Position Summary

This newly created role is to be the font of all knowledge about where FoodCycle should develop strategically in the UK. Providing essential support of our ambitious growth plans and enabling SMT to make the right strategic decisions about where new services should be located.

The right person for this role enjoys being organised, pays attention to detail and understands that they are a key component in supporting the growth of our Projects by researching and building prospect pipelines.

You will be responsible for gathering and interpreting various data sources and engagement with all staff to ensure that you are fulfilling the criteria required. You will be comfortable working in a small 'hands on' adaptable team environment.

Monitoring and evaluation of our guest and volunteer data is also a key aspect of this role and you will enjoy evaluating statistical data to demonstrate a trend and the difference we make to our guests lives. 

We are looking for an individual who is resilient, capable of working at pace and enjoys being involved in a breadth of projects with a variety of responsibilities. The successful candidate will have experience utilising research skills, and working with statistical data. You will be able to communicate and process information to a wide variety of people and record this in an orderly way. Good working knowledge of CRM and data systems and an ability to juggle multiple projects is also required. 

Roles and Responsibilities

1. Undertake high quality research and analysis for prospective projects using publicly available information. Producing shortlist of venues potentially suitable to hosting a FoodCycle project
2. Supporting expansion into new communities by conducting discrete research projects into priority areas as dedicated by SMT and Development teamwith the focus on social isolation and hunger.
3. Producing prospect profile updates for colleagues in team meetings 
4. Maintaining accurate prospect records in line with existing scoping documents, look to develop these. Ensuring everything is logged systematically on salesforce. 
5. Provide development managers and regional managers with administrative support and data in an agreed format around developing new projects new projects 
6. Desk research to identify any gaps in data for exiting projects to help grow and develop local communities there with a focus on identifying existing services to help support guest outreach and volunteers recruitment
7. Working with the development manager and fundraising team to complete initial scoping documents to enable FoodCycle to achieve funding in new locations. 
8. Work with marketing team to help support local marketing plans for prospective projects including data on volunteers, food and guests for locations 
9. Work with senior team to produce reports from our monitoring and evaluation data gathered either from Check in and chat calls or guest/volunteer surveys 
10. Facilitate and feed into fundraising applications that demonstrate how we have involved the community or set up a Project 

Business Intelligence Developer

Salary: £31,578 - £35,086 pa plus London Allowance

Hours: 35 hours per week

Contract Type: 12 months Fixed Term Contract

Based: 89 Albert Embankment, London

Closing date: 12th March at Noon

The Performance, Data & Analytics team at Marie Curie are embarking on a journey of technological improvement and dynamic data delivery centred around the organisation's new Enterprise Datawarehouse.

The Business intelligence developer role will be integral to our success. Taking a central role in supporting our data team, planning and delivering a program of continuous data quality improvements, you will have the opportunity to use your expertise, leadership and creative skills.

With a wide range of internal customers with diverse data collection, you will need extensive experience of designing and delivering Business Intelligence Solutions (on a SQL Server platform) for large-scale and, varied data sets to our fundraising and other directorates. You will also need to be a team player and real people person, willing to both lead and contribute to our development as required. We look forward to meeting you!

What we are looking for:
· Extensive experience of designing & delivering BI Solutions (on a SQL Server platform)
· A real team player
· Knowledge of data visualisation and experience of working in a software development team
· Good understanding of data architecture best practices
· Advanced level of SQL, SSIS, SSRS, SSAS
· Project management skills using Agile methodologies
· A flexible and reliable professional who can work unsupervised.

What's in it for you:
· Continued access to NHS Pension Scheme (subject to eligibility)
· Marie Curie Group Personal Pension Scheme
· Season ticket loan
· Loan schemes for bikes; computers and satellite navigation systems
· Continuous development
· Industry leading training programmes
· Employee Assistance Programme
· Flexible Working

Marie Curie is committed to its values, which underpin our work. We take stringent steps to ensure that the people who join our organisation through employment or volunteering, are suitable for their roles and are committed to safeguarding all our people from harm. This includes our staff, volunteers and all those who use or come into contact with our services. We are dedicated to creating not just a safe place to work but also a supportive and rewarding one.

