Senior Data Analyst, BBC Monitoring

BBC Group and Public Services; London; Hybrid; GBP 44,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Join BBC Monitoring as a Senior Data Analyst to enhance editorial output with data analysis and visualization. Apply your expertise in media analytics and lead initiatives that promote a data-driven culture while collaborating across teams. This hybrid role offers a competitive salary and a chance to shape the future of BBC's data strategies.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

25 days annual leave

Defined pension scheme

Discounted health care benefits

Qualifications

• In-depth knowledge of media analytics and methodologies.
• Experience mentoring and training team members.
• Comfortable working with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop and drive best practices in data analysis.
• Create visual dashboards for ongoing insights.
• Encourage data-driven culture through training and workshops.

Skills

Media analytics

Data analysis

Dashboard building

Scripting languages

Social analysis

Education

Degree in Data Science or related field

Tools

Tableau

Kibana

Power BI

Job description

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No other media organisation has an operation like BBC Monitoring, with its ability to track, decipher and analyse news media in dozens of languages. Our detailed knowledge of complex media environments in the non-Western world puts us in a unique position to spot unusual media behaviour or evolving propaganda tactics which could act as an early warning system for shifting geopolitical or societal dynamics.

Our expertise stems from access to hard-to-reach sources, knowledge of a particular region or topic and fluency of a combination of languages. Whether the story is about jihadism, media freedom, propaganda, disinformation, or social media’s potential to be a force for change, we can offer a unique perspective.

With an increasing importance of data analysis and visualisation this role is part of a newly formed central editorial hub providing support to all BBCM editorial teams. As a Senior Data Analyst, you will use your experience and skills to ensure a consistent, best-practice approach is taken to data collection and analysis. You will drive excellence across the department and encourage collaboration to deliver in-depth data analysis and actionable insights within the editorial output. This role will be at the heart of driving a strategic transition to a more data-driven organisation.

Main Responsibilities

• Responsible for developing and driving best practice across BBCM.
• Support the transition to a more data-driven approach in editorial output.
• Mentor and develop other editorial team members to build on skill and potential.
• Proactively encourage and develop opportunities to use data and evidence in editorial output.
• Create key visual dashboards to enable editorial teams to provide ongoing insight into ongoing areas of analysis.
• Evangelise a data-driven culture, running training, workshops and knowledge shares.
• Develop own skills in analytics-related areas keeping up to date with the latest developments in the field.
• Liaise with suppliers and assessing tools.

Are you the right candidate?

• In-depth knowledge of media analytics, data, measurement, methodologies and industry standards including online and offline channels.
• Experience of building dashboards using tools such as Tableau, Kibana, Power BI or similar tools
• Extensive knowledge of one or more scripting languages e.g. SQL, R, Python
• Experience of social analysis and listening tools and methodologies such as BrandWatch, Crowdtangle or similar
• Comfