building dashboards to help display and understand company data. It is essential that you can thrive on individual projects or as part of a team. You can expect to work with information derived from social media, people data and large public datasets.
Key Responsibilities
- Sanitising and cleaning up large data files using ETL processes to deliver data in CSV format which can be loaded into databases
- Work closely with KRI Analyst team to transform data from disparate sources into sensible CSV documents for loading into databases
- Take large publicly available datasets from the internet to enrich and generate useful datasets for the NetWatch team and products to search.
- Work with engineering team to build MI dashboards based on the data feeds available from our various platforms.
- Helping design intelligent data structures from disparate sources
- Mining & Scraping information from the web
Essential Skills
- Experience with ETL processes
- Excellent written and oral communication
- Coding ability in language of choice
- Ability to work with API’s
Desirable Skills
- Familiarity and experience with web scraping
- Experiencing with a variety of large datasets
- Experience working in an office or similar role
Person Specification
- Creative Thinker – Ability to come up with innovative solutions and ideas independently.
- Effective Communicator – Excellent verbal and written English and able to work with others.
- Attention to Detail – Takes care to ensure data is accurate and capable of spotting errors.
- Self-Motivated – Takes pride in delivering great work for the business.
- Strong Work Ethic – Determined to do their best and always works hard.
- Collaborator – Enjoys working with others and as part of a team.
Benefits Package
- Competitive Salary
- Flexitime
- Hybrid Working
- 24 Days Leave plus bank holidays
- Buy and Sell leave scheme
- Employee Benefits and Discounts Platform for you and your family
- Company Pension Scheme
- On-site Gym
- Length of Service Rewards
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Regular Team Social Events
- Casual Dress
IMPORTANT: Please note that the first 6 months of this role is office-based and will require the successful candidate to be within a commutable distance to Birmingham City Centre. There will then be hybrid working opportunities to be agreed with your line manager.
The Process
- CV & Cover Letter Sift
- Short Phone Screening Interview (5-10mins)
- Video Presentation Submission
- Face to Face Interview
The Organisation
NetWatch Global is the largest and most successful open-source investigation company in the UK. We specialise in providing powerful and actionable intelligence which clients either rely on to make effective decisions or as evidence in court. NetWatch analysts assist in a range of areas from identifying new witnesses that the police are unaware of, to proving the true scale of a claimant’s injuries for insurance clients, or even cracking large counterfeiting networks for FMCG partners.
NetWatch Global are experts in online investigation and social media intelligence. Our in-house software development team have created a bespoke tool suite, which provides us with enhanced methods of locating hard-to-find online data. The tool suite is regularly updated and improved, meaning we are at the cutting edge of OSINT trends and developments.
More recently NetWatch have launched a service for insurers which aids them in requesting reports and evidence from the police. In Summer 2023 we took on funding to bring new ideas to life and grow the business more rapidly.
We are affiliated with The Surveillance Group - The largest and most successful covert surveillance and investigation company in the UK.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: £35,000.00-£50,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Additional leave
- Casual dress
- Company events
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- Flexitime
- Free fitness classes
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site gym
- Store discount
- Transport links
Schedule:
- Flexitime
- Monday to Friday
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Birmingham: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Application question(s):
- Have you uploaded or emailed a covering letter?
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Birmingham
Reference ID: DataAnalyst1
