Junior Data Analyst - Energy & Utilities Projects (Temp)

UniHomes; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 25,878 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Great Place to Work

Living Wage employer

Office in Sheffield

Job summary

UniHomes in Sheffield is seeking a Junior Data Analyst to join the Data team on a temporary basis (June–Sept 2026) to progress analytical projects that improve how we understand utility consumption, pricing assumptions and property-level performance.

This hands-on role uses pre-prepared datasets with senior validation of outputs. You’ll focus on clear, well-documented analysis without needing the full data stack, with weekly check-ins and structured briefs guiding your work.

Qualifications

• Recent graduate or penultimate/final-year undergraduate in a quantitative discipline (e.g., Mathematics, Statistics, Data Science, Economics, Physics, Engineering).
• Confident with Excel or Sheets; exposure to SQL or Python is desirable but not essential.
• Comfortable testing relationships in structured data and presenting findings clearly.
• Strong attention to detail and a habit of documenting what you’ve done and why.
• Curious, organised and willing to ask questions when something doesn’t look right.
• Interest in utilities, property, energy data or the student housing sector is desirable but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of a defined set of analytical projects, including weather-to-usage correlation and consumption assumptions.
• Work with pre-prepared datasets provided by the senior team — no direct work in Snowflake, Salesforce, Tableau or dbt required.
• Test relationships in the data and produce clear, evidenced outputs — segmented where data allows by group size, EPC, heating type, location and property type.
• Document methodology, assumptions, sample sizes, exclusions and limitations for every piece of analysis.
• Label outputs clearly as exploratory, validated, recommendation or operational, and route them to the named senior reviewer before use.
• Attend weekly check-ins to share progress, raise data issues and surface early findings.
• Save working files and methodology notes so analysis can be picked up later by the permanent team.
• Provide clear, written hand-over of completed projects at the end of the contract.

Skills

Excel/Sheets

SQL

Python

Education

Quantitative degree

Job description

UniHomes in Sheffield is seeking a Junior Data Analyst to join the Data team on a temporary basis (June–Sept 2026) to progress analytical projects that improve how we understand utility consumption, pricing assumptions and property-level performance.

This hands-on role uses pre-prepared datasets with senior validation of outputs. You’ll focus on clear, well-documented analysis without needing the full data stack, with weekly check-ins and structured briefs guiding your work.