Data and Insight Analyst (2 positions)

at  Social Work England

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 analyst will help to develop and implement our analytical projects, supporting the senior 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 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 analyst to develop specifications for performance reports in Power BI and Excel, reviewing and validating these reports to ensure quality and accuracy.
• Produce monthly performance reports 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 or data science methodologies, or relevant professional equivalent.
• Experience of developing and using management information reports and data visualisations in a work environment using Power BI and Excel. Experience of using DAX, SQL, R, and/or Python is desirable.
• Experience of turning raw data into meaningful insight in a work environment using advanced statistical analysis techniques and evaluation methodologies.
• A good understanding of how performance reporting and data analysis informs business planning and improvement and drives effective decision making.
• Experience of supporting the design and delivery of high-quality analytical projects.
• 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: 1x permanent and 1x 12-months fixed term.
• Working pattern: Full-time. We offer flexible working subject to business need.
• Salary: £32,932 per year, rising to £35,285 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’ll be asked to provide answers to three questions from the job description. These answers will be what your application is scored on, please answer in as much detail as possible using examples where necessary.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 12 months
Pay: £32,932.00-£35,285.00 per year

Benefits:

• Cycle to work scheme
• Free flu jabs
• Life insurance
• On-site gym

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday
• No weekends

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Sheffield S1 2A

• Work with the senior 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 analyst to develop specifications for performance reports in Power BI and Excel, reviewing and validating these reports to ensure quality and accuracy.
• Produce monthly performance reports 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