Principal Statistical Analyst - Hybrid

Salary: c£42,000 per annum (negotiable based on experience) + comprehensive benefits package

Jisc grade: TDA3

Hours: 35 hours per week

Reports into: Head of Official Statistics

Working style: Hybrid - A blend of working from home and your nominated hub office. We have hubs located in London, Bristol, Manchester and Oxford.

For 30 years Jisc has pioneered digital solutions for UK education and research, transforming how knowledge is created, shared and used.

We are uniquely positioned to protect, promote and lead the sector in digital and data transformation, making a difference to students, communities and society. Together, we are working to build a better digital future for education and research.

Raise your potential through our culture of lifelong learning. At Jisc, we're all about growth, so embrace new challenges, sharpen your skills and shape a career that excites you.

The role:

Join our team to analyse complex data and communicate meaningful insights. You’ll provide expert input in the analysis of higher education data and statistical product development. This requires an appropriate level of domain knowledge or the capacity to develop such knowledge rapidly. This also requires the ability to schedule and monitor work, set priorities, coordinate work of more junior data analysts, and provide technical and/or statistical support and advice. The precise configuration of the knowledge and skills required will differ from role to role. 

What you’ll be doing:

• Takes the lead on larger or more challenging work packages, agreeing a mutual schedule for that work with colleagues.
• Plans & schedules work, manages projects, identifies, and agrees priorities across the team, ensuring an appropriate level of quality is maintained throughout.
• Develops a wide understanding of HESA data and becomes a subject matter expert. Understands the wider HE landscape and how the HESA data fits in and is used by our customers. Works with our stakeholders when issues are identified or to provide expert advice or guidance.  Supports others in maintaining high standards and compliance. Internally this may be through knowledge sharing, coaching, and mentoring, and identified external training and development requirements.
• Providing the strategy and prioritisation around the key areas to develop processes, and improve efficiencies, ways of working and outputs. To coordinate the implementation of these (i.e. through measures such as Reproducible Analytical Pipelines (RAP)).
• Responsible for the production and development of new processes and statistical measures and products.
• Develops effective solutions and smarter ways of working to drive efficiency savings.
• Uses advanced data manipulation techniques and/or statistical skills to analyse HESA data. This could be to do more advanced work on trend analysis or correlating trends, to quality assure datasets, or to improve statistical output products.
• May include line management responsibilities for more junior analysts.

What we are looking for:

• Demonstrable experience of analysing quantitative data for presentation either orally or in writing. 
• Proven experience of manipulating/analysing data from large databases.  
• Expertise in using at least one of the following: SQL, Python, R. 
• Ability to generate solutions to complex issues and takes the lead in the development of such solutions and in their implementation.
• Ability to address strategic level problems as well as leading and mentoring other team members on how to solve problems.
• Experience of visualisation software such as charts in excel or more advanced systems such as Tableau or Power BI.

Don’t meet every single requirement?

We know that sometimes people can be put off applying for a job if they think they can’t tick every box, so we encourage you to apply even if you do not meet 100% of the requirements, but you feel this role is perfect for you. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles!

Hybrid working:

Specific patterns for working in the office are not mandated, and the frequency of time worked in the office is agreed with your manager. Meeting in person is something we value so you may need to travel on occasion to any of our hub offices.

Why work for us?

At Jisc, every role is meaningful, and every individual is valued. We foster a culture of continuous learning and personal growth, offering opportunities to develop new skills and make a real impact in education and research. With a strong focus on work-life balance, we embrace flexible working that prioritises outcomes over hours, empowering you to create a rhythm that energises both your professional and personal life.

Our Guiding Principles:

Jisc’s culture is powered by our four guiding principles: putting customers first, driving innovation, creating impact, and championing inclusive collaboration to deliver sustainable outcomes and shape a better future.

Discover the amazing benefits we provide! Here’s what you can look forward to:

• Flexible work pattern, which can adapt to suit your schedules and personal commitments
• 31 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) that includes three closure days over Christmas
• Buy up to an additional 5 days leave during the flexible benefits window
• Generous flexible pension schemes
• A range of wellbeing lifestyle benefits including company paid health care cash plan, mental health first aiders and support
• A company culture of continuous learning with access to thousands of LinkedIn Learning courses, and lots of resources and opportunities to support your development
• Allocated allowance of up to £250 to equip your home office
• Financial well-being support including access to preferential loan and savings plans, mortgage advice, will writing tools and support and resources to help you make the most of your money
• A wide range of discounts and cashback from retailers and big-name high-street stores
• Family friendly policies including enhanced parental, maternity and paternity and co-parental leave as well as opportunity for career breaks
• Support your volunteering with up to 3 days volunteer leave

Equity, diversity and inclusion:

Jisc believe our people make all the difference in cultivating an inclusive culture that welcomes ideas, encourages innovation, and values belonging.

We work hard to create an equitable experience for our candidates and workforce which embraces all aspects of their identity including race and ethnicity, religion and belief, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, trans identities, age, class, disability, neurodivergence, or veteran status.

Application process:

To apply, please click on the ‘Apply’ button above.

Please let us know how we can best accommodate you throughout the recruitment process. We’re committed to making our process accessible and comfortable for everyone - just tell us what works best for you.

Just so you know, we review CVs as soon as we can and aim to provide an update on your application within 4 weeks of receiving it.  However, you may hear from us a lot sooner, so please keep an eye out for our emails or calls! 

We’re really looking forward to getting to know the real you. While we encourage the use of AI tools to help you get started on your CV or cover letter, we encourage you to review your application before submitting. Make sure it truly reflects your own voice, experiences, and personality.

If you are currently a Jisc employee, please apply through your Dayforce Employee profile.

We have a thorough background screening process that verifies the details you share with us in your CV and your application. Any inaccurate information supplied during the application stages can lead to a job offer being withdrawn. 

Sponsorship:

Jisc has an active sponsor licence to recruit on a Skilled worker visa basis. Candidates wishing to apply who require sponsorship should determine the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship for the role by assessing their circumstances against the relevant Home Office criteria. Jisc does not offer any financial re-imbursement towards the applicant costs, such as re-location, skilled worker visa and dependant costs or the immigration health charge.

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