Data Analyst

Data Analyst

Salary: £57,330 - £69,942

Location:
Fully Remote Position (UK)

The Opportunity

Yolk Recruitment is the exclusive recruitment partner for the Centre for Digital Public Services (CDPS) and is supporting them to recruit a Data Analyst to play a crucial role in collecting, analysing, and interpreting data to provide actionable insights that inform decision-making and enhance public services. You will work to apply analytical techniques and data visualisation tools to uncover trends and support policy development.

Your work will directly contribute to improving the efficiency and effectiveness of government operations.

CDPS supports the public sector in Wales to design and build better public services, which meet the needs of those who use them. They are funded by the Welsh Government and are supporting them to meet the outcomes in the Digital Strategy for Wales. They strive to be bold, collaborative, transparent and optimistic and to keep people at the heart of everything they do.

Yolk Recruitment & CDPS are committed to creating a diverse workforce at CDPS and positively encourage applications from under-represented communities. They embrace equality of opportunity irrespective of disability, neurodivergence, ethnic origin, colour, nationality, gender and gender presentation, marital status, sexual orientation, culture, or religion. They are a Living Wage employer and a Disability Confident employer. They are committed to flexible working - with no core hours.

Many of their staff work part-time or flexible hours, and their chief executive officers' job-share. Applications from people who want to work flexibly are welcomed.

All staff at CDPS work remotely with 2 annual all person get togethers as well as the opportunity to work collaborative and meet up with teams in person.

What the Data Analyst will be doing

• Agile working: working as part of an agile, multidisciplinary team to continuously learn and adapt to changing priorities.
• Data management: manage, clean, and aggregate data for analysis, with the ability to identify appropriate ways prepare data and decide if data is accurate and fit for purpose
• Data analysis and synthesis: apply analytical techniques to interpret data, identify patterns, and forecast trends
• Data sharing: present clear findings that colleagues can understand and use.
• Data visualisation: present data findings through dashboards, reports, and visualisations to tell compelling stories that are relevant to business goals and can be acted upon.
• Data governance: follow organisational data governance, including policies on data access, sharing, dissemination and protection
• Data modelling, cleansing and enrichment: produce data models and understand where to use different types of data models with the ability to compare different data models. Able to reverse-engineer a data model from a live system as required.
• Stakeholder engagement: collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to understand data requirements and communicate insights effectively.
• Quality assurance: ensure data accuracy and integrity by performing quality checks and adhering to data governance standards.

What the Successful Data Analyst will bring to the team

• Self-motivated with proactive and results-oriented mindset, and a passion for driving change
• Proficiency in data analysis tools and programming languages (e.g., SQL, Python, R).
• Strong experience in data visualisation and presenting complex information clearly.
• Ability to interpret and apply data governance and information security standards.
• Excellent communication skills, capable of conveying technical information to non-technical audiences.
• Demonstrated experience in managing multiple datasets and performing complex analyses.
• Experience at presenting data and findings to senior boards and user groups
• You will have experience of working in highly adaptive, agile environments.
• Experience working in a government organisation or on public service services.

Here's what you'll get in return

The successful Data Analyst will be rewarded with the following:

• Salary of £57,330 - £69,942
• Enhanced pension contributions - 7% contribution by the employer
• Generous holiday…