Data Analyst - Turn Data into Policy Insights

Government Recruitment Service; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Government Recruitment Service in Edinburgh is seeking a Data Analyst to bring data to life and deliver evidence-based insights for the Insolvency Service and the wider Civil Service. You will help improve data literacy, build maturity, and automate data flows while supporting policy development and performance improvement.

The role offers flexibility with full-time, part-time, and job-share options, and a commitment to professional development.

Responsibilities

• produce the agency's regular official statistics, ensuring compliance with the Code of Practice for Statistics, to create outputs in a variety of formats for different audiences
• produce regular performance reports and dashboards, analysing data to create compelling, evidence-based data stories that help stakeholders make decisions
• use a range of analytical techniques, such as exploratory data analysis, descriptive statistics, time series analysis and correlation analysis, to identify and predict trends in data
• work with a variety of qualitative and quantitative data, ensuring analysis is of high quality and accuracy
• provide challenge and collaborate with other digital and analytical professionals to deliver collective insights
• continuously improve processes and systems, referring to the Analysis Function Standards, for example the Aqua Book

Skills

Data analysis

Data storytelling

Tools

Power BI

R

Azure Data Platform

Job description

Government Recruitment Service in Edinburgh is seeking a Data Analyst to bring data to life and deliver evidence-based insights for the Insolvency Service and the wider Civil Service. You will help improve data literacy, build maturity, and automate data flows while supporting policy development and performance improvement.

The role offers flexibility with full-time, part-time, and job-share options, and a commitment to professional development.