AMS PSR

On behalf of UKRI, we are looking for a Data Business Analyst for an 8 month contract. This is a hybrid working role (travel once per quarter onsite - 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 Business Analyst, your main responsibilities will be to:

• Collaborate with stakeholders and business users to gather and document business requirements for data warehouses and analytical and predictive models using machine learning and artificial intelligence. 
•  Advise users and stakeholders on best practice for designing reporting and analytical solutions. 
• Translate business requirements into technical specifications, ensuring alignment with the underlying data architecture and design principles. 
• Conduct data analysis and profiling to identify gaps, inconsistencies, and quality issues in existing data sources. 
• Interact with the data science, machine learning and data engineering teams to design solutions, ensuring optimal performance, data integrity, and scalability. 
• Guide user acceptance testing and provide support during the implementation and deployment of solutions

  
  

You'll have:

• Experience translating user requirements structured documentation that can be used by solution architects and machine learning engineers.
• Knowledge of current artificial intelligence applications and capabilities.
• Experience working in Agile teams.
• Experience in working on academic grants 
• Experience working on machine AI projects

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.

Armed Forces Covenant

UKRI guarantees to interview veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. 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".