Research Officer (Data Analyst)

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the day-to-day management of the research databases and relationships between these;
• Carry out cleaning and querying of data and maintaining Excel workbooks used for these tasks;
• Manipulate data using tools such as Excel and Power BI to produce analytical data reports;
• Carry out analysis of information gathered by the organisation for research purposes, and be able to communicate findings to a variety of stakeholders in sensitive, compelling, and creative ways;
• Take ownership for your own projects’ objectives and targets;
• Support with copy-editing and proofreading reports, ensuring consistency and accuracy within and across outputs, both in terms of their content and format;
• Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team, establishing effective working relationships with colleagues; and where required, support other tasks within the Policy and Research Team.

Essential Skills

• Advanced use of MS Excel, including experience using Power Query and Macros.
• Experience of MS packages, including Access and Power BI, and programming languages used in data manipulation and analysis such as SQL,R and Python.
• Experience of gathering, managing, manipulating and analysing complex and sensitive data for research purposes.
• Experience working on complex, large-scale research projects and datasets.
• A strong commitment to quality and meticulous attention to detail.
• Proven experience of working to tight timescales, and able to prioritise tasks according to project development stages.
• Experience of working independently, as well as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Highly organised and efficient.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills and command of English grammar and usage.
• Personal resilience and the ability to deal with what can be a distressing subject matter.

If you would like to hear more about this opportunity or to apply, please get in touch via email at laurah@venesky-brown.co.uk.