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Analyst

The Role

We are looking for a motivated and passionate Analyst reporting to the Director of Impact & Research to join our team, to work across the organisation to support with providing insights to help inform our work and to report on our impact to funders.

This is a critical role as we grow our impact and research workstreams, to enable us to generate key insights, enhance reporting to our funders, conduct high quality research, and to support the development of an innovative and strategically vital framework for evaluating the impact of our work.

In your first six months, you will help improve our data preparation and aggregation and processes, contribute towards our annual report, support the full operationalisation of our impact measurement framework, and contribute to a major research project on the impact of a television series.

You will be a self-starter, confident in managing data collection processes, comfortable translating academic and audience research for lay audiences, and have an understanding of quantitative research methodologies. You may have a background in the screen industries, social sciences, or research agencies, have a drive to learn and a creative attitude towards creating new methodologies for research problems.

Key responsibilities

● Implement robust processes for the preparation and aggregation of our internal data, feeding into our Impact                       Framework

● Collate, prepare and analyse our data for internal and external reporting.

● Support the Director of Impact & Research with project evaluations

● Support the Director of Impact & Research with reporting to funders

● Summarise and translate relevant research to the team

● Research external case studies on specific TV and film projects

● Support the coordination of the Climate in Screen Entertainment Research Working Group

To be considered for this opportunity you will need to demonstrate the following skills

- At least 4+ years experience analysing quantitative datasets and identifying meaningful insights

- Ability to use IT proficiently, including Google products, Airtable and Excel

- Strong analytical skills using Excel, Google Sheets and Airtable to manage, clean and analyse data

- Communication Skills - ability to express ideas clearly, write well, and translate research for lay audiences

- Excellent written communication, with the ability to synthesise complex research into clear, engaging reports for non-           specialist audiences.

- Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate effectively and appropriately with a wide variety of                     internal and external colleagues and contributors.

- Able to work as a member of a team and work in a confident and collaborative way.

Additional advantageous experience

- Experience working in Television and Film insights or research

- Experience with Brandwatch or other social listening platforms

- Experience using Python for data science

- Experience building dashboards in Google Studios, Airtable or other similar software

- Experience of qualitative research

CRM Business Analyst

Permanent. Full Time. Hybrid working (minimum of 2 days per week in the office)

Location: This role can be based in any of our UK offices - Cardiff, Edinburgh, London, Warrington

Salary: £41,783 per year for Cardiff, Edinburgh, Warrington. £46,666 per year for London (including London allowance)

About us

Christian Aid exists to create a world where everyone can live a full life, free from poverty. We are a global movement of people, churches and local organisations who passionately champion dignity, equality and justice worldwide. We are the changemakers, the peacemakers, the mighty of heart.

We’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace, and recognise the value this brings in forming strong, creative and high performing teams. We welcome applications from all sections of the community, and from those with experience from outside of the voluntary sector. And no, you don’t have to be Christian to work here – we encourage people of all faiths and none to apply. We just ask that everyone lives out our values of dignity, equality, justice and love. We value a good work-life balance, so we’re open to part-time and flexible working. We also offer hybrid working for our office-based colleagues.

About the role

Reporting in to the Supporter Data Manager, the CRM Business Analyst will drive continuous improvement of the CRM solution through business analysis, working collaboratively with the CRM Agile team to optimise efficiency and functionality.

The post-holder will engage with stakeholders and deliver strategic insights into As-Is and To-Be process models, data structures, and interdependencies, translating findings into concise requirements that enhance operational effectiveness.

Some of the main responsibilities of the CRM Business Analyst include:

• Implement best-practice Business Analysis processes, tools, and methodologies to strengthen capability and drive meaningful change.
• Critically evaluate risks through the requirements gathering process, collaborating with teams.
• Extract and analyse data from multiple sources, to develop clear and prioritised business requirements. 
• Ensure the accurate translation of business requirements into actionable specifications, supporting the prioritisation of high-impact initiatives that enhance operational efficiency. 
• Provide key input and support for the continuous improvement of the Agile development process (SCRUM) by actively engaging in all ceremonies.
• Identify opportunities for how Dynamics365 can enable and improve business processes, ensuring technology solutions align with strategic objectives.
• Ensure JIRA is regularly updated to reflect accurate progress.

About you

Who we are looking for:

Essential:

• Significant experience or professional qualification in Business Analysis. 
• Demonstrable experience as a Business Analyst covering requirements gathering and specification, workshop facilitation, and data mapping.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Effective requirement gathering through, document review, workshops, 1-1 interviews and user observation.
• Excellent analytical skills , synthesising data from a wide range of sources to support the development of recommendations, with clear rationale and supporting evidence.
• Structured approach to data and documentation, with excellent organisational skills.
• Proficient at delivering impactful business cases, reporting and visualisation.
• Excellent collaboration skills; able to adapt style to work effectively with different stakeholder groups. 
• Experience of applying industry standard process mapping techniques (e.g. BPMN, UML) to support process re-engineering.
• Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Visio or other process mapping tools.

