This role is currently home-based.

The Data Scientist known to Guide Dogs as a Quantitative Research Associate helps people with sight loss to live the life they choose by conducting data collation, analysis and statistical modelling as advised by the Head of Research and Innovation in order to provide the organisation with robust and valid evidence and insights which will be used to improve our customer experience, service delivery and dog wellbeing.

Information prepared by the role will be used to support and steer Guide Dogs’ services and make a significant contribution to operational management decisions and on-going quality monitoring. The role will also support the quantitative aspects of on-going and future canine science and human behavioural sciences research activities.

This role is 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week, with 26 days paid holiday (excluding bank holidays) a year. As a charity, we’re always keen to support flexible working as best we can. We offer a generous pension scheme, life assurance and enhanced pay for parenting and sickness leave. In addition, we provide an Employee Assistance Programme, flexible benefits package and discounts and cashback scheme to care for our people.

More details about this role, the Organisation and the recruitment process can be found in the attached candidate pack and job description.

We reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date.

Candidate profile

To be able to fulfil this role, and provide help to those with sight loss, the skills and experience we are looking for in a potential candidate include;

Essential

• Degree in statistics, mathematics, computer science, or other technical and quantitative disciplines with extensive knowledge of quantitative methods and their practical applications.
• Proven experience of manipulating, reviewing, interpreting, and visualising large, complex datasets.
• Extensive experience of applying quantitative analytical techniques and statistical methodology to large, complex datasets and drawing actionable insights from complex data, quantitative information, and statistical outputs.
• Strong knowledge and experience of the practical applications of a range of statistical/quantitative analytical methods.
• Evidence of analysing large datasets to identify trends and using statistics to make forecasts and to provide projected figures.

For the complete list of essential and desirable criteria necessary to be successful in this role please see the Person Specification within the Job Description below.

If you are successful you will need to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK. We cannot provide sponsorship for this role.

How to apply

Applications need to be made using the online application form, accessed using the ‘apply’ button above. As part of your application ensure you provide to evidence and examples of how your skills & experience meet the criteria as set out in the attached job description.

Guide Dogs follow Safer Recruitment practices to ensure we are safeguarding the vulnerable people we work with. As part of this, we require a full work history with any gaps accounted for & a minimum of 2 professional referee details fully covering the past 5 years. If there is not enough space in your application form to provide this information, please ensure you upload additional documentation containing the additional detail.

Diversity

Guide Dogs welcomes applications from all sections of the community and actively encourages diversity to maximise achievements, creativity and good practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment, regardless of age, race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, disability or nationality. We encourage applications from disabled people as they are currently under-represented in the organisation and guarantee an invite to interview for all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the job.

Safeguarding

Guide Dogs is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children, young people and adults at risk of harm with whom we work. We expect all our employees and volunteers to fully share this commitment.

We have an exciting opportunity for an Analyst to join our Research & Analysis team, providing rigorous analysis and evidence to support and inform Development Initiatives (DI)’s work on enhancing the use, usability and understanding of data, as well as our work on nutrition, food security and poverty.

Duties include:

• Develop the organisation’s work through quantitative and qualitative research on key areas, including nutrition, based on an understanding of the various international and regional actors involved in their funding and delivery.
• Contribute to wider thematic work and consultancy projects as required through analytical inputs.
• Conduct quantitative and qualitative data analysis according to an established methodology.

About you

We are looking for someone with a strong understanding of quantitative research techniques and the ability to conduct high-quality research and analysis independently. You must have advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel to manage and analyse data, and the ideal candidate will have the ability to develop new ways of analysing and visualising data.

You will be educated to degree level, with substantive focus on quantitative research methods, and at least two years’ work experience in an analytical capacity.

We are seeking a candidate with a strong interest in the political economy of international development, including key issues and players. Prior understanding of and interest in nutrition data and the Global Nutrition Report would be an advantage.

If you would like to contribute to increasing the impact of a dynamic organisation committed to ending poverty, we would love to hear from you. Please download and read the full recruitment pack and apply with your CV and cover letter.

Early applications are highly encouraged; we will be reviewing submissions as they arrive and interviews will be held periodically. As we are recruiting on a rolling basis, we reserve the right to end recruitment without notice.

There is a growing demand for analysis of a wide range of information and data on the performance of Amnesty International within the new strategic period.

We're looking for an analyst to join the team with at least 2 years of experience. This role will help manage, support and improve our growing data and information service delivered by the Global Strategy and Impact Programme as well as supporting the portfolio management office, working with project managers to ensure that the work they are delivering is reflected accurately in the portfolio.

This role will help manage, monitor and understand data on the work which the organisation delivers and will help improve the quality of this data. By bringing together diverse organisational and external data, conducting analysis, supporting the delivery of high standard reporting and insights to senior decision makers and teams across the organisation we can help ensure a more effective delivery of Amnesties strategic framework and achieve greater human rights impact.