We are committed to a world where everyone can thrive and fulfil their potential. We are devoted to the social justice imperatives and organisational benefits of full diversity, inclusion and equity in the workplace, and are a Stonewall champion. We actively encourage and welcome applications from candidates of diverse cultures, perspectives and lived experiences.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early. Agencies need not apply.

The continued growth of the company has identified the need for a career-driven CRM consultant/business analyst to join our talented team. The role will include consultancy services relating to charity fundraising CRM's and procedure solutions in the form of a business analyst. The role primarily will be a non-technical one however there will be scope to support the company’s business intelligence division in the form of Power BI consultancy and other technical consultancy services.

You’re creative, collaborative, technically skilled and have proven experience of developing data analysis and visualisation solutions. All you need now is the perfect environment to put your skills to great use. Welcome to Richmond Fellowship as a Data Reporting and Visualisation Manager.

We’re part of Recovery Focus, a national group of charities highly experienced in providing specialist support services to individuals and families living with the effects of mental ill health, drug and alcohol use, gambling, and domestic violence. We know that recovery can look and feel very different to each and every one of us. But we also know that if we provide the right support, at the right time, we can inspire recovery nationwide and that recovery is possible for everyone.

Your challenge? To oversee the evolution of a reporting framework that allows timely and accessible information to be available to strengthen the range and quality of our services. As well as developing responsive user-friendly interactive data visualisations, dashboards, and reports in Power BI or equivalent, you’ll contribute to the analysis and reporting of qualitative data captured through a variety of existing channels. In short, you’ll transform, improve and integrate data to meet business needs and respond to the needs of a wide range of stakeholders.

Educated to degree level or equivalent, your relevant experience includes exposure to a range of data capture mechanisms and, dashboards and business intelligence solutions. You’re also used to building effective working relationships with a variety of stakeholders and meeting their reporting requirements. Excellent analytical skills are key, as is the ability to work with large amount of competing priorities and understand the sensitivities involved in complex mental health, domestic violence, drug and alcohol services. Great at presenting complex data in an insightful and informative way, you’re flexible over working hours, have excellent problem-solving skills and are proficient using Power BI or SQL databases.

This is a full-time role, requiring the post-holder to work 37.5 hours per week.

The location of the post-holder can be flexible, including home-working.

The salary for this role is £32,775.00 per annum with potential progression to £34,500.00 per annum. An additional location allowance of up to £3,250.00 will apply if the post-holder is based in London.

We are committed to increasing our diversity and welcome applications from those with lived experience and/or who are from a BAME background.

The closing date for this post is 16th March 2021. However, we reserve the right to close the vacancy early should a sufficient number of applications being received prior.

It is a mandatory requirement of the application process for this post that candidates submit a CV and Supporting Statement, thus only candidates that provide this, and who meet the essential criteria within the person specification,  will be considered for an interview.

So, are you ready to take on this rewarding role that comes with some really great benefits? Apply now via our website.

Head of Data and Analytics

We are One Housing, and we create places for people to call home and support them to live well. With a breadth of services and expertise to help people whatever their housing, care, or support needs.

We truly value the benefits data and technology can offer to bring about positive change for customers and staff alike.

We can be described as friendly and fast-paced,  loving what we do. We are passionate about the high-quality services  we provide, seeking always to improve

We offer our colleagues a professional and collaborative workplace and the chance to build a rewarding career within a not-for-profit organisation that is proud to make a genuine difference to people’s lives, each and every day.

Join our I.T. Team as the a Head of Data and Analytics

High quality data and smooth-running systems are essential to the success of a  modern and agile organisation. This is particularly so for One Housing.

As company that provides a broad range of products and services  there is the ongoing challenge of providing data and insights that support continuous improvement and fresh business challenges.

We offer the opportunity to put your stakeholder engagement abilities, problem-solving skills and technical knowledge to fantastic use, in support of an organisation with a clear social purpose and strong values.

