Data and Insights Officer

This is an exciting opportunity for a Data and Insights Officer to join our Impact and Evaluation team and shape how data is used at Chance to Shine. The role holder will strengthen our data practices and lead our monitoring analysis to ensure data is used effectively to support continuous improvement, planning and shape future priorities. They will play a key role in helping Chance to Shine use data in line with wider best practice by working collaboratively with internal and external partners, and being proactive in identifying and driving improvements.

This is a London Office based contract. A minimum of two days a week in the office would be required with the option to work from home on the other days. The role holder will need to be flexible as and when they are required to attend meetings, events, mostly in London but elsewhere around the country.

You are advised to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received.

Key Responsibilities

·       Lead management, analysis and reporting of monitoring data – ensuring the organisation and partners have timely, robust and relevant analysis. Engaging data visualisation to meet needs of different audiences.

·       Plan and deliver data quality assurance processes; regular KPI analysis for England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), Sport England and internal reporting; and analysis to support fundraising applications and reports.

·       Identify and carry out improvements, including effective use of DfE and other data to make sure our systems reflect the most relevant and up-to-date information.

·       Work collaboratively with the Director of Strategy and Impact, Impact and Evaluation Manager and Operations department to identify and deliver more detailed analysis to support learning, planning and inform strategic priorities.

·       Work closely with the Digital Systems Manager to ensure we are using digital tools effectively internally for monitoring analysis and reporting.

·       Work closely with Operations department to ensure we collect and use the right data effectively and together provide support to delivery partners to understand and use analysis.

·       Stay abreast of relevant wider developments to inform and improve our monitoring approach – particularly in terms of DfE, DCMS, ECB and Sport England data.

·       Support the Impact & Evaluation team with other ad hoc tasks as required.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

Essential

·       Experience with data analysis and visualisation tools - experienced in using Microsoft Excel (e.g., advanced formulas, pivot tables) and Power BI to clean and manipulate data and build engaging, interactive dashboards and reports

·       Data collection and analysis – demonstrable experience working confidently with large, complex datasets from multiple internal and external sources, ensure its accuracy and analyse it meaningfully

·       Experience leveraging AI to support data collection and data analysis

·       Collaborative working skills – the ability to work confidently with a range of colleagues to understand, agree and deliver analytical priorities

·       Communication skills – able to communicate analytical findings clearly to different audiences

·       Organisational skills - able to manage multiple projects and deadlines

Desirable

·       Experience of using Salesforce