Data Analyst - Evaluation and Widening Participation

About the Role
This exciting and varied role sits within the Marketing and Communications directorate of one of the UK’s leading universities. The team is responsible for marketing the profile of Queen Mary University of London, ranked 17th in the UK and a part of the highly regarded Russell Group. The postholder will play a key role in the attraction, recruitment, and nurture of students from under-represented and diverse backgrounds in the UK, as well as students from the EU and Overseas.

About You
You must have strong experience in providing research and data insights, ideally in the context of evaluation and monitoring You will be highly skilled in utilising statistical analysis and data visualisation tools to distil complex information into clear and compelling narratives.

• Degree educated in a subject of a highly quantitative nature, or relevant experience.
• Able to manipulate and analyse complex data, present trends and communicate findings in user-friendly reports and presentations.
• Experience of evaluating and monitoring widening participation activities within a higher education environment, including use of the Higher Education Access Tracker or other similar tracking databases.
• Able to manage research projects using internal and external resources / agencies.
• Experience of designing surveys for target audiences and conducting focus groups.
• Confident and able to network and influence effectively with a wide range of stakeholders, including suppliers and academic and Professional Services colleagues at all levels.

About the Department
The Directorate comprises communications, marketing, UK and overseas student recruitment, admissions, widening participation, other aspects of international activity including partnerships and student mobility, and alumni relations and development. We are responsible for managing the University’s reputation, ensuring effective student recruitment and managing effective communication with a wide range of audiences, including alumni.

About Queen Mary
At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits
We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities including an on-site nursery at the Mile End campus.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.

Valuing Diversity & Committed to Equality

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