You'll perform regular quality checks of our data sets, identify and bring together new datasets useful for the measurement of impact, improve on the effectiveness of our data collection initiatives, and will work with project managers to ensure that work is recorded properly. You will also support in documentation of data processes and workflows.

This role will support in the management of the portfolio, helping managers and directors to understand how their work fits into the portfolio and you will help to respond to queries related to the portfolio ensuring that correct processes and controls are followed by teams in proposing, developing and closing project work.

You'll be reporting into the lead analyst but working with a number of stakeholders within Amnesty International.

About you

Good communication and business acumen. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. An emerging knowledge base of finance, economics and general business and management practice, plus specific experience of prior industries

Analysis. You'll be inquisitive of the data, how to manipulate data sets, identify trends and insights and ensuring good presentation of the information we find. Relevant experience of performance measurement and delivery of management reporting at an appropriate level for the audience.

Data Visualisation and presentation abilities. Able to interpret requirements and present data in a clear and compelling way, using graphical representations and data visualisations.

Research - know what data you need, what form you need it in and where to get it. This can range from simply requesting client data sets, getting publicly available data or commissioning third party market research. If data is not available or compromised, be able to qualify the limits of this data and draw conclusions where appropriate

Great data management skills. You know about organisational data governance and have basic database knowledge. Experience of working with, and consolidating, large volumes of structured and unstructured data, including financial data. Strong ability to conduct data quality assurance, validation and checks, and be able to QA the data to find inconsistencies.

Knowledge of, and enthusiasm for, reporting technologies and dashboards such as PowerBI.

About us

The Global Strategy and Impact Programme (GSIP) in Amnesty's International Secretariat makes Amnesty more effective in helping achieve greater human rights impact . In addition to supporting the Coalition Leadership Teams and the International Board, we also serve and support National Entities around the world and the project staff to plan and implement their work.

Our aim is simple: an end to human rights abuses. Independent, international and influential, we campaign for justice, fairness, freedom and truth wherever they're denied. And whether we're applying pressure through powerful research or direct lobbying, mass demonstrations or online campaigning, we're all inspired by hope for a better world. One where human rights are respected and protected by everyone, everywhere.

At Amnesty International, we are passionate about what we do and we are proud of our achievements as a movement. To compensate our employees for the critical work they do, we reward them through a combination of an attractive and sector competitive salary and benefits package, high levels of engagement and involvement, and a commitment to employee development.

Benefits include 37 days annual leave (inclusive of public holidays and grace days), pension scheme, employee assistance programme, life assurance and many more benefits designed to suit your own personal lifestyle. All of this, in a professional, engaging environment.

For further information on our benefits, please visit

What we hope you will do next

If you are talented, passionate about human rights and want to use your skills, knowledge and experience to change the world then we would encourage you to click 'Apply for this Role' below.

Freedom, Justice, Equality. Let's get to work.

N.B. We reserve the right to close a vacancy before the closing date in the event of an overwhelming response or a change in business priorities.

Data Business Analyst
£36,072 - £38,438 per annum

Permanent, full-time (37.5 hours per week)
Location: remote working with regular travel to our London Bridge office

What the job involves

This is a fantastic opportunity to join our established Insights department at one of the fastest growing and dynamic UK charities. Our strategic aim is to put the individual at the heart of all we do by the delivery and use of data-driven insights. As the Business Analyst, you will be responsible developing data briefs and providing data selections that help us match our products, services and communications with the most appropriate customer groups.

You will collaborate with teams and learn from previous campaign performance to inform the effectiveness of future campaigns. You understand our customer data inside out and advise our internal teams on why certain audiences are appropriate for their activities. You’ll help make sure the processes allow us to make informed, strategic business decisions and respond to our customers quickly and personally, giving them rich experiences, ensuring they keep coming back for more. 

You will lead on data import projects, working with key internal stakeholders and external agencies to ensure that all data requirements are met. This involves being responsible for data mapping, formatting and testing new data import processes and producing data specification documents for internal/external agencies.

What we want from you

With your experience of a similar role in a not-for-profit organisation, you possess advanced knowledge of Raiser’s Edge user and technical functionality and configuration. You will have led on complex data selection projects before with proven experience of successfully delivering these on schedule and to brief. You will also be experienced in Faststats or a similar selection and analysis tool, as well as Microsoft Access. You also have strong attention to detail and accuracy.

You are an excellent communicator and collaborator, agile problem solver and experienced at building and maintaining both stakeholder and external supplier relationships and confidence.

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.

What we offer

Join our team and you’ll be working at an award-winning charity that will support you to develop your skills and expertise. We’re particularly proud of our agile working arrangements which allow (as appropriate to the role) for flexibility around where and when we carry out our work to ensure we can achieve the best results for the charity, at the same time as balancing our working lives with life’s other commitments!