We value that we keep our promises; that we do a great job; that we value diversity; that we work together and that we always look for ways to improve. This is  what makes us such a great team, working together as one to achieve our vision.

The role

We have a fantastic opportunity for someone to join us in the position of Head of Data and Analytics based in Camden(or currently from home). Your responsibilities will include:

• Chairing the Information Governance Steering Group tasked with overseeing the deployment of the current Information Governance strategy. This includes liaising with stakeholders such data-owners and overseeing the training need of data-stewards, as well as co-steering the ongoing deployment of data management and reporting technologies.
• Chairing the Data Change Board tasked with change management across all data domains within the Group, including data that is crucial to the customer, thereby mitigating risks to customer safety and the disruption of essential services.
• Lead the Business Intelligence team which currently provides data, reporting and analytics to the Group. This team is a key contributor to the accurate and timely production of performance and regulatory reporting, as well as responsible for evidencing that data quality is being maintained across all our data domains.

More about Governance

• Oversee the implementation of the Information Governance strategy to drive value from and manage risks associated with One Housing data.
• Chair the Information Governance Steering Group to ensure effective use of information over the long-term.
• Chair the Data Change Management Board to ensure data quality standards are maintained and services are not disrupted.
• Develop and maintain Information Management Policy and Procedures.
• Ensure Data Architecture Principles are maintained (Eg less spreadsheets, use of master data management and appropriate data repositories)

More about Leadership

• Lead the Business Intelligence team such that it has the skills and capacity to develop and provide reports, analysis and data sets for the Group.
• Provide thought-leadership in terms of One Housing emerging as a data-driven organisation with increased use of data analytics.
• Oversee the management and development of the reporting and data management technologies within the Group.
• Lead the array of Subject Matters Experts in order to  be effective in the role and as a team.

More Stakeholder management

• Develop effective working relationships with key stakeholders to ensure the BI team is always aligned to business needs.
• Champion Information Governance and Data Ownership across the Group.
• Co-create awareness and training initiatives to increase staff capability regarding all aspects of data management.
• Through stakeholder and peer engagement, track whether One Housing’s transformation roadmap is remaining aligned to the Information Governance strategy.
• Inform stakeholders in terms of the art-of-the-possible in terms of reporting, analysis and insights.

More about Team Management

• Design and implement strong demand management and solution delivery processes for BI requests.
• Ensure that Team development activities are aligned with the overall strategy and objectives of One Housing.
• Annually review and define future BI requirements via  a thorough assessment of stakeholder needs.
• Informing budgets and objectives accordingly.

More about Delivery

• As per agreed deadlines, the BI team are required to deliver monthly departmental KPIs, compliance levels report, management accounts and service area activity tracking.
• Including regulatory compliance reporting, as well as providing enterprise-wide data quality reports and metrics.
• Enable data-driven decision making at pace, via repeatable and scalable mechanisms such as established metrics, reporting and review mechanisms.
• Overcome technical challenges in a cost-effective way, influencing the implementation of better tools, technologies and best practice.

More about Change and Transformation

• Understand the underlying business processes and be able to articulate why certain metrics and reports are priority.
• Support the development of compelling business cases to bid for resources.
• Ensure close engagement with other technology teams to maximise insights and value from new processes and platforms.
• Build forecasting models for our priority data domains, reporting on projected KPI performance, and thus enabling pre-emptive business action.

More about high priority Data Domains and the specific responsibilities of this role:

1. Asset Management Data

• Provide comprehensive stock data  for One Housing and all its subsidiaries.
• Evidence triangulation of this One Housing stock data  with all other stock records.
• Identify any anomalies in the triangulation, investigate and lead the resolution in a timely manner.
• Provide on demand a triangulated and reconciled stock reports to the Asset Compliance Group, Executive Team and the Group Board.
• Oversee the additions/ deletions to the stock list.
• Provide assurance that the compliance reports are reconciled across a comprehensive data-set at a property/component level to the Asset Compliance Group, Executive Team, and our Group Board.
• Prepare and supply regulatory and statutory stock reports regarding One Housing and its subsidiaries to One Housing Governance team.

