Data Analyst

BBC; London; Hybrid; GBP 27,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative organization is seeking a passionate Data Analyst to join their Business Information Team. This role involves extracting and analyzing data to generate insightful reports that drive business decisions. The successful candidate will collaborate with a team of data analysts and provide technical expertise to non-data-oriented colleagues. With a focus on accuracy and quality, you'll play a key role in enhancing reporting systems and processes. The company offers a hybrid working model, excellent career progression, and unrivaled training opportunities, making this an exciting chance to grow in your data analysis career.

Benefits

Excellent career progression

Unrivalled training and development opportunities

Flexible working week

25 days annual leave plus options

Defined pension scheme

Discounted dental and health care

Gym membership discounts

Qualifications

• Experience in data analysis with a focus on accuracy and detail.
• Proficiency in data visualization tools to create insightful reports.

Responsibilities

• Extract and analyze data to prepare monthly reports.
• Provide technical expertise for analytics queries and guide colleagues.

Skills

Data Analysis

Attention to Detail

Data Visualization

Microsoft Excel

Communication Skills

Scripting Languages (Python, SQL, VBA)

Tools

Tableau

Power BI

Job description

Package Description

Job Reference: 21063

Band: C

Salary: £27,600 - £35,050 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

Contract type: Continuing/Permanent

Location: London – Broadcasting House. This is a hybrid role, and the successful candidate will balance office working with home working.

Benefits

• Excellent career progression – the BBC offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organisation.
• Unrivalled training and development opportunities – our in-house Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certification.
• Benefits - We offer a negotiable salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme, and discounted dental, health care, gym, and much more.

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Job Introduction

We are currently recruiting for a Data Analyst to join our Business Information Team within the content division. Reporting to the Lead Data Analyst and working closely with a team of Data Analysts, the successful candidate will be responsible for providing accurate information and insight to the business, while managing and coordinating processes to support BBC reporting requirements.

Main Responsibilities

• Extracting and analysing data from BBC systems to prepare monthly reports.
• Producing ad-hoc reports and data visualisation requests.
• Providing technical expertise and acting as a first point of contact for analytics queries from non-data-oriented colleagues, whilst also guiding on analysis for their roles.
• Undertaking data quality checks on business data from various sources within the BBC to ensure timeliness, accuracy, and quality of data within reporting systems.
• Developing an understanding of BBC Content’s current systems and workflows, and suggesting process improvements based on observations and participation in structured projects.

Are you the right candidate?

• Passion for and demonstrable work experience in data analysis.
• High attention to detail and practical experience analysing complex and confidential information.
• Experience with data visualisation tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI) to create charts and dashboards.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including Pivot Tables, Graphing, and Complex Formulae.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Understanding of one or more scripting languages such as Python, SQL, VBA.

About The BBC

The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the organisation and prioritises these applications. We value how we do our work, emphasizing our values and behaviours. We promote diversity and inclusion, welcoming applications from all backgrounds and considering flexible working requests where possible.