We also offer a competitive benefits package including generous leave entitlements, season ticket loans, a cycle to work scheme, an enhanced contributory pension scheme, life insurance and group income protection as well as free advice and support on pretty much anything via our Employee Assistance Programme.

Our commitment

Our teams, supporters, partners, and those living with prostate cancer, come from all walks of life. We draw upon the difference in who we are, what we’ve experienced and how we think to build a future where lives are not limited by prostate cancer. Not only is it the right thing to do, it makes our charity stronger and helps us reach more people. If you share our ambition we would love to hear from you.

For more information and to apply online please visit our website via the How To Apply button below. 

Closing date: 25th April 2021

Interviews: 4th May 2021

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

Digital Analyst

We have a brand new role for a Digital Analyst to join Samaritans for a 12 month fixed term contract. As Digital Analyst, you will provide insight that helps us to understand the needs, motivations, expectations, and behaviour of our audiences, so that we can deliver the best possible digital experience and optimise it for conversion.

• 12 month fixed term contract
• £30,000-£35,000 per annum plus benefits
• Full time (35 hours per week)
• Location is flexible – can be home-based with occasional travel to meetings in Surrey
• We are passionate about flexible working, talk to us about your requirements

This is a brilliant time to join the Samaritans Digital team as we significantly grow and invest further in paid social. We are continuously developing our network of high profile partnerships & campaigns and evolving new products for our end users. We have big plans to use our digital footprint to reach more users and promote the service further.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop effective reporting on all digital engagement goals using Google Analytics, CRM data, DataStudio, Hotjar, Search Console, Google Optimise and other tools where applicable
• Identify relevant metrics & KPIs for campaigns and activities, based on relevant industry benchmarks
• Provide insight on the effectiveness of our digital marketing activities across the engagement funnel, including paid and organic search and social media, display, website and email
• Synthesise data from various digital analytics tools and produce dashboards and reports that track performance against KPIs
• Derive insights from qualitative user research to support decision making
• Ensure effective attribution modelling to enable campaign optimisation and effective supporter stewardship
• Work with staff and volunteers to understand their digital reporting needs and suggest improvements to reporting processes
• Support upskilling of colleagues through training and self-service dashboards
• Conduct A/B testing, analyse results and make recommendations to optimise conversion rates

The Person

• Previous experience in digital tracking and analysis tools & methodologies including Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Data Studio, Google Optimize and HotJar
• Strong understanding of digital marketing techniques, processes and best practice
• Strong experience of successfully using data-led insights to lead continuous improvement in a digital context
• Knowledge of the digital sector including key trends, technology and ideas
• Understanding of user experience principles and skilled at interpreting user behaviour
• Knowledge of relevant legislation and regulations and how they apply to monitoring digital performance
• An analytical mindset, capable of explaining technical concepts in non-technical terms
• A strong communicator with a passion for user experience

About Samaritans

At Samaritans, our vision is that fewer people die by suicide. We believe that suicide is preventable and that, together, we can make change that saves lives.

Samaritans is needed now more than ever. We answer a call for help every seven seconds and need to be able to reach and connect with a diverse range of people. Whether it’s through our life-saving helpline service, innovative partnerships or impactful campaigns, we work towards our vision in many different ways and our communications need to reflect this.

Samaritans is wholly committed to inclusion and diversity and to building a culture and environment where everyone is appreciated for the unique person they are. We warmly welcome applications from a diverse range of backgrounds and experiences.

Full job description can be found on our website. If this sounds like a great role for you, apply through our careers website today. This role will close for applications on 14/04/2021. 

We’re recruiting for Health Intelligence Analyst to join us and put their mark on the work we do.

About the role

As our Health Intelligence Analyst, you'll play a key role in the British Heart Foundation's (BHF) Health Intelligence team and will ensure that the BHF has access to data and uses it effectively to provide high-quality evidence and insight to a wide audience, and remains intelligence-led across all of its operations. 

You'll be focussed on the delivery of a core health intelligence service, ensuring our Medical and Healthcare Innovation directorate and the wider BHF have access to a wide range of high-quality health intelligence assets. This will include the management of our statistics sign off process and a supporting role across the core team in managing, prioritising and responding to queries in a responsive manner.

You'll also play a key part in the establishment of knowledge management approaches and regular reporting to support the work of the team and the directorate as well as engaging with individual programmes of work as required.
 
About you

Educated to degree level in a quantitative field (e.g. medical statistics, epidemiology, health services research, biomedical research or similar), or with equivalent experience, you'll have a strong understanding of statistical methodologies and health and care data (specific expertise in heart and circulatory health data, and knowledge management techniques is desirable). 
 
