Graduate Analyst Edinburgh, Scotland
Job description
Available Job Today Role overview
We’re looking for a Graduate Analyst to join the team at Edinburgh Airport. This unique role within Edinburgh Airport consists of three placements over a period of 2.5 years, including:
- 12 months in Business Analytics, where you will develop operational forecasts and models to drive the efficient running and growth plans of the airport.
- 9 months in Aero, where you will support the route development function, constructing data driven business cases, monitoring airline and route performance and contributing to the development of Edinburgh Airport’s route network.
- 9 months in Commercial, where you will contribute to the development and evolution of Edinburgh Airport’s Retail, Property and Car Parking estates, appraising potential new deals, evaluating business partner performance and supporting the team in maximising commercial revenues.
We will help you develop the skills required to become a great Analyst, ensuring you have the ability to see the both the big picture strategy whilst also being able to dive into the detail of the day-to-day tactics at the same time. You’ll work closely with our team of analysts and teams from across the airport campus to understand the breadth of business needs and then build robust solutions that span entire systems. Your aim is to equip decision makers with the most confident information as effectively and efficiently as possible, positioning the business to deliver excellent customer service driven, operational efficiency, and revenue maximisation. At the end of your placement, we will work with your to find a role at the airport that best fits you and your unique experience.
Edinburgh Airport is a unique environment, and our Analysts get the opportunity to solve real-world problems. One of our Business Analytics Analysts, Rory, sums it up perfectly, “The thing about the airport is there is no one typical day – no two days are the same”. You can read more about a ‘typical day’ as an analyst at Edinburgh Airport HERE.
- Essential: Recently graduated (in the past 18 months) from a degree program with a strong quantitative and analytical focus.
- Essential: Highly numeric with proven analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Desirable: Proficient in Microsoft Office, especially Excel and PowerPoint.
- Desirable: Experience with a programming language such as R, Python, and SQL, or desire to learn.
- Desirable: Understanding or interest in learning a range of statistical techniques such as queueing theory, simulation, or optimisation.
- Desirable: Experience or interest in learning dashboarding software such as Tableau or PowerBI.
- Desirable: Knowledge of or interest in the aviation industry.
Some of the benefits you’ll receive include:
- Competitive salary with planned progressions during the 2.5 year placement.
- 32 day holiday entitlement (inclusive of statutory holidays).
- Participation in our annual bonus scheme.
- Career Development via placement in Edinburgh Airport’s Talent Academy and First Steps to Management training programs, a designated mentor throughout your placement, and attendance to 1 professional conference per year.
- Full training in tableau, dashboard creation, excel, data wrangling, analytical techniques, reporting, and modelling.
- Insight into how an airport runs behind the scenes, from the operational day-to-day to the long-term strategy route development through rotational placements.
- Free on-site car parking (for both when you are working and when you go on holiday) and discounts on some of the public transport services to the airport.
- A range of discounts with major high-street retailers for items like supermarket shopping, eating out, and gym memberships.
- Discounted shopping in the various retail and catering outlets at the airport.
- Employee assistance program, life and income protection cover, and free private health care with Vitality after 12 months of service.
- Pension scheme with contributions of up to 7%.
- Flexible / hybrid working arrangements.
Building a diverse workforce that is inclusive and accessible to all is a priority mission for our business. As part of this journey, we are proud to be the first UK airport to be endorsed by WORK180. They only recognise great employers for all women. You can read more about our benefits and policies on our employer page.
If this sounds like something you want to be involved in and you are ready for your airport career to take off, complete your application today!
- Collaborate with analysts and teams across the business to study processes and identify opportunities for efficiency and to make smarter decisions.
- Derive long and short-term forecasts, flight schedules, and predictive analytics, leveraging techniques such as machine learning, regression, and simulation.
- Source, identify, test, tidy, and optimise datasets for straightforward use across platforms. Investigate data discrepancies to improve data quality. Transform large datasets into accessible insights that simplify business decision making.
- Develop effective data visualizations, dashboards, and reporting (in Tableau, Power BI, or similar tools). Troubleshoot and resolve any reporting and dashboarding issues.
- Conduct exploratory data analysis, establish KPIs, and provide descriptive analytics of past trends.
- Simply and concisely present results and recommendations to internal and external business stakeholders (both written and verbal).
- Support commercial teams in analysing prospective new deals, ensuring these deliver the best possible returns for Edinburgh Airport.
- Support the business with ad-hoc and bespoke analysis.
- Share insight, skills, and experience with analysts and colleagues throughout the business.
We are looking someone passionate about data analytics and supporting the continuous improvement of our airport.
Key skills
- Problem solving: you enjoy the challenge of solving complex problems and deploying practical solutions.
- Curiosity: you have a desire to understand how things work and how we can make them better.
- Precise: you enjoy manipulating large and numerous datasets and have excellent attention to detail.
- Team player: you have strong interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate effectively.
- Savvy: Ability to learn quickly, use and/or develop the latest capacity modelling software, reporting tools, and statistical techniques.
- Self-starter: Ability to work independently, run with tasks on your own, and confident to make decision.
- Passion: you care about what you do and take pride in seeing the impact your work has on the wider business.
