Senior Data Analyst

DWP Digital
Manchester
5 days ago
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Senior Performance AnalystData Analysis helps us transform and improve DWP services. You'll use data analytics to give key, in-depth insights into how users inside and outside DWP interact with and use our services, ensuring we meet user needs and their expectations.Pay of £73,350, plus 28.9% employer pension contributions, hybrid working with 60% home working, flexible hours, and great work life balance.DWP. Digital with Purpose.DWP is the UK's largest government department. We help people into work, make payments worth over £195bn, and support millions of customers.We are looking for a Senior Performance Analyst to join our community of tech experts in DWP Digital.We're driving a once-in-a-generation transformation of government services - building and maintain innovative, scalable and user-centric digital solutions.If you're curious about user behaviour and enjoy finding meaning in complexity, join DWP Digital's Data Analytics profession, and help us get this right.Data with Power.You'll identify, analyse and create data analysis solutions that will help tens of thousands of colleagues across the organisation to collate, organise and use data to inform our decisions about our digital strategy and innovations.By helping people in the organisation use data more effectively, you'll have an impact on how we achieve DWP's aim to improve people's day-to-day lives and help them build financial resilience and a more secure and prosperous future.You'll use your skills with languages like SQL & KQL and your experience with data tools such as Power BI to gain a thorough understanding of the problem, interrogating the data and refining it.You'll also be supporting and guiding your team, leveraging your experience and skills to guide and coach them to identify problems, curate and examine data and design robust solutions.What skills, knowledge and experience will you need?Proven ability to inspire, engage, and lead teams, shaping strategy while incorporating diverse perspectives to drive continuous improvement.Committed to personal growth and actively supporting the development of others through coaching, mentoring, and feedback.Experience in builds effective relationships across teams and stakeholders, fostering inclusive teamwork and a positive, respectful working culture.You can use the most appropriate medium to visualise data to tell compelling stories that are relevant to business goals and can be acted upon. You can present, communicate and disseminate data appropriately and with influenceSQL and PowerBI, including data modelling, DAX (Data Analysis Expressions), Power Query, and report/dashboard creation.Details. Wages. Perks.You'll join us in one of our brilliant digital hubs in Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield, whichever is most convenient for you.We also have all the tools and tech we need to enable our people to work and collaborate flexibly. We work a hybrid model - you'll be in the office some of the time, and the rest working from home.We offer competitive pay of up to £73,350.You'll also get a brilliant civil service pension with employer contributions worth over 28.9%, and a generous leave package starting at 26 days.You can also take up to 3 extra days off a month on flexi-time.We have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes:An award-winning environment and culture: Employer of the Year 2023 (Women In IT Awards), Founders Award for Outstanding Digital Leadership 2023 (Digital 100)Flexible working including flexible hours and family-friendly policiesTime off volunteering and charitable givingBring your authentic self to work with 'I Can Be Me in DWP'Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and moreInterest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a differenceSports and social activitiesProfessional development, coaching, mentoring and career progression opportunities.CLICK APPLY for more information and to start your application.TPBN1_UKTJ

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