You'll have previous experience working in an analytical role, ideally in a health-related organisation, and working with a range of data manipulation, analysis and visualisation tools (e.g. R, PowerBI, Tableau). You'll have excellent collaboration skills with the ability to make connections between data and information, strategy, systems, and ways of working. 
 
With confident influencing skills, you'll be able to communicate data analyses at all levels, from technical audiences to people with low data literacy. 
 
About us

Every single one of us is vulnerable to the heartbreak caused by heart and circulatory diseases – they are the world’s biggest killers. But the research we fund represents hope. And nothing matters more than finding cures and treatments that give us more time with the people we love.

Here at the BHF we understand that you might need a little help balancing your work and home life.  Many of our people work flexibly in many different ways. Please feel free to talk to us about the flexibility you may need; we’re happy to explore what’s possible for you and the role.
 
Interview process

The interview process will be held over MS Teams.

Intelligence Analyst

12 Month Fixed term contract, Full-time 36 Hours

£35,243 - £43,091 per annum (Dependent on experience)

Location: Stratford, London. Currently home based due to Covid 19 Lockdown measures

Working life doesn’t always have to be ‘nine to five’ and we support flexible working wherever possible. No promises, but please chat to our resourcing team about the flexibility we could offer for this role.

We are continuing to review our ways of working, and our return to our offices in the coming months will be gradual and considered, with the well-being of our teams as our primary focus as well as moving forward with incorporating remote working into our future.
 

About us

Our vision is safe, effective and kind nursing and midwifery that improves everyone’s health and wellbeing. As the professional regulator of more than 725,000 nursing and midwifery professionals, we have an important role to play in making this a reality.

Our core role is to regulate. First, we promote high professional standards for nurses and midwives across the UK, and nursing associates in England. Second, we maintain the register of professionals eligible to practise. Third, we investigate when nursing or midwifery care goes wrong – something that affects less than one percent of professionals each year.

To regulate well, we support our professions and the public. We create resources and guidance that are useful throughout people’s careers, helping them to deliver our standards in practice and address new challenges. We also support people involved in our investigations, and we’re increasing our visibility so people feel engaged and empowered to shape our work.

Regulating and supporting our professions allows us to influence health and social care. We share intelligence from our regulatory activities and work with our partners to support workforce planning and sector-wide decision making. We use our voice to speak up for a healthy and inclusive working environment for our professions.

Check out our NMC LinkedIn page here for an insight into the NMC, our vacancies and the world of healthcare regulation  

About the role

We are currently seeking an experienced Intelligence Analyst to work closely with the wider analytical team as well as the Senior Intelligence Analyst and Principal Analyst, where you will help develop the Intelligence function and deliver data insights that drive operational decisions and direct resources, especially using statistical methodology.

You will be working as part of a team within the Regulatory Intelligence Unit and be expected to produce intelligence and analytical products that will provide insight on locations and issues that require NMC resources and regulatory attention. You will also help to direct and drive corporate strategy and business planning.

About you

You will be a strong communicator who puts customer service first. You will be resourceful, creative and inquisitive in the way that you work, individually and with others. You will be a team player who works collaboratively, showing a willingness to continually develop your levels of knowledge.

Skills & Experience

-Demonstrable experience of working as an Intelligence Analyst in a law enforcement or regulatory environment with analytical training (such as NIAT accredited training).

- Experience in designing, creating, manipulating and extracting data using a variety of tools.

- Experience of using statistical methodology to make sound judgements on varied and complex data sets.

- Ability to produce, and the practical experience of producing, strategic and operational intelligence analytical products.

- Experience in producing strategic assessment.

- Experience in data validation and analysing large data sets, drawing inferences and presenting them successfully, without losing depth or meaning.

- Good working knowledge of intelligence software (e.g. iBase, Analyst Notebook) and databases.

- Practical understanding and experience of working with the principles of the National Intelligence Model.

- Excellent written and oral communication skills, with meticulous attention to detail.

- Ability to prioritise requests and utilise time effectively.

Why work for the NMC?

Our people are at the heart of everything we do. We aim to recruit the right people in the right places and we value the contribution they make to the success of our organisation. In return, we offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits package. To find out further information, please look at our benefits page.

To apply

For more information about the role please read the job description and the person specification.

Please click on the apply button at the top or bottom of this advert, where you will be taken through our application process and asked to submit your experience in line with the criteria detailed in our person specification, the job description and advert. Please note, we do not accept incomplete applications or CV’s as part of our application process.

Closing date for completed applications: 20th of April 2021 at 23.59

Interview Date: 29th-30th of April 2021 

Please note, if we receive a high level of applications, we may choose to close this advert early. We encourage you to complete your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

Interviews will be held on a virtual basis and this will include a video interview, and possible telephone interview and/or on-line assessments. Again, all details of this will be given to you if you are shortlisted for the role.

