Description
We help the UK move forward, faster.
For nearly 150 years, we've protected the UK economy with deep expertise and rigour, building the confidence that helps businesses access lending, investment and opportunity.
We're looking for a Data Analyst who excels at bringing data to life. In this role, you'll turn complex data into clear, actionable insight that helps senior leaders make evidence-based decisions, supporting our work to create a modern, sustainable Insolvency Service by building the agency's data literacy and maturity.
Job description
As a Data Analyst, you will collect, organise and analyse data to provide business insight, helping senior leaders across the agency to make evidence-based decisions on operational delivery and policy. This supports creating a modern, sustainable Insolvency Service by building the agency's data literacy and maturity, and by maximising the value we get from our data.
Reporting to the Deputy Head of Statistics, you'll be part of the Analysis and Performance team, which supports the Insolvency Service with data, statistics and analysis to inform operational delivery, policy development and performance improvement. You'll work with colleagues across Analysis and Performance, and with stakeholders across the agency and the wider Civil Service, to turn complex data into clear, actionable insight for both specialist and non-specialist audiences. You'll take responsibility for producing accurate, high-quality analysis and for helping the team automate data flows and build capability in data visualisation.
Responsibilities
- produce the agency's regular official statistics, ensuring compliance with the Code of Practice for Statistics, to create outputs in a variety of formats for different audiences
- produce regular performance reports and dashboards, analysing data to create compelling, evidence-based data stories that help stakeholders make decisions
- use a range of analytical techniques, such as exploratory data analysis, descriptive statistics, time series analysis and correlation analysis, to identify and predict trends in data
- work with a variety of qualitative and quantitative data, ensuring analysis is of high quality and accuracy
- provide challenge and collaborate with other digital and analytical professionals to deliver collective insights
- continuously improve processes and systems, referring to the Analysis Function Standards, for example the Aqua Book
Person specification
You are a skilled analyst who can deliver and assure analysis to support strategic decision-making, applying the analysis cycle in a proportionate way. You build strong relationships with stakeholders to ensure decision-making is based on trustworthy data and sound analysis. You are committed to developing yourself and your team to build analysis capacity and capability.
Benefits
Alongside your salary of £35,645, Insolvency Service contributes £10,326 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
We want you to have a good work-life balance and want to support you in all that you do, so we offer a great benefits package including:
- flexible working arrangements and flexi-time
- full time new entrants to the Civil Service and those Civil Servants on modernised terms and conditions will be entitled to 25 days leave increasing on a sliding scale to 30 days after 5 years’ service
- in addition to this you are entitled to 8 public/bank holidays plus an additional day of privilege leave
- competitive maternity, paternity and parental leave
- 5 days paid leave for learning and development
- 5 days paid for volunteering
- a Cycle to work scheme
- staff have access to an employee assistance programme, Workplace Wellness, for confidential, independent support and advice during difficult times in either their professional or personal life