Data Analyst

Data AnalystSalary:£57,330 - £69,942Location: Fully Remote Position (UK)The Opportunity

Yolk Recruitment is the exclusive recruitment partner for the Centre for Digital Public Services (CDPS) and is supporting them to recruit a Data Analyst to play a crucial role in collecting, analysing, and interpreting data to provide actionable insights that inform decision-making and enhance public services. You will work to apply analytical techniques and data visualisation tools to uncover trends and support policy development. Your work will directly contribute to improving the efficiency and effectiveness of government operations.

CDPS supports the public sector in Wales to design and build better public services, which meet the needs of those who use them. They are funded by the Welsh Government and are supporting them to meet the outcomes in the Digital Strategy for Wales. They strive to be bold, collaborative, transparent and optimistic and to keep people at the heart of everything they do.

Yolk Recruitment & CDPS are committed to creating a diverse workforce at CDPS and positively encourage applications from under-represented communities. They embrace equality of opportunity irrespective of disability, neurodivergence, ethnic origin, colour, nationality, gender and gender presentation, marital status, sexual orientation, culture, or religion. They are a Living Wage employer and a Disability Confident employer. They are committed to flexible working – with no core hours. Many of their staff work part-time or flexible hours, and their chief executive officers' job-share. Applications from people who want to work flexibly are welcomed.

All staff at CDPS work remotely with 2 annual all person get togethers as well as the opportunity to work collaborative and meet up with teams in person.

What the Data Analyst will be doing

• Agile working: working as part of an agile, multidisciplinary team to continuously learn and adapt to changing priorities.
• Data management: manage, clean, and aggregate data for analysis, with the ability to identify appropriate ways prepare data and decide if data is accurate and fit for purpose
• Data analysis and synthesis**:** apply analytical techniques to interpret data, identify patterns, and forecast trends
• Data sharing: present clear findings that colleagues can understand and use.
• Data visualisation**:** present data findings through dashboards, reports, and visualisations to tell compelling stories that are relevant to business goals and can be acted upon.
• Data governance: follow organisational data governance, including policies on data access, sharing, dissemination and protection
• Data modelling, cleansing and enrichment: produce data models and understand where to use different types of data models with the ability to compare different data models. Able to reverse-engineer a data model from a live system as required.
• Stakeholder engagement: collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to understand data requirements and communicate insights effectively.
• Quality assurance: ensure data accuracy and integrity by performing quality checks and adhering to data governance standards.

What the Successful Data Analyst will bring to the team

• Self-motivated with proactive and results-oriented mindset, and a passion for driving change
• Proficiency in data analysis tools and programming languages (e.g., SQL, Python, R).
• Strong experience in data visualisation and presenting complex information clearly.
• Ability to interpret and apply data governance and information security standards.
• Excellent communication skills, capable of conveying technical information to non-technical audiences.
• Demonstrated experience in managing multiple datasets and performing complex analyses.
• Experience at presenting data and findings to senior boards and user groups
• You will have experience of working in highly adaptive, agile environments.
• Experience working in a government organisation or on public service services.

Here’s what you’ll get in return

The successful Data Analyst will be rewarded with the following:

• Salary of £57,330 - £69,942
• Enhanced pension contributions – 7% contribution by the employer
• Generous holiday entitlement: 28 days’ annual leave plus public holidays
• 37.5-hour week for all full-time team members
• Flexible Working Policy
• Flexible benefits: buy and sell annual leave, discounted gym membership and OpenLearn (free learning from the Open University)
• Group income protection – a replacement income if an employee is unable to work because of a long-term illness or injury.
• Group critical illness protection – financial peace of mind for our employees by paying a tax-free lump sum of £100k when diagnosed with a defined critical illness.

Think this one's for you

If you think this Data Analyst opportunity is for you then please apply online. You will need to supply and up to date copy of your CV as well as a supporting statement detailing how you meet the essential criteria for the role.

Yolk Public Sector & Not-for-Profit team works with organisations across the UK to fulfil their recruitment needs and to achieve their D&I objectives. We recruit temporary, contract and permanent hires for 1 off specialist needs or for volume campaigns. We support our applicants to navigate the public sector recruitment processes and secure their dream jobs.

Yolk Recruitment is an equal opportunities employer and embraces diversity in our workforce. We employ the best people for the job at hand and actively encourage applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, age, race, religion, sexual orientation, disability, educational background, parental status, gender identity or any other protected characteristic. We champion and celebrate diversity at Yolk allowing our team to bring their whole selves to work.