Your health and wellbeing is our top priority, so if you become unwell during the process we would appreciate receiving an update as soon as possible. You will also have the opportunity to make us aware of any reasonable adjustments needed for your interview upon receiving your interview invite from a member of the resourcing team.

Screening and Vetting

All of our roles are subject to pre-employment checks, we are in the process of introducing a vetting policy, and it is possible that this role may become subject to DBS and further vetting checks in future.

The NMC is an exciting organisation with the ambition to be the leading healthcare regulator. To achieve this, we are working in an agile way that offers great opportunities for people with diverse backgrounds. We are committed to being an inclusive employer.

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, pregnancy, maternity, disability, or gender identity.

We particularly welcome applications from sections of the community which are currently under represented within our teams, including applicants who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME).

Job title: Research Analyst

Department/hub: CPO

Responsible for: The collation and analysis of data, providing reports at project and programme level, supporting programme research initiatives and evaluation of programme outputs. Assisting with portfolio level analysis as required.

Main Duties:

• Work with the programme team and wider CPO to develop and improve academic input that support programme and portfolio delivery.
• Monitor and analyse new sources of data related to fire and rescue services performance (for example inspection findings, national event inquiry or review findings) and liaise with the Portfolio Analyst to ensure these are reported, analysed and input into the Strategic Improvement Model (SIM) appropriately.
• Provide insight and horizon scanning to emerging issues that may impact programme and project delivery.
• Carry out internal research and data focussed projects as and when required.
• Support project managers in commissioning and managing the delivery of research, including academic research.
• Work with Project Managers to develop, implement and analyse project activities such as consultations and data gathering exercises making effective use of resources to achieve agreed objectives.
• Support and contribute towards programme reporting within the portfolio management framework.
• To support work to manage and coordinate access to legacy guidance, tools and other national products and provide analysis on these to inform the ongoing programme of work.
• Liaise with others to provide data collection and support analysis in relation to the evaluation and benefits realisation of programme outputs.
• Provide high quality, timely and well-informed reports, advice and support to principal and senior managers regarding data analysis.
• Write and be able to deliver presentations in a professional manner that are appropriate to the audience which may range from strategic and senior level through to practitioner and end users.

Person skills:

• Proven experience of undertaking data analysis and data management including creating and using databases to collate and analyse information and working with data to produce a wide range of reports for the benefit of the portfolio.
• Experience of collaborating and engaging with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders to support informed decisions and solutions.
• Proven experience in report writing, delivering presentations in a clear, articulate way that ensures the audience understands complex messages in a simple way.
• Good interpersonal and organisational skills.
• Project and time management skills with the ability to deliver to tight deadlines and to manage and prioritise workload to reflect changing demands and resources.
• Ability to take a strategic view and see the consequences of a range of actions, ensuring that team members and the programme team are advised accordingly.
• Good numerical, analytical and creative skills in order to analyse complex issues and to provide innovative, effective and achievable solutions; and to undertake research and provide concise summaries of findings.
• Advanced user of MS Excel and database systems.
• Strong IT literacy skills (Office 365 ideally).
• An understanding of how the collection and management of data can be used to improve organisational performance and service delivery.

Desirable:

• Experience of operating in a project management environment and supporting projects from the initiation stage through to completion and close.
• Knowledge of project management tools and methodology and an understanding of how to apply them appropriately

This charities story spans over 80 years, during which they have made a huge difference to the lives of thousands of former servicemen and their families. From their wellbeing services to pension advice and financial support, this charity delivers a person centred approach to support individuals and they are now looking to reach and help even more beneficiaries.

Charity People are thrilled to be heading up the search party to find this wonderful charity a talented Supporter Insight Analyst. The supporter insight role is diverse, fast paced and purposeful. You will be manipulating large volumes of data from multiple sources, wrangling and cleaning datasets. Shaping forecasting and testing tools to refine and complement the organisations supporter engagement strategy. Collaborating and advancing the use of the CRM/Salesforce platform. Being proactive to find solutions to derive actionable insights and evolving ways for the charity to gain feedback from members/supporters on their experience. You will produce tools and deliver reporting to monitor KPI progress as well as benchmarking and monitoring the external landscape. You will working closely with the Supporter Insight Manager in delivering bespoke supporter data analysis and forecasting to shape their engagement planning and strategy. Working with other teams, you will define the scope of their data requirements, progress accordingly, and ensure all data from all sources can be integrated to provide a 360-degree supporter picture.

