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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
Where: UK flexible - office space available in major UK cities, but remote-ok. Occasional (~once per quarter) national travel to Leeds office for hackathons, team events etc.
Hours: Full time, 37.5h/week
Why Change Grow Live?
Change Grow Live are a health and social care charity. We support people in a huge range of difficult situations, including those who use drugs and alcohol, and those whose home life is affected by drugs, mental health and/or domestic violence. We're the largest charity of this type in the country, supporting tens of thousands of people in their own journeys. Hundreds of staff work across our organisation to support some of the most vulnerable people in society. Among the many services we offer are:
- Needle exchanges, both in-person and anonymous
- Screening for blood-borne viruses
- Drug testing for fentanyl, nitazene and other harmful additives
- Prescribing safer alternatives to opioids to reduce harm from street drugs
- Working with local pharmacies to check people have picked up life-saving medication
- Case workers who specialise in helping children and young people
Responsibilities
About you:
You're someone who enjoys understanding how things work and finding better ways to do them. You combine analytical thinking with strong communication skills, enabling you to work effectively with both technical and non-technical colleagues. You're naturally curious, ask thoughtful questions, and enjoy turning complex problems into practical solutions.
You understand that successful digital products are built through collaboration and can confidently engage with stakeholders at all levels to understand their needs, challenge assumptions where appropriate, and help shape effective outcomes.
You may already be an experienced Business Analyst, or you may have developed strong analysis, process improvement, or requirements gathering skills in a related role. Most importantly, you're passionate about improving services and helping teams deliver meaningful change.
We're particularly interested in people who can demonstrate:
- Strong stakeholder engagement and relationship-building skills.
- The ability to gather, analyse, and document business requirements.
- Experience facilitating workshops, meetings, and discovery sessions.
- A structured approach to problem-solving and decision-making.
- Confidence translating business needs into clear requirements, user stories, or process maps.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
- A collaborative mindset and willingness to work across multidisciplinary teams.
- An interest in continuous improvement and delivering positive outcomes for users.
This role would suit someone who enjoys bringing clarity to complexity, building strong relationships, and helping teams deliver services that make a genuine difference.
If you're excited by this opportunity but don't feel your experience perfectly matches every requirement, we'd still love to hear from you. We recognise that skills and experience can be gained in many different ways, and we value potential, transferable skills, and diverse perspectives alongside direct experience.
What You'll Be Doing
As our Business Analyst, you will:
- Analyse business processes, systems, and ways of working to identify opportunities for improvement.
- Work closely with colleagues, stakeholders, and people who use our services to understand needs and requirements.
- Create user stories, personas, process maps, and business cases that support successful delivery.
- Collaborate with subject matter experts, developers, testers, and wider stakeholders throughout the software development lifecycle.
- Support the design, testing, and implementation of system changes.
- Communicate complex information clearly to audiences with different levels of technical understanding.
- Help ensure our digital products align with organisational strategy, user needs, and operational objectives.
- Identify risks, dependencies, and opportunities throughout projects and change initiatives.
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of business analysis practices across the organisation.
We're committed to creating an inclusive recruitment process and workplace. If you require any adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know.
Ready to Apply?
If you're passionate about understanding problems, improving services, and helping deliver meaningful change, we'd love to hear from you.
We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high number of applications, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
Interviews will take place week commencing 17th August 2026.
As we want to get to know you, not an AI tool. Please make sure your application is written in your own words and genuinely reflects your skills, experience and motivation for this role
Direct applications only we will not be engaging agencies for this vacancy.
Please note: This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Applicants must already have the right to work in the UK at the time of application. For applicants with time-limited visas, unfortunately, we are unable to support new visa applications or extensions.
We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high number of applications, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
Full-time hours at Change Grow Live are 37.5 hours per week. For part-time roles, the salary and payments will be pro rata based on contracted hours.
Salary Range (pro rata if part time)
CGL points 45 to 47 (£51,199.03 - £53,526.89)
Closing Date
2/8/2026
This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Scheme check at a basic level.
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