Senior Data Analyst
Application Deadline: 9 March 2025
Department: Policy, Insight and Analytics Directorate
Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time
Location: Edinburgh - Hybrid
Compensation: E3 Grade £46,392 - £54,003. Civil Service Pension. Flexible Working Hours. Hybrid Working.
Description
To provide expert data analysis, insight and recommendations that will drive evidence-based decision making for the Senior Leadership Team, senior managers and other relevant parts of SFC as well as the university and college sectors.
Key Responsibilities
* Provide high quality insight and analysis to help SFC meet a wide range of priorities.
* Build innovative and effective approaches to solve analytical problems and communicate clear and relevant results and methodologies.
* Develop a range of reports and dashboards that utilise current statistical and analytical methods.
* Interpret the analysis to tell a straightforward and compelling story and communicate this effectively to a wide audience with different business interests and skill sets, either in writing or through presentations.
* Acquire data from other sources that add value to the excellent data SFC already has access to.
* Line manage, develop and provide advice and support to other analysts across the team.
* Establish effective and ongoing working relationships with colleagues across SFC and provide analytical support to policy development initiatives.
* Represent the Council as required on committees and working groups and to internal and external stakeholders.
* Provide advice and guidance to internal and external stakeholders as required.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
It is important through your CV / Cover Letter that you give evidence of proven experience of each of the following essential criteria:
* Effective analytical and consultancy skills with the ability to present clear insights to support the end use of the data.
* Good team player who will improve the development of evidence-based policy across the organisation.
* Previous line management experience.
* Ability to think and act strategically.
* Effective oral, written and presentation communication skills.
* Excellent IT skills including Excel and SQL, as well as R, Python or other similar programming experience.
* Ability to interpret and explain complex information to audiences with varying degrees of expertise.
* Degree level education (SCQF level 9) or equivalent experience, in a subject with a substantial quantitative content.
* Knowledge of the further and/or higher education sector.
* Experience of using the Microsoft Azure toolkit.
* Experience of developing content in business intelligence tools e.g. Power BI or Qlikview.
* Qualification in statistical analysis.
Benefits
Normal full-time hours of work are 35 per week. We will consider flexible working arrangements. A flexi-time system is in operation.
Annual leave entitlement of 26.5 days pro-rata, rising to 30 days pro-rata after 2 years’ continuous service. Public and privilege holiday entitlement of 13 days pro-rata.
A flexible approach to hybrid working, giving you flexibility to work from home anywhere in the UK for some of the time while also maintaining regular in-person contact with colleagues.
Annual pay review: approved within the framework of the Scottish Government’s Public Sector Pay Policy and negotiated with our recognised trade union, Unite. Salaries are reviewed annually in April for employees who commence employment prior to 1 October in the preceding year.
Eligibility to join the Civil Service Pension Scheme. With its low member contribution rates and generous employer contributions, this gives you a secure, inflation-proof pension for life with no investment uncertainty. Details of contribution rates together with further details of the pension benefits are available on the Civil Service Pensions website. There is also the option of a Partnership pension account.
Support for continuous professional development: as a part of SFC, we are dedicated to providing comprehensive support for continuous learning and professional development. Civil Service-Learning curriculum has thoughtfully designed to cater to various learning preferences, allowing employees to engage in a manner that best suits their needs. All our educational resources are conveniently accessible through the CSL website.
Support for health and wellbeing, including generous occupational sick pay, free access to confidential advice and support through our 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme, Special Leave (paid and unpaid), a contribution to learning outside work through our Lifelong Learning Fund, free winter flu vaccination, and access to occupational health support.
We provide support to SFC employees with Volunteering Days.
Support for travel to and from work, including a salary sacrifice cycle loan scheme, cycle storage and shower facilities, an interest-free loan for bus or rail season tickets and free office car parking for employees on a first-come basis.
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