Data Analyst

Centrepoint; London; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Centrepoint, a leading UK charity for youth homelessness, seeks a Data Analyst to join the Operations Data Team based in London. This role involves statistical analysis, Power BI reporting, and contributing to data-informed decisions that support young people. Join a mission-driven organization committed to ending youth homelessness by 2037.

Benefits

25 days of annual leave, rising to 27 days

Healthcare cash plan

Private Medical insurance

Income protection

Pension contributions of 5%

Cycle to Work loan scheme

Interest-free travel loan

Qualifications

• Numerically literate with attention to detail.
• Effective communicator with ability to convey insights to non-technical audiences.
• Experienced with Power BI, SQL, and one of R or Python.

Responsibilities

• Conduct deep-dive statistical investigations, including modelling.
• Own a portion of the Power BI suite, including various reporting.
• Support with back-end data flow from Salesforce to SQL.

Skills

Analytical Skills

Attention to Detail

Effective Communication

Problem Solving

Collaboration

Self-Development

Tools

Power BI

SQL

R or Python

Job description

Contract: Permanent, Full-Time (37.5 hours per week)

Salary: £28,980 - £34,543 per annum

Closing Date: Monday 30th June 2025

Interviews will be held w/c Monday 14th July 2025

Centrepoint, the UK’s leading youth homelessness charity, is looking for Data Analyst to join our Operations Data Team based in London.

About Us

We help vulnerable young people by giving them the practical and emotional support they need to find a job and live independently. Centrepoint provides homeless young people with accommodation, health support and life skills in order to get them back into education, training and employment. We want to end youth homelessness by 2037.

Together with our partners, we support over 16,000 young people each year.

The Operations Data Team provides insights to support our front-line staff and head office colleagues to make data-informed decisions to benefit our young people, our accommodations and our wrap-around support services. This could look like a deep-dive statistical projects that identify factors associated with certain outcomes, or creating Power BI reports and data-tools that make life easier for our stakeholders. You will form relationships with all functions of the organisation to understand what support is required, and how to deliver it effectively.

Centrepoint operates a hybrid working model. The current requirement is a minimum of two days in the office per week, with the remaining days worked remotely. From 1 July 2025, this will increase to a minimum of 50% of your working week. For most full-time colleagues, this means attending the office for five days over a two-week period (e.g., two days one week and three days the next). For colleagues on different contracts (including part-time or compressed contracts) this will be adjusted accordingly.

About You

• Numerically literate with an attention to detail.
• Effective communicator with ability to convey insights to non-technical audiences.
• Experienced with Power BI, SQL, and one of R or Python.
• Professional and responsive, enjoys supporting people and overcoming challenges.
• Engaging, committed to self-development and continuous improvement of our data-tools and reporting.
  
  

What You’ll Be Doing

• Deep-dive statistical investigations, including modelling to assess relationships. A recent example has been ‘Which factors are associated with our young people achieving employment, education or training on departure?’
• Own a portion of the Power BI suite, and able to contribute to all reporting. This includes regulatory reports, internal performance reports, and reports for corporate donors.
• Respond to ad-hoc queries to support projects, innovation and fundraising. A recent example was identifying those with long periods of economic activity, to assist our jobs and careers team with supporting hard-to-reach populations.
• Supporting with the back-end data flow from Salesforce to SQL.
• Building relationships throughout the organisation, to help the team have a visible presence and drive Centrepoint forwards in a data-informed manner.
  
  

Why join Centrepoint?

In return for your efforts you’ll receive a competitive salary, excellent training and development, and a host of staff benefits including:

• 25 days of annual leave per year, rising by one day per year to a maximum of 27 days
• Healthcare cash plan (Cover the costs of a wide range of medical treatment including Dental, Optical, Complementary and Alternative therapies).
• Private Medical insurance
• Income protection
• Employer pension contributions of 5%
• Access to Cycle 2 Work loan scheme
• An interest-free travel loan
  
  

At Centrepoint we challenge the discrimination within society that contributes to youth homelessness, and we are just as committed to fairness and equality within Centrepoint itself. We are passionate about ensuring all of our colleagues are made to feel included in the work we do and that we value the rich diversity within the organization.

We are an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications regardless of sex, gender, race, age, belief in any religion and none, gender identity, ethnic origin, class, sexuality, nationality, appearance, unrelated criminal activities, disability, responsibility for dependents, part time or shift workers, being HIV positive or living with AIDS, lived experience of homelessness or using young people’s services and any other matter which causes a person to be treated with injustice.

Centrepoint’s policy is to recruit, employ and promote people on the basis of their suitability for the work to be performed, and to this end, our aim is to ensure that all applicants, employees and volunteers receive equal treatment.

Don’t miss out on this fantastic opportunity to join our team as a Data Analyst click ‘Apply’ now!