Data and Insight Analyst Sheffield, England
Job description
Social Work England are the specialist regulator for social work in England, focused on enabling positive change in social work. Every day, social workers support millions of people to improve their chances in life. We are taking a new approach to regulating social workers in their vital roles. We believe in the power of collaboration and share a common goal with those we regulate – to protect the public, enable positive change and ultimately improve people’s lives.
Our data and insight team is a small, supportive team that sits within the people and business support directorate. The data and insight team is central to and serves the whole organisation providing valuable information and insights. The team is responsible for developing and maintaining reports to support decision making across the business.
You will help to develop and implement our analytical projects, supporting the senior data and insight analyst to deliver our data and insight strategy and contribute to the successful delivery of our business plan and strategy. You will collaborate across the entire organisation, helping managers and senior leaders understand and get value from their data.
What you will do
- Work with the senior data and insight analyst to contribute to the development and implementation of effective analysis to support the evaluation of our activity and delivery of our data and insight strategy.
- Work in close collaboration with key stakeholders across the organisation to support our cohesive approach to producing, sharing and using data and insight.
- Analyse data to identify patterns and trends and provide insightful recommendations to managers and senior leaders.
- Identify reporting requirements for regular or ad-hoc analysis and work with the senior data and insight analyst to develop specifications for complex reports in Power BI and Excel, reviewing and validating these reports to ensure quality and accuracy.
- Produce monthly reporting packs to describe organisational performance and inform management and senior leadership decision-making.
- Work across the organisation, at all levels, to ensure all stakeholders can access the data they need, when they need it, and understand it clearly.
- Implement data governance and quality assurance processes for the data and insight team, ensuring the accuracy and quality of our data and our outputs.
Your skills, knowledge and experience
- Educated to degree level in a subject involving quantitative analysis and research methodologies, or relevant professional equivalent.
- Experience of supporting the design and delivery of high-quality analytical projects.
- Significant experience of turning raw data into meaningful insight using strong statistical analysis techniques and evaluation methodologies.
- Experience of developing and using analytical tools and reports for senior audiences using Power BI and Excel and Word. Experience of SPSS is also desirable.
- A good understanding of how research, analysis and evaluation informs organisational decision making and business planning processes.
- Ability to develop and implement effective solutions to analytical problems using creative and critical thinking skills.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both oral and written, including the ability to communicate complex ideas and key findings from complex analytical work.
- The ability to work autonomously and on own initiative, whilst also being able to work collaboratively to achieve team success.
- A proven role model for respectful, open and honest behaviour including a demonstrable commitment to equality and diversity in service delivery.
Details
- Job type: Fixed term until 31 March 2024.
- Working pattern: Full time. We offer flexible working subject to business need.
- Salary: £29,871 per year, rising to £32,005 per year after successful completion of a 6-month probationary period.
- Location: Sheffield/Hybrid.
- Benefits: Flexible working, contributory pension, life insurance and benefits portal.
Application
During the application process, you will be asked to complete a statement of suitability. In this, you'll describe how your previous experience, skills and knowledge meet the top 3 bullet points from the 'your skills, knowledge and experience' of the job advert.
Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 11 months
Salary: £29,871.00-£32,005.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Flexitime
- Life insurance
- Work from home
Schedule:
- Flexitime
- Monday to Friday
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Sheffield, S3 8JY
Reference ID: 10109