Desirable:

• Working knowledge of Jira or similar kanban board.
• Experience of using Confluence (or similar). 
• Knowledge of Dynamics365 entity architecture.
• Experience of supporting the development of Dynamics365 CRM solutions.
• Experience of the charity sector.
• Experience of writing BA technical documentation. 
• Basic SQL skills. 

Further information

At Christian Aid we strive to be an inclusive and diverse employer and recognise the value that this brings in helping to build strong, creative and high performing teams.

We are actively encouraging racialised minorities, LGBTQ+, people with disabilities, returning parents or carers who are re-entering work after a career break, people with caring responsibilities, people from low socioeconomic backgrounds, women, and older workers to apply. This is because these groups are under-represented within our teams, especially at senior level, and we recognise and value the contributions members of these groups make to strong, creative and high performing teams. 

We have a strong Christian ethos and we encourage applications from all faiths. Applicants will be expected to demonstrate an understanding of and sympathy with Christian Aid’s faith identity. 

All successful candidates will require a DBS/police check appropriate to the role and location and a Counter Terrorism Sanction check as part of your clearance for commencing your role with us. We also participate in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme.  In line with this Scheme, we will request information as part of the referencing process from job applicants’ previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.

This role requires applicants to have the right to live and work in the country where this position is based and undertake the role that you have been offered. If you are successful and we make you an offer for the role, we will be required to conduct a right to work check on your immigration status in the UK. We will contact you regarding the documentation you will need to provide to evidence this. 

Prostate Cancer Research exists to honour the men and families who have been through things no family should have to go through, and to work for a future where no one needs to fear a prostate cancer diagnosis. 

We are always working to provide resources to help, support and empower patients. Giving them the information they need to make better choices about their treatment, while working to identify and target specific unmet needs in the prostate cancer ecosystem, such as racial inequality and bone metastasis. 

Our dedicated staff team is the key to our success, expanding the amount of research that we fund five times over in four years.  

Over the past three years, PCR has won:  

• the Change Project of the year award in 2023 
• the Excellence in Healthcare Partnerships award at the Communiqué 2025 awards 
• Fundraiser of the Year award at the National Fundraiser Awards 2026 
• The Mark Collins Award for Most Powerful Use of Insight to Improve Supporter Experience at the Chartered Institute of Fundraising Awards 2026 

Job Description

We are seeking a motivated and inquisitive Data Analyst to join our Translational Research team.

This role will support the generation, interpretation, and communication of research insights derived from a range of healthcare, clinical, patient-reported, and real-world datasets. The successful candidate will work collaboratively with colleagues and external partners to help transform data into meaningful evidence that informs research, healthcare decision-making, policy development, and patient outcomes.

The role offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to impactful research programmes and innovative initiatives that advance understanding of prostate cancer and improve patient care.

Key Responsibilities

Data Analysis, Feasibility and Insight Generation

· Analyse healthcare, clinical, patient-reported, registry, and other research datasets to identify statistically significant trends, patterns, and meaningful insights.

· Support the development of evidence and analytical outputs that inform research programmes, strategic priorities, healthcare decision-making, and external collaborations.

· Apply appropriate analytical and statistical methods to answer research and business questions.

· Interpret findings and identify their implications, opportunities, limitations, and areas requiring further investigation.

· Contribute to the evaluation of interventions, programmes, treatments, services, and healthcare innovations.

· Support feasibility assessments for proposed projects, including data availability, cohort size, eligibility criteria, survey feasibility and analytical complexity.

· Support cohort identification, eligibility checking, segmentation and participant/sample selection for studies.

· Support data cleaning, transformation, validation and documentation across datasets.

Reporting and Communication

· Prepare clear, accurate, and engaging reports, summaries, dashboards, and presentations for a range of internal and external audiences.

· Present complex analytical findings in formats that are accessible to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

· Support the development of evidence-based communications, publications, grant applications, and research outputs.

· Work closely with colleagues to ensure insights are translated into actionable recommendations.

· Contribute to client-ready reports, dashboards, slide decks and summaries, ensuring findings are accurate, clear and appropriately caveated.

Collaborative Working

· Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary colleagues and external partners.

· Contribute analytical expertise to research planning, study design, grant applications, and collaborative projects.

Quality and Governance

· Ensure analytical outputs meet high standards of accuracy, transparency, and scientific rigour.

· Support compliance with relevant data governance, confidentiality, information security, and research standards.

· Maintain awareness of best practices in data analysis and evidence generation.

· Support preparation of data specifications, cohort definitions, analysis plans and documentation for governance and Data Access Committee review.

· Maintain clear documentation of analytical decisions, assumptions, methods, limitations, code, data transformations and quality checks.

· Ensure analytical work is delivered in line with approved project scope, consent parameters, data access permissions and information governance requirements. Data Analysis, Feasibility and Insight Generation

Skills and Competencies

Our ideal candidate would have the following:

Qualifications

· Bachelor's degree in Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Health Informatics, Epidemiology, Public Health, Life Sciences, Economics, or a related discipline.