2. Customer Data

• Provide assurance reports to Customer Service teams in terms of the quality of key data associated customers, e.g. data related to customer safety and risks, satisfaction, contact preferences and current service activity.
• Including assurance reporting, validating that automated digital services being provided to customers e.g. via MyOneHousing and our other digital channels.

3. Income and Property Management Data

• Provide assurance reports that data held in accordance business rules and data protocols associated with income and property  management.
• Delivering and embedding change to make One Housing an efficient and effective organisation. This has been a focus for the last 3 years and Continuous Improvement is now at the heart of what we are doing to move to the next phase of the organisations development.

What you will need to succeed

We are looking for someone who believes in working together as part of a team, who shares our values and who demonstrates a friendly, positive demeanour. The successful candidate will:

• Have a solid track-record of leading Business Intelligence teams of up to 10 members,
• Managing budgets,
• Senior stakeholder engagement and liaison,
• Strategy and policy development,
• And being able to describe your successes within previous governance and oversight roles.
• Demonstrate having been able to drive real value from data,
• And of facilitating analysis, insights and forecasting via the systems and services you have managed,
• While having satisfied high-demand through effective communication with stakeholders and reliable delivery management.
• Have a deep understanding of best practise information governance and data management strategies,
• And of reporting, analytics and data management technologies (e.g. current Microsoft platforms)
• As well as of data architectures and integration concepts.
• Be able to apply Information and Data related legislation within a business context.
• Have an appropriate academic qualification or describe the knowledge you have acquired through your own experience .

The offer

Our [email protected] benefit package offers you an array of perks designed with your wellbeing in mind.

• Salary: £70,000-£85,000
• Your holidays are important to us. Take up to 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Lean travel. Spread the cost of your commute with a season ticket loans and our Cycle2Work scheme, open to all colleagues.
• Looking forward to your big bucket list trip? You can buy or sell up to five days annual leave each year.
• Get paid to do good. We offer you two days off on full pay each year to volunteer in our communities.
• Look after your loved ones. Our healthcare cash back plan allows you to claim back cash for you and your family’s healthcare.
• Well done! With our colleague recognition programme you will know when you’ve done a #greatjob
• Learning never stops. One Academy, our innovative, in-house learning and development offering is designed to help you take your career to the next level.
• We’re here for you. Our employee assistance programme offers counselling and support for you and your family 24/7.
• Stay book-smart. Take up to five paid days off per year to study toward a relevant qualification.
• Experience new things. We offer you a career break after 3 years’ continuous service.

More about us

As an organisation with a strong social purpose, One Housing works in some of the most diverse communities in the UK and their workforce reflects that. We understand the strength we gain from having and supporting our diverse teams. The different skills and experiences that our colleagues from different backgrounds bring to us allow us to make better decisions, consider different views and be an altogether more interesting and cohesive place to work.

We welcome applications from everyone.

Apply today for a fulfilling career in our I.T. team.

We're excited to be looking for an experienced Senior Data Planning and Selections Officer to join us!

Job Details
Location: flexible under COVID restrictions, thereafter you will be based at our London or Chesterfield office based
Hours: full-time, 35 hours per week
Salary: £40,000pa (London), £37,250pa (Rest of UK) - pro-rata if applicable
Benefits: Read more about what we offer
Contract type: fixed-term, until 31 January 2022
Closing date: by midday on 15 March 2021

Who we are?

Versus Arthritis is the UK's largest charity dedicated to supporting people with arthritis, we pride ourselves in cultivating a society that creates change and gives strength to over 10 million people living with arthritis and related conditions in the UK. We support world class research and advanced treatments that help achieve life-changing breakthroughs in our push to beat arthritis together. We are a community of people from carers to researchers, healthcare professionals, friends, parents and fundraisers. We are all united in our ambition to ensure that one day, no one will have to live with the pain, fatigue and isolation that arthritis causes.

About the Role

The Senior Data Planning and Selections Officer sits within the newly created BI & Data Planning Team and is within the Digital, Technology & Data Directorate. As a brand-new team, the BI & Data Planning team will work with the Data team and teams across the organisation to develop and embed new tools and processes to help maximise the impact of organisational activity, particularly in relation to our customers.

The Senior Data Planning and Selections Officer role oversees and develops the organisation's data selection capability. This includes coordinating the data selection & reporting calendar, developing the tools and processes for conducting data selections and customer journeys, including related activity such customer segmentation models.

This role will suit someone with excellent IT skills. SQL experience is essential as is the delivery of marketing selections. The role requires excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work well with stakeholders to support them and translate their requirements into high performing marketing selections.

This is an exciting time for an experienced professional to join the team as we grow and accelerate our impact through our programmes and services.

What we are looking for?

To be successful in the role, you will have:

• Excellent IT skills, including comprehensive knowledge of MS Office.
• Experience of using Microsoft Excel to manipulate and analyse data.
• Strong skills with SQL, using SQL Server Management Studio to query and select data
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to liaise well with others.
• Sound understanding of charity marketing practices, in particular experience working closely with direct marketing teams to deliver campaign data.
• Impeccable attention to detail and the ability to identify and resolve errors calmly and effectively.
• Thorough understanding of GDPR and the consequences this has for consent data capture and management.

How to apply

To be consider for the role please submit your most recent, up to date CV and supporting statement demonstrating how you meet the key requirements set out in the job description and person specification

For further information about the role and a copy of the job description please visit

Applications without CV and supporting statement will not be consider.

Closing Date: midday on 15 March 2021

We advise candidates to apply early as we reserve the right to close applications ahead of this date. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Interviews

Interviews to be held on 18 and 19 March via Microsoft Teams.

Due to the current COVID-19 restrictions the postholder will initially be working from home and thereafter based at one of our national offices.

TPP are delighted to be working with a UK charity that was founded by the prince of Wales. Due to growth they are recruiting a Business systems Manager. This is an exciting time to join the charity.

This role will offer a mix of office and home working. ( Currently working from home due to the Pandemic )

A strong communicator is required for this role. Internal relationships and managing suppliers are a crucial part to the role. You will need to be a people's person. This role will involve a lot of responsibility, you will make this role your own and be solely responsible for this area with support of external suppliers.

You would be working with a friendly and sociable team.

The ideal candidate will understand how to ensure the right data is being captured and have experience of interrogating and analysing large datasets in MS Excel and tools such as Power BI to create meaningful insights.

Working with external partners and reporting to the Operations Director, this role will also have responsibility for the smooth running and high availability of core business systems on a daily basis. This will involve monitoring and reacting where necessary to engage with support teams.

Some of the Key Responsibilities:
1. Systems Management and Evolution
Maintain and monitor systems security, availability and resilience
Identify opportunities for change to meet organisational goals and build business cases that reflect value and ROI
Design, manage and test system changes and optimisations, with privacy and security by design
Monitor data quality across all databases and touchpoints, including sync and refresh processes
Work with key suppliers to deliver exceptional service according to defined levels

2. Data Analysis and Reporting
Work across all teams to identify and define business critical reporting
Translate business requirements to technical solutions
Build models and structured analyses to link past performance with future projections
Visualise data, illustrate trends and monitor KPIs
Create meaningful insights which drive operational, management and board level decision making

3. Tech Champion
Build a tech-first culture with skilled and confident users
Empower teams to identify inefficiencies and work with them to convert to opportunities
Establish best practice ways of working, analyse and streamline business processes
Maintain an accessible and dynamic knowledge base
Deliver internal training to upskill teams and cascade knowledge, building our resilience

The skills and experience required for this role:

Skills and knowledge
Sound knowledge of ERP systems, ideally Dynamics Nav/Business Central
Hands-on knowledge of CRM systems, ideally Dynamics 365
Demonstrable skills in data analysis, visualisation and BI reporting
Understanding of relational databases and design
Good knowledge of Windows Server, SQL Server, Active Directory, Hyper-V
Relevant qualifications in a computer science, data analytics or business analysis area
Ability to communicate complex or technical ideas simply and effectively
Ability to prioritise workload, work under pressure and meet deadlines
Good current understanding of data compliance, privacy and protection
Innovative and skilled at looking for solutions and opportunities

Relevant experience
Working with integrated business critical systems
Working with BI and analytical tools such as Power BI, Jet reports, Quicksight, Tableau
Managing Office 365 and Azure AD environments
Understanding of e-commerce platforms, ideally Magento
Managing support and change requests
Managing third party suppliers and vendors
Being an approachable collaborator at all levels of an organisation
Working in a retail or sales analytics environment (D)
Working with AWS EC2 (D)
Working in the not for profit sector (D)

If this exciting opportunity is of interest please get in contact ASAP

Insight Analyst

A new exciting home-based role has just arisen for an experienced Insight Analyst to join a versatile data and insights consultancy who support a range of charities with all their data, reporting, and insight needs.

As the Insight Analyst you will get to work with a range of charities of all sizes, analysing various fundraising and supporter data to help them find patterns, trends, and improve campaign performance. You will be utilising PowerBI and FastStats to provide in-depth reports for clients’ needs, with full training being provided on both technologies.

This is a perfect opportunity for someone looking to take the next step in their career and work for an award-winning consultancy, leading on various insight projects and working with the latest technologies in the market.

Skills required for the Insight Analyst are:

• Proven experience of insight analysis
• Strong with experience providing insights and building reports within complex data sets
• Knowledge of FastStats, Power BI, Tableau, or any data visualisation
• Experience working within Marketing, Customer, or Fundraising data
• Strong communication skills and ability to work with senior stakeholders across the business

Insight Analyst / Data Analyst / Senior Database Executive / FastStats / Power BI / Charity / Public Sector

This is a great chance for someone to take the next step in their career as an Insight Analyst and really help a charity run some business-critical projects.

Salary: £30,000 - £35,000 + competitive benefits

Location: Home-based with some UK travel

Apply now for immediate consideration regarding this excellent Insight Analyst opportunity.

Senior Project Accountant, up to £46,000 + Benefits

For a large membership organisation and registered charity, we are recruiting a Senior Project Accountant to lead on the financial management of projects, ROI and value for money initiatives, support business development opportunities and innovation and business process improvements. The Senior Project Accountant will also support budget holders including those in the trading subsidiary.

Main Duties:

• Support organisation-wide projects including investment appraisals
• Lead on value for money initiatives and business process reviews for value for money assessments
• Provide financial analysis for income, expenditure, and specific areas of business operations
• Support the financial planning process and financial performance management and monitoring processes
• Work alongside the project management office for financial management, delivery of projects within budget and present reporting packs
• Support the Finance Business Partners and Senior Management Accountant
• Work with the BI team to improve integration processes and reporting

Person Specification:

• CCAB qualified
• Experience of project accounting, ROI, and value for money
• Experience with investment appraisals and proposals
• Experience of business process reviews and implementation
• Experience of working in the non-profit sector would be desirable as would project management methodologies
• Report writing and BI tools experience
• Experience with SQL database and OLE functions would be preferred

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As an employer, we are committed to ensuring representation of people from all backgrounds regardless of their gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, disability status, or any other aspect which makes them unique. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds to apply and would encourage you to let us know if there are steps, we can take to ensure that your recruitment process enables you to present yourself in a way that makes you comfortable.

If you know anyone looking for a new role, your referral could earn you £250

The consists of five distinct brands: , , , and . If you or anyone you know is looking to join our growing recruitment team, speak to us today. £250 is on offer for any referrals we successfully hire.

We are working on behalf of our client, a national disability charity to recruit a Data Analyst, the successful candidate will have strong analytical skills coupled with the ability to develop relationships and present to large scale audiences.

This organisation is in a strong financial position and has a good flexible working policy, with the option to job share or work part time.

