Associate Director, Analytics (Internal Reporting)

at  Kings College London

Job id: 091905. Salary: £62,696 - £71,857 per annum inclusive of London Weighting.
Posted: 27 June 2024. Closing date: 14 July 2024.
Business unit: FPSPA. Department: Analytics.
Contact details: Bethany Southgate. Bethany.southgate@kcl.ac.uk
Location: Guy’s Campus. Category: Professional & Support Services.
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About us:
King’s College London is recruiting an Associate Director Analytics (Internal Reporting) to join its Analytics Department. The role holder is responsible for leading the Internal Reporting team which is comprised of five analysts.

As a multi-award-winning data team, we are committed to investing in our people by offering growth through:

• Dedicated learning days to support your career development
• Hybrid and remote working arrangements and,
• A culture of collaboration and teamwork

At King’s, we are deeply committed to embedding good equality and diversity practice into all of our activities so that the university is an inclusive, welcoming and inspiring place to work and study, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion, sex or sexual orientation.
We believe that our differences make us stronger, and encourage applications from all backgrounds, communities and industries, and are committed to employing a team that has diverse skills, learning styles, ways of thinking, experiences and abilities.

King’s offers a variety of benefits to support staff wellbeing, including:

• A highly competitive pension scheme,
• 30 days’ paid leave each year on top of public holidays, and four extra days at Christmas
• Paid time off to volunteer
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Leave and assistance to support parenting and caring commitments
• Flexible working
• Support with travel costs

More information can be found here: https://jobs.kcl.ac.uk/gb/en/king-s-benefits
About the role:
As the Associate Director (Internal Reporting), you will lead a high performing team of analysts, and play a leadership role across King’s, supporting improvements in data literacy at all levels and data informed decision making. The work of the Internal Reporting team extends to the extraction, transformation, modelling, visualisation, analysis, presentation and dissemination of information related to a wide variety of data domains. The work of the team plays an integral part in business-critical operations for multifarious core University functions, and you will be key in having oversight and ensuring the smooth delivery of services in this space.
King’s ambition is to be sector leading in the use of data and analytics to optimise the staff and student experience. The Internal Reporting team is central to the fulfilment of this ambition and works to leverage the value of the institution’s investment in its reporting infrastructure that has been made over recent years.
You will be responsible for ensuring the delivery of high-quality information in an efficient and sustainable manner to support evidence-based decision-making processes. Towards this end, the role holder is responsible for ensuring the adoption of best practice, high levels of process automation and supporting the continuous development of the analysts within their team and beyond.
This is a full time post (35 Hours per week), though part time arrangements will be considered and you will be offered an indefinite contract.
About you: (the candidate)
To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:
Essential criteria
1. Excellent leadership skills and experience in creating supportive positive working environments.
2. Advanced data and analytical skills with experience in innovative thinking, conceiving original solutions and delivering challenging information in a constructive and bipartisan manner.
3. Strong technical background and skills with knowledge of relevant techniques, software (e.g. Power BI, Oracle SQL, SSMS) and programming languages (e.g. SQL, DAX, C#, Python, R).
4. Strong organisational skills, able to contend with competing priorities, manage multiple and complex projects across a team and effectively manage stakeholder expectations.
5. Understanding of data protection legislation in the context of data analysis and reporting.
6. Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
7. Commitment to their own personal development and experience of developing others and leading others through change and transformation.
8. Commitment to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
Desirable criteria
1. Knowledge of the Microsoft Technology Stack (e.g. SSIS, Azure Data Lake, SQL Server, Analysis Services)
2. Knowledge of the Higher Education sector
3. Knowledge of Power BI Tenancy Administration

Please refer the Job description for details