· Relevant analytical experience may be considered in lieu of specific degree subject.

Experience

· Experience analysing and interpreting data to generate insights and support decision-making.

· Experience working with structured datasets and producing reports, dashboards, or analytical outputs.

· Experience working collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams.

· Healthcare, research, charity, public sector, or life sciences experience desirable but not essential.

Knowledge

· Understanding of data analysis principles and basic statistical methodologies.

· Awareness of research methods and evidence generation approaches.

· Appreciation of the role of data and evidence in healthcare improvement and decision-making.

· Understanding of data quality, governance, and confidentiality requirements.

Skills

· Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

· Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

· Ability to present complex information clearly and concisely.

· Strong attention to detail and commitment to accuracy.

· Good organisational skills.

· Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and data analysis or visualisation tools.

· Experience with R and one or more of the following analytical tools: Python, SQL, Power BI, Tableau, or equivalent.

Personal Attributes

· Curious and intellectually engaged.

· Evidence-driven and solution-oriented.

· Collaborative and comfortable working across disciplines.

· Adaptable and keen to develop new analytical skills.

How To Apply

Please apply by submitting your CV and a short supporting statement (maximum 600 words) outlining why you would like the role and why you think you’d be a good fit, giving examples of previous experience.

There will be a one two-stage interview process. The first interview will be online, and the second will be a more informal in-person interview at our office in London.

For more information about the role, please contact our hiring team at the email provided in the full job description for an informal chat.

For more information about our organisation, visit the Prostate Cancer Research website, the Prostate Progress webpage and the PCR online patient resource, The Infopool.

PCR is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We welcome applications from all qualified individuals regardless of their race, gender, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or age.

The External Relations (ER) department is a key team at the International Rescue Committee, responsible for how the world perceives and interacts with this indispensable organization. Its goal is to increase public understanding of the organization and raise the essential funds to improve outcomes for our clients, while growing and protecting our global brand. The hardworking people that make up this department are committed to a culture of bold leadership, innovation in all aspects of our work, creative partnerships and, most crucially, accountability to those we serve.

The Purpose of the Role 
IRC is seeking a fundraising operations professional with experience establishing comprehensive donation processes and ability mapping business requirements with technology set up. This role will help support stakeholder goals and strategy and engage with the CRM team who manages the technical backbone of gift processing. The successful candidate will have proven ability in both monitoring and improving the quality of donor and payment data across multiple platforms. The Fundraising Operations Analyst will serve as a central role to the Global Donations Operations team seeking efficiencies and helping the team focus on strategic projects.

Key Working Relationships

• Position Reports to: Director of Fundraising Operations

• Position directly supervises: N/A

• Other key internal and/or external contacts: 

• Key Internal Contacts: Colleagues in IRC global fundraising departments; colleagues working in the areas of digital technology

• Key External Contacts: Fundraising platform and payment gateway vendors

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Guide discovery activities for gift processing projects and new donation system set ups 

• Maintain comprehensive business knowledge pertaining to the gift processing performed through the payment platforms and gateways used across the IRC’s global markets and keep up to date documentation

• Serve as an escalation point for GDO team to help with troubleshooting data inconsistencies produced through data entry, integrations and payment transfers 

• Identifying and helping resolve the root cause of inaccurate data and recommending improvements to processes and adjusting workflows as needed

• Provide support to data quality projects and required updates to business processes

• Build out project management system for global GDO team and lead on project coordination as needed

• Create and maintain Salesforce reports for monitoring of data accuracy, consistency and completeness so data issues can be discovered and shared with technical team for further investigation

• Developing data quality best practice guidelines to facilitate consistent methodologies across markets and providing user training to support best practice being followed

PERSON SPECIFICATION 

Skills, Knowledge and Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent, preferably with a financial, technical, or other relevant degree**

• Broad knowledge of fundraising databases, data integrity, payment gateway systems and processing workflows**

• Demonstrated experience with Salesforce and building reporting frameworks and dashboards

• Strong project coordination and stakeholder management skills**

• Advanced technical skills including proficiency with Excel and MS Office tools; SQL database experience a plus

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with an ability to devise creative solutions to complex issues**

• Organized, highly detail-oriented, and able to work in a fast-paced environment

• Demonstrated ability to collaborate and create relationships with different teams

• Excellent written and oral communication and presentation skills

Experience:

• Strong experience in non-profit fundraising, development operations, advancement services, or related field​​

CDI is implementing a new cloud-based case management system, and the Data and Insight Manager will lead its rollout across the organisation. This is a unique opportunity for someone who enjoys combining data, people and storytelling. You will own the CRM, build reporting and dashboards, develop meaningful organisational insight, and build the relationships that help colleagues use data with confidence. Through your work, you’ll help CDI tell the story of its impact on children, young people and families while supporting better decisions across the organisation. The post holder will also act as Deputy Data Protection Officer.