On our absolutely 'must haves':

The Supporter Insight Analyst will be an experienced data and supporter champion who is confident, positive, patient and empathetic in your approach. You will have previously worked in designing, producing and communicating strategic insights and recommendations to maximise the potential of an organisations customer or supporter database in order to improve engagement, income generation or sales. You will be a first class communicator, adaptable in your approach to project management and a hands on strategic thinker who has a real passion using data to develop new ideas. You will have a depth of industry experience in either a marketing or business discipline which covers response analysis, customer or supporter segmentation models, profiling and lifetime value models. You will need to have skills and experience in data visualisation skills/story telling using tools such as Power BI or Tableau. An advanced level of computer literacy in SQL, Pivot Tables and Excel, experience of using CRM databases desirably in Salesforce and a working knowledge of current GDPR and PECR legislation best practice.

This charity provides some fantastic staff benefits and has an incredible flexible working policy. The role can be homebased with travel to Leicester for meetings & training when needed.

Closing ASAP

For more information on this exciting opportunity, please contact Ellen Drummond at Charity People

Charity People actively promotes equality, diversity and inclusion. We match charity needs with skills and experience of candidates, irrespective of age, disability (including hidden disabilities), gender, gender identity or gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation. We do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater results for the charities we work with.

We are looking for a Research & Insight Manager to develop and communicate compelling insights based on robust methodologies and creative approaches to data collection, analysis and reporting enabling Battersea to make excellent audience and evidence-led decision-making. As we have an urgent need to bring somebody on board to support this piece of work, we are keen to hear from individuals who are immediately available, or who have a relatively short notice period.

About us

Battersea is here for every dog and cat and has been since 1860. We are a leading animal welfare charity and over the last 160 years we’ve grown from one home in London to three rescuing and rehoming centres across the South East. With c500 staff and 1000 volunteers, we have cared for over three million vulnerable animals We also campaign tirelessly to make things better for dogs and cats; sharing our expertise and educating the public and policymakers about responsible pet ownership. Join us and make a difference for every dog and cat.

Our Marketing Team

Battersea’s Marketing & Communications department is responsible for communicating the breadth of the organisation’s work in an engaging and memorable way. Though our award-winning campaigns, we use our influence to affect change for dogs and cats within and beyond our gates; building Battersea’s reputation on a national and international scale. Our work involves everything from innovative integrated advertising campaigns to rehome our animals, to supporting other departments with their strategic objectives. We also manage Battersea’s online communities, offer brand guidance, deliver innovative digital activity, and manage internal communications, ensuring that staff and volunteers stay informed and engaged. The department’s ultimate goal is to raise awareness of Battersea’s work, so we can be here for more dogs and cats.

What we can offer you

Our dedicated people mean that we can be here for every dog and cat. Whether you are sharing an office with our dogs or directly caring for our cats, our animals show their appreciation every day. There is no better reward than seeing the difference you make to the lives of our dogs and cats first-hand; although we also provide a wide range of employee benefits, including:

• 28 days of annual leave (plus 8 days paid public holidays) per year
• Generous pension contributions – up to 10% employer contribution
• Free healthcare cash plan, where you can claim for a range of treatment including dental (£100), optical (£100), physiotherapy, chiropody and acupuncture (£325) every year
• Annual interest-free season ticket loans
• Discounted gym memberships and cycle to work schemes
• Life insurance

So, if you are passionate about dogs, cats and about our work, then we’d like to hear from you.

We are committed to providing equality of opportunity and valuing diversity for all current and prospective staff, volunteers and Trustees. We aim to ensure that this commitment, reinforced by our values, is embedded in our day-to-day working practices and our work together. We would particularly welcome applications from black and minority ethnic and disabled candidates, who are currently under-represented at Battersea.

Closing date: Tuesday 13 April

Interview date(s): Monday 19 and Tuesday 20 April

For full details, please download our recruitment pack. To apply, click the button below.  All applications must be submitted before the closing date advertised; we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications is received.

£30,000 - £36,000 (dependent on skills and experience) plus generous benefits

Location – Paddington, London with flexible working options available (temporarily home-based during COVID-19)

About the Football Foundation

The Football Foundation is the country's largest sports charity. It funds the improvement of public sports facilities across the country – especially grassroots football facilities.

Since it was launched in 2000, the Foundation has delivered projects worth more than £1.5 billion, which has developed more than 780 third-generation (3G) artificial grass pitches (AGP) with floodlights, more than 1,000 modern changing pavilions, and helped to renovate and properly maintain thousands of natural turf football pitches up and down the country.  These high quality, sustainable facilities are helping to improve the experience of those who play football for the love of doing so, to stay fit and healthy, and to help better players be as good as they can be by developing their potential.

The role

As part of the Investment Planning and Performance team, you will play a vital role in helping the Foundation measure the impact of its investment so that it can maximise the benefit to grassroots football. You will analyse data to make specific recommendations to inform our strategic decision making and to allow our funding partners to evaluate the impact of their investment. 

You will be involved in developing and maintaining PowerBI dashboards for the ‘Insight Suite’, the Foundation’s interactive monitoring tool. You will also manage the the end-to-end surveying approach for the Foundation and ensure the data we hold in our databases is accurate and reliable.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced analyst to use their knowledge and experience of applied data analytics to make a real difference to grassroots community football.

What are we looking for?

We would love to hear from you if you are educated to degree level in a related subject coupled with an understanding of the key principles relating to planning, data analysis, research and monitoring and evaluation to demonstrate outcomes and inform strategic planning.

You will also need experience of utilising SQL databases, experience of automating and improving tasks/processes using VBA, database management skills and experience or a working knowledge of Microsoft Power BI or other data visualisation tools.

We’re looking for a good problem solver with excellent IT and interpersonal skills, who is able to derive insights from complex data sets and present analysis and recommendations in clear, concise and comprehensive way.

You don’t need to be passionate about football to apply, however, an appreciation of the work of the Foundation and our aim to get more people across the country taking part in football and being active is important.  

For more details about the role and the full person specification please download the recruitment pack attached to this page. 

What can we offer you?

In addition to a salary of £30,000 - £36,000 per annum (depending on your relevant skills and experience), you will start on 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (which increases after 2 years), plus additional time off to volunteer. We also offer a generous pension scheme (8% employer contribution), free health care provision, a monthly gym subsidy, interest-free season ticket loan, death in service benefit and access to selected match tickets.

We are committed to helping our staff maintain a healthy work-life balance, so offer flexible working hours around core hours to help you achieve that.

Equality and Diversity Commitment

The Football Foundation values diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone is able to be themselves and to reach their full potential. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures. Should you need any adjustments to the recruitment process, at either application or interview stage, get in touch with us. 

The FF requests that all applicants complete an Equal Opportunities form as part of the application process. This anonymous and confidential form helps us to build up a picture of who is applying to join the organisation and to monitor our progress in this area.

Interested?

This is an excellent opportunity to join a team of talented individuals within the Investment Planning and Performance Team at the Foundation, and to make a real difference to grassroots football.  For more information on this vacancy, please download the full recruitment pack on this page/our website.  

When you click the button to apply you will be directed to our website, where you will be asked to send us your CV and a covering letter explaining what motivated you to apply and why you are suitable for the role. You will also be required to fill out an anonymous equal opportunities form.

The closing date for applications is 11:59pm Sunday 25th April 2021.

Interviews will take place around the start of May.

Please note that you must be eligible to work in the UK to apply for this role.

ActionAid is an international charity that works with women and girls living in poverty. Our dedicated local staff are ending violence against women and girls and helping change lives, for good. We won’t stop until women and girls are out of danger, out of poverty and on track to create the future they want.

The role of Senior Supporter Data Analyst is fundamental within ActionAid UK, as the post holder will use this insight to influence, improve and challenge fundraising and supporter engagement strategies.

The post holder will lead the Reporting and Analysis function within Action Aid, ensuring that the team delivers high quality, value added reports and analyses to agreed requirements and deadlines.

We will look to you to utilise and continually develop a wide range of skills, tools and techniques to analyse supporter data and provide engaging and actionable trends and insights. You will lead on making our data visible to key senior stakeholders and mentoring the Reporting Analyst to deliver on this goal.

You will proactively communicate and share insights with stakeholders, ensuring the key findings and recommendations are understood. Therefore, you must be able to communicate effectively with both technical colleagues and non-technical stakeholders.

We will look to you to champion informed decision making based on analytical insight and evidence. Therefore, you must have proven experience of using reporting and analysis to influence senior fundraising colleagues and to improve strategy.

The Senior Supporter Data Analyst will take responsibility for maintaining and enhancing our SQL based committed giving forecasting model and for running the model to support planning and reforecasting.

To succeed within this role, you must be experienced in working with large and complex data sets and relational databases, along with having a real passion for data. As well as technical skills, we are looking for a self-starter who is able to work under pressure, prioritise workload and meet deadlines

The successful applicant will have experience of data analysis gained in Fundraising or Marketing will have a strong knowledge of SQL, Power BI (or other data visualisation tools) with intermediate Python, and excellent attention to detail.

As the reporting and analysis expert, you should enjoy developing your own solutions and supporting others to develop their technical skills.

If you have this skillset, along with a passion to work within an organisation committed to changing the lives of women and girls living in poverty, this may be the role for you.

ActionAid is passionate about supporting flexible working. If you would like to discuss flexible working options, including the possibility of a job share for this role, there will be space to do so during the interview process.

We are interviewing for this role on an ongoing basis.

ActionAid is committed to driving improvement through digital channels, tools and ways of working. We will ensure that we provide the technology and the training to enable all staff to perform their roles to the best of their abilities. In return, we ask that all staff are committed to continually improving their digital skills and knowledge within the working environment. Our recruitment processes will evaluate the digital skills of all applicants

Please note you will need the right to work in the UK in order to apply for this role.

UNICEF ensures more of the world’s children are vaccinated, educated and protected than any other organisation. We have done more to influence laws and policies to help protect children than anyone else. We get things done. And we’re not going to stop until the world is a safe place for all our children.

The Resource Hub Team, part of UNICEF UK’s Partnerships & Philanthropy division. delivers risk screening/due diligence, strategic writing, prospect research, and administrative support. While the current post holder carries out a temporary assignment with another team, we are seeking a Risk and Research Officer to join our team.

As Senior Risk and Research Officer, you will support our cross-organisational risk screening process for selected contacts and organisations, and you will undertake high quality risk-based research. You will provide research and insight on high level partners, advocates, donors and prospects to support the work of a variety of teams across UNICEF UK. The role will have a particular focus on Talent, including Ambassadors and High Profile Supporters.

To succeed, you will have proven experience of prospect research and/or due diligence as well as experience of a variety of research resources such as online databases. You will have excellent verbal communication skills, and the ability to write short and long research profiles to a high standard.

Only applications with a CV AND Covering Letter will be considered.

We are looking to engage a curious and self-motivated Senior Researcher, ideally with experience of international political economy in developing nations, who is excited by unearthing key insights and opportunities from data, research and evidence. The post-holder will have a range of responsibilities including mining datasets, conducting desk-based research, carrying out interviews with experts to unearth insights to help identify pathways to prosperity that can formulate policy options for national leaders for countries around the world.

The Legatum Institute is a London-based think-tank with a mission to build a global movement of people committed to creating the pathways from poverty to prosperity and the transformation of society. One of the ways we do this is through our work developing the practical solutions and data tools that will help build open economies and empowered people within inclusive and peaceful societies. In the UK this includes developing cutting edge poverty measures and using these to understand the impacts that Government policy has on poverty and to use this understanding to effect national change and reduce poverty in the UK

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

Analysis, Research and Writing

• Identify and understand the research requirements of the Pathways to Prosperity programme
• Derive informative insights by undertaking economic research and analysis
• Produce high quality qualitative research, synthesising findings through desk-based research, case studies, interviews and ‘on-the-ground’ fieldwork, to develop contextual understanding
• Derive meaningful insights from complex data, reports, and other sources, using appropriate techniques, asking “why” of data to consider a variety of outcomes
• Develop and test conclusions from these insights and identify how constraints have been overcome
• Produce high quality outputs, including presentations and written reports that present information clearly, concisely and in a way that illustrates the change that can be made
• Determine and work to clearly defined deadlines and in accordance with LI’s procedures and practices

We are seeking someone with the following skills:

Experience and Knowledge

• Degree in International Public Policy, Economics, Economic history, with quantitative/qualitative analysis is essential, ideally at post-graduate level
• 3-5 years’ experience as a consultant, economic analyst, policy researchers or in a similar role in an international setting is highly desirable
• Experience in data-driven research and public policy, social and economic affairs, using qualitative research methods
• Strong research and analytical skills, ideally rooted in a quantitative degree or field and experience in using this analysis to develop compelling fact-based written narratives
• A track-record of working with stakeholders to develop research programmes and publications
• A proven background in producing high quality research and in writing reports/publications

Skills

• Strong capabilities in data-driven research, including problem structuring, hypotheses formulation, statistical analysis, and visualisation
• Ability to ask “why” of data and consider a variety of outcomes before reaching conclusions
• Committed to accuracy, quality control and process control
• Strong written and verbal communications, able to present research, findings and recommendations to a broad range of internal and external stakeholders, in a different formats
• Ability to translate results of analytic and quantitative research into policy insights
• Ability to plan and deliver programmes of work to agreed timelines
• Excellent IT skills with knowledge of typical data analysis tools
• Knowledge of the Microsoft office productivity suite, including PowerPoint, Excel and Word

Personal Attributes

• Has a positive approach, optimism, and hope for the future
• Warm-hearted towards others, willing to help, and generous of time and knowledge
• Team player but also able to work independently
• Holds oneself and others accountable, committed to doing the right thing
• Has vision and desire to create value for the long term – willing to be flexible and take risks
• Self-motivated and able to drive activity forward
• Eager to learn and willing to be coached, seeking out and considering the opinions of others
• Good judgement about when to use initiative and when to consult
• A hard worker who sets ambitious goals and perseveres to achieve them
• Consistently performs at a high level, pays attention to detail

Please submit a CV and covering letter by Tuesday 6th April.

The letter should include detail, on no more than one page, why the candidates believe that they can uniquely contribute to identifying successful approaches to creating pathways to prosperity from around the world. If a suitable candidate is found before this date, we may appoint and close the position early. Please note candidates who have applied within the last six months will not be considered.

Salary range: £35,000 to £45,000

Only applications with a CV AND Covering Letter will be considered.