Key duties for the Data Analyst:

Create SQL scripts for data analysis

Deliver actionable insights and analysis using compelling stories

Map and lead audience segmentation

Build reports within complex and rich data sets

The successful candidate will need:

Proven experience of segmenting qualitative and quantitative data

Ability to synthesise and communicate analysis, research, insights and findings

Strong Power BI, SQL and MS office skills

Strong interpersonal and presentation skills

If you would like to have an informal discussion please call on 02030 062787 or email [email protected].

Ashby Jenkins Recruitment are a specialist charity recruitment agency, we use our extensive sector knowledge and experience to match candidates to the most suitable roles. We take a relationship-led approach to recruitment, working ethically, supporting people to find their perfect role within the not-for-profit sector.

We are passionate about improving equality across the sector, you can read more about our commitment to diversity here.

If enough applications are received the charity reserve the right to end the application period sooner.

My client, a housing association based in Surrey, is recruiting for a Business Analyst to join their thriving team. They are on an exciting journey to deliver transformational change in the way that they do things. This role will play a fundamental part in making this happen by having a disruptive influence to challenge what they do and utilise their customer segmentation programme to identify opportunities and improve performance.

As a Business Analyst you will work with the team to:

• identify areas of potential improvement
• find solutions to business problems using research and analysis techniques
• analyse trends and behaviours
• put forward thought provoking ideas to challenge the leadership team to improve services
• document identified changes
• act as a contact between IT and specific business areas

Key duties

• identify key performance indicators that can be used to monitor business performance and gather data to verify that results are in line with forecasts
• review audit outcomes, challenging and assisting the business with changes to ensure compliance
• analyse data gathered and develop strategies to resolve any problems that arise
• analyse and evaluate multiple options, comparing data assisting with the outcome or solution
• interpret data about company policy and workflows
• identify opportunities for improving business processes through the use of technology and assist in preparation of business cases
• analyse the feasibility of, and develop requirements for, new systems and/or enhancements to existing systems ensuring that the system design fits the needs of the users
• track and document changes for functional and business specifications, wireframes, use cases and user stories for use in the development, testing, and training project cycles
• conduct impact analysis to assess implications of changes to systems
• lead on benchmarking activity that compares the organisation's performance against other registered providers and out of sector
• reivew systems are being used correctly and that accurate data is being input
• design and create reports for central dashboard
• act as central resource support to the Executive team and Heads of service

What do you need to apply for this role?

• SSRS
• Power BI
• Excel
• analytical and problem solving skills
• Windows Office systems
• report development skills
• strong customer service orientation
• previous experience being a business analyst

Full time, 37.5 hours per week
Fixed term contract for 12 months
Based at London Bridge and/or remote working with some travel to the London office (currently closed due to Covid-19 restrictions)

What the job involves
This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Data Insight Analyst to join our Data Insight function. As part of the Communications directorate, you will be laser focused on deepening our understanding of our customers and their behaviour to help us make informed, evidence-based decisions to keep them coming back for more. 

You will play a key role in providing actionable insights through data deep-dive analysis. You will design and develop business KPI dashboards, deliver campaign and audience analysis, and provide recommendations to influence future planning and decision making.

You will work collaboratively with various stakeholders to share data best practice and optimise data usage and create an insight driven culture across the organisation. You’ll also be working closely with the Data Insight and Analysis Manager to facilitate a culture change by championing the use of data, insight and evidence across the organisation.

What we want from you
We’re looking for a self-motivated and experienced data insight analyst, who is passionate about using data and insight to solve business questions and deliver business strategy. You will have experience of manipulating large data sets, data mining and customer profiling. You will have
hands-on experience of various analytics software including FastStats, or similar analytics software.

You will have advanced knowledge of relational databases and strong SQL ability to query/join/transform data from various databases. A working experience of CRM system, such as Raiser’s Edge in the charity sector, would be advantageous too.

Apart from excellent analytical skills, you will have strong organisation, time management and problem-solving abilities. You need to be a strong communicator, confident at delivering your analysis outcomes to a wide range of audiences with excellent influencing skills.

Why work for us?
We’re here to stop prostate cancer killing men and damaging bodies and lives. We unite the brightest minds in science and healthcare and the most passionate and caring people to help men live long and live well. As the number of men diagnosed with prostate cancer continues to rise, we continue to make advances in research to focus on radical improvements in diagnosis, treatment and support so that we can build a future where lives are not limited by prostate cancer.

Be part of a team that will put an end to prostate cancer being a killer.

The working culture at Prostate Cancer UK is driven by the bold, energetic, collaborative and passionate people who work here. It’s a vibrant team that welcomes innovation and creative thinking that helps the charity punch above its weight in a crowded market.

The support we’ll provide
Join our team and you’ll be working at an award-winning charity that will help you learn, develop your skills and expertise, and achieve your highest aspirations. We provide everything you’d expect from a professional organisation – with agile working and a competitive benefits package including generous annual leave entitlement, an enhanced contributory pension scheme, life insurance, cycle to work scheme and  season ticket loans. Work with us and you’ll see your efforts pay off as we fight for a better future for men.

For more information and to apply online go to our website, via the link.

Closing date: Sunday 7th March 2021.

Interviews: Week beginning 15th March 2121.

We welcome applications from all sections of the community.

Prostate Cancer UK is a registered charity in England and Wales (1005541) and in Scotland (SC039332). Registered company number 2653887.

Database Officer

Understanding Recruitment are delighted to be partnering with the Butterfly Conservation, a fantastic charity based in East Lulworth Dorset however this position is fully remote. The Butterfly Conservation are looking for an experienced Database Officer to join on a permanent basis to really help the charity make sense of its data and help move the fundraising department forward .

Having recently migrated to Microsoft Dynamics, they want an experienced Fundraising CRM user to understand it, build out the process and make it centre to what they do. This is the perfect role for someone who has good fundraising CRM skills to learn Dynamics and PowerBI whilst a real difference to how they fundraise. You will get full training in PowerBI and utilise the tool to help them to fully understand their supporters better.

We are looking at investing in someone who can put data at the heart of the organisation, you will need to be passionate and just be keen to learn.  This a great opportunity for a Database Officer that is looking to take the next step in their career, learn Dynamics CRM, PowerBI and lead the charge on data.

Skills required for the Database Officer are:

• Experience in any fundraising CRM (Dynamics will be trained)
• A passion for analytics and a strong desire to learn Power BI
• Ability to pick up new skills quickly
• Can work with stakeholders across the business and gain the buy in required
• Desire to work in a fun and exciting work environment

Database Officer / Database Manager / PowerBI / Fundraising / DynamicsCRM / Data Analyst

This is a great opportunity for a Database Officer that is looking to progress their career within a well-established charity.

Location: Fully remote (The Head office is based in East Lulworth, Dorset)

Salary: £30,000 - £33,000 + Excellent benefits

Apply now for immediate consideration regarding this excellent opportunity!

Understanding Recruitment is acting as an employment agency for this vacancy

Finance Business Partner (Asia and Europe)

BBC Media Action is the BBC’s international development charity. We support the independent media essential to democracy and development; and support people facing insecurity, inequality and poverty with information they can trust – to protect health, bridge divides and challenge prejudice. With our partners we reach millions through creative communication and trusted media, helping people have their say, understand their rights, responsibilities and each other, and take action to transform their own lives.

We are looking for an experienced finance professional with strong international development experience to join our small Business Partnering and Analysis team.  Working closely with our Country Directors and Finance Managers across the region, the Finance Business Partner provides support to  programme teams to monitor, analyse, plan and forecast financial elements of their work effectively; including budget development and monitoring support for complex, new or non-standard funding mechanisms.  She/he has a dotted line report to the Regional Director, Asia and Europe, providing financial management information and financial analysis to aid decision making.

You will ideally hold a professional accounting qualification and have strong experience in the international development field, with advanced Microsoft Excel, Power BI and data analysis skills. You’ll also bring great written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate complex data and principles clearly.

The role will be located in London or in one of our existing offices in Asia (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Myanmar and Nepal). To be considered for the role, you must have the right to work in one of these countries at the time of appointment.