THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE WILL HAVE THE FOLLOWING SKILLS:

✔️Strong knowledge of data analysis techniques: You must have a solid understanding of key analytics techniques, including preparing data for analysis, deriving insights from the data, and presenting recommendations to a variety of audiences.
✔️Confidence in using SQL to work with data: You must be confident in using complex SQL queries to extract and summarise data from databases.
✔️Confident and proactive in completing projects: You will have primary responsibility for the success of your projects. You must be confident in liaising with key stakeholders to design and execute your approach effectively, and you should be able to proactively identify ways to make progress, seeking support as necessary.
✔️Eager to develop our data analytics capability: At Compassion, we are dedicated to continually upskilling to use the best approaches for creating valuable insights. You must be eager to learn new skills and share your knowledge with the team to support this growth.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• A degree or other relevant experience in a highly numerate subject. You’ll be confident working efficiently with numbers and will be able to demonstrate a good intuition for whether outputs feel correct or not.

ABOUT THE ROLE

As a Senior Analyst you’ll take a lead in using data to better understand our supporters by applying advanced data analysis techniques. Using data to make better decisions is a key way in which we seek to be good stewards of our finances. The analysis you provide will help to guide strategy at all levels of the organisation.
You will cover a breadth of projects that will include digital analytics, building decision making tools and providing insight to all areas of the organisation. Crucially you’ll help us to develop best practices around test and learn activities. You’ll also contribute significantly to the creation of best practices within the team and the future direction of our data strategy.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Respect, Uphold and work within CUK’s Christian Ethos, culture and Values; Statement of Faith, Core Values, Ethos Statement
• Use data to create insights into our neighbour groups that the organisation can act on
• Develop our digital analytics capabilities
• Develop data-driven decision-making tools
• Work with the Analytics team to enhance our data analytics and reporting capabilities
• Use data to champion supporters as partners in a global movement of compassion for children in poverty so that they feel known, loved, protected and ignited to action

ASSESSMENT TASKS

As part of our recruitment process, assessment tasks are required. Should you progress beyond the shortlisting stage, we will ask you to complete a data task for the panel to assess. Based on the outcome, you may then advance to the interview stage.

• Please submit your application as early as possible as Compassion UK reserve the right to close this vacancy early. Applications will be reviewed on application prior to the closing date. We reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date if a suitable applicant applies.