Trainee Data Analyst

Job Title: Trainee Data Analyst
Location: Sharston, M22 4SN
Salary: £30,000 per annum
Job type: Full time, Permanent
About us:
Established in 2000, Express Solicitors is an award-winning law firm that deals with personal injury and clinical negligence claims. Based in Manchester, we serve clients nationwide and are currently ranked 70 out of more than 10,000 law firms. We have a 5-star rating on Trustpilot from over 6,500 reviews, which coming from our clients means a lot to us. We are proud of the work we do helping injured people, and this is the core of our business.
About the Role:
Express Solicitors is currently looking to appoint a Trainee Data Analyst reporting directly into the Head of Department. Any experience working with business reporting and Proclaim case management system will be a distinct advantage.
The role's focus will be to provide support to the business in the production of business information reports, both through fixed MI channels and ad hoc reporting requests by designing and writing efficient queries to extract, analyse, and present information from various data sources.
Responsibilities:

• Development, production and distribution of reports and dashboards to our clients within service level agreements.
  
• Contribute to the development of data strategy.
  
• Collaborate with different departments to understand data needs and ensure the accuracy and relevance of reports.
  
• Where required analysis of produced data to provide actionable insights.
  
• Provide support to assist in the interpretation of reports, dashboards, and insights.
  
• Interrogation of various databases using SQL and other common query languages.
  Person Specification:
  Essential:
  
• Experience of dealing with data within a commercial organisation.
  
• Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously.
  
• Being able to learn, adapt and work within in a fast-paced environment.
  
• Experience extracting, analysing, converting and presenting data
  
• Proficient with IT.
  
• Basic SQL skills
  
• Excellent organisation and time management skills.
  Preferred:
  
• Recent completion of a relevant degree is desirable.
  
• Knowledge of coding in Python or similar coding languages is desirable.
  Salary & Hours:
  
• Salary of £30,000
  
• Our standard working hours are 8:30am to 5:30pm Monday-Thursday and 8:30am to 5pm Friday.
  Benefits:
  
• Hybrid Working - 3/2 hybrid working pattern after probation.
  
• 23 Days Holiday - Rising to 26 days, plus bank/public holidays.
  
• Extra Holidays - 3 holiday buy backs and an extra day for your birthday after service length requirement.
  
• Looking After Your Health - Private medical insurance available after 2 years' service, annual flu jab and Employee Assistance Programme.
  
• Looking After Your Well-being - 24/7 onsite Gym, Netball/Football team, 10km Manchester team and more.
  
• Work Life / Balance - Active social committee with generous departmental and firm-wide social budget.
  Recruitment Process:
  Interviews will be conducted by MS Teams and will include scenario-based questioning.
  Our employees are our most important asset, we rate skill and ability above all else and our recruitment policy encourages applications from all.
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  Candidates with experience or relevant job titles of; Legal Data Analyst, Data Solutions Analyst, Data Insight Analyst, IT Analyst may also be considered for this role