Location:National Support Centre, MSSC NSC, 200B Lambeth Road, London, SE1 7JY (Hybrid Working)

Contract:Full time, permanent

Salary:£37,000 gross per annum

Closing Date:27 January 2025

Application:CV & Covering Letter

Are you a data analyst, charity evaluator or social researcher looking for a new opportunity?

The Marine Society & Sea Cadets (MSSC) is the leading maritime charity for youth development and lifelong learning. We are a vibrant and growing charity inspiring young people to achieve their potential through challenge and nautical adventure and also enabling seafarers and maritime professionals to realise their potential through learning and career development. Working with our employees, cadets, and volunteers, we have built a strong vision and five-year Future Ready strategy to meet the growing demand for what we provide, both for young people, seafarers and maritime professionals – and the thousands who aspire to be the sea cadets and marine professionals of the future. It is also about equipping them to achieve their potential and thrive in a rapidly changing world, while growing our charity to benefit even more people – including those from under-represented or marginalised groups.

We are currently looking for a Data Analyst to join our team.

About the role

Reporting to the Head of Policy and Insight this role is a central part of MSSC understanding its impact and driving change across the youth and maritime sectors.

The Data Analyst leads on the coordination and delivery of organisation wide key performance indicators (KPIs) while working to support the organisation’s wider evaluation and research work. The Data Analyst is embedded into the wider organisation and there are exciting opportunities to support other staff and volunteers to access and use data, as well as understanding how to transform data recommendations into practical change. The role suits a keen analytical thinker, who revels in opportunities to collect and understand data and then see their recommendations bear fruit.

Responsibilities

The following is a list of the principal tasks of theData Analystand is not intended to be an exhaustive list:

·        To gather correlate, and monitor relevant data from across the organisation (e.g. Westminster) and from external sources (e.g. ONS)

·        To evaluate our existing data processes and make recommendations regarding the streamlining of data collection and presentation

·        To develop and implement new data collection, and analysis systems and processes where required

·        To lead on regular KPI reporting

·        To support the head of policy and insight in developing evaluation processes across the organisation

·        To support the head of policy and insight, in identifying, and collecting (including leading on elements of research independently) appropriate data for influencing work

·        To provide practical upskilling, training, and support to teams and directorates who need to engage in self-serve data analysis and research

·        To develop and utilise new ways to present MSSC data to engage key internal and external stakeholders

Requirements

·      Experience of handling diverse datasets of varying quality

·      Experience of translating findings from a range of different audiences both internal and external

·        Understanding of how to process and analyse quantitative data

·      Experience of appropriate processes around data security

·      Experience of developing processes and procedures to collect and present data

·      Experience of training in upscaling non-data experts

·      Confidence in engaging with service users where required for data collection and analysis

·      Confidence general database management

·      Confidence in database administration

For further information, please download theRecruitment Pack. If you are interested in this role, please apply now!

Benefits

• 25 days annual leave per annum, increasing with length of service
• Hybrid working
• Volunteering Leave
• Life assurance (4x salary)
• Private medical insurance
• Generous pension (employer contribution up to 10%)
• Cycle to work scheme
• Wellbeing portal and EAP with 121 counselling
• Employee development: We are investing in our employees' development and have an annual calendar of learning and development opportunities, designed to support employees to develop into their roles and stretch them to achieve their full potential.

Additional Information

MSSC positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates from all backgrounds. Equity, diversity, and inclusion really matters to us, so we can best serve our beneficiaries from every community. We work to ensure a fair and consistent recruitment process and aim to be a charity where diversity of experience, identity and skills are valued and welcomed. MSSC is an equal opportunities employer.

We recognise our responsibilities to safeguard and protect the young people and vulnerable adults with whom we work. We do all we can to promote their health, safety and wellbeing, and we expect our staff to share this commitment and work in line with safeguarding policy, the MSSC’s values and ethos of inclusivity. We adhere to safer recruitment practices and therefore employment is subject to detailed pre-employment checks for successful candidates, including references and criminal disclosure checks and the completion of a disclosure questionnaire. 

All successful applicants are required to attend safeguarding training and undergo pre-employment checks including a criminal record check