Assistant Data Analyst

The University of Manchester is the largest single site university in the UK and is one of the top universities in the world. This vacancy will be based in the Business Intelligence team within the Directorate of Planning. The Directorate of Planning supports the Universitys strategic planning processes, provides key management information and insight to senior decision makers and manages the submission of statutory student returns to the regulator.

The post holder will become a member of the Universitys Analyst Network, coordinated by the BI team, and will have a key role in helping us transform our ways of working and outputs. The post holder will primarily undertake analysis on a range of internal and external/ national datasets to generate insight that supports decision-making, aligned to the University goals, and will contribute to the teams objectives in improving the visualisation, reporting and dissemination of key insights, alongside the promotion of a self-service automation model for routine requests.

The successful applicant will have relevant experience in undertaking analysis of large datasets and producing accessible and visually-appealing business intelligence to a high standard. The successful candidate will be passionate about delivering high quality data/management information, data integrity, information governance best practice and deriving greater value from data. The role holder will have a high attention to detail particularly in ensuring quality and robustness of data analysis, and well-developed numerical and written communication skills.

What can you expect in return
The University will actively foster a culture of inclusion and diversity and will seek to achieve true equality of opportunity for all members of its community.

What you will get in return:

• Fantastic market leading Pension scheme
• Excellent employee health and wellbeing services including an Employee Assistance Programme
• Exceptional starting annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays
• Additional paid closure over the Christmas period
• Local and national discounts at a range of major retailers

As an equal opportunities employer we welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of age, sex, gender (or gender identity), ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and transgender status. All appointments are made on merit.

Our University is positive about flexible working you can find out more here

Hybrid working arrangements may be considered.

Please note that we are unable to respond to enquiries, accept CVs or applications from Recruitment Agencies.

Any recruitment enquiries from recruitment agencies should be directed to People.Recruitment@manchester.ac.uk.

Any CVs submitted by a recruitment agency will be considered a gift.

Enquiries about the vacancy, shortlisting and interviews:

Name: Andy Peet Lead Data Analyst

Email: andy.peet@manchester.ac.uk

General enquiries:

Email: People.recruitment@manchester.ac.uk

Technical support:

https://jobseekersupport.jobtrain.co.uk/support/home

This vacancy will close for applications at midnight on the closing date.

Please see the link below for the Further Particulars document which contains the person specification criteria.