AMS PSR

On behalf of UKRI we are looking for a Data Analyst (Inside IR35) for a 6 month contract. Remote working with occasional travel to Swindon. 

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) is the national funding agency investing in science and research in the UK.

UKRI invests £8 billion of taxpayers’ money each year into research and innovation and the people who make it happen. They work across a huge range of fields – from biodiversity conservation to quantum computing, and from space telescopes to innovative health care. They give everyone the opportunity to contribute and to benefit, bringing together people and organisations nationally and globally to create, develop and deploy new ideas and technologies.

As a Data Analyst your main responsibilities will be:

• Responsible for analysing and interpreting complex data sets to identify and address quality issues.
• Work closely with users around the business departments to monitor data quality, creating and executing plans to remediate those with the highest priority.
• Contribute to populating and maintaining the UKRI Business Glossary and Data Catalogue. 
• Leverage the data integrity and governance components of the Talend Data Quality framework.

Essential:

• Hands-on data analysis skills – including use of SQL and visualisation tools, eg Tableau. 
• Experience using data profiling and process automation to manage and support data governance and data quality improvements. 
• Demonstrable experience of data governance and management principles and practice, including data quality management, lineage & catalogues, metadata management, and data lifecycle management.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills to build and maintain effective working relationships with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Confident using the relevant statutory frameworks such as the GDPR and other data privacy regulations to drive good data management practice.
• Hands-on experience with data governance and management tooling, with the exposure to the Talend Data Fabric toolset an advantage.

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

Disability Confident 

As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, UKRI guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply. In exceptional circumstances, we may also need to apply the desirable criteria in our shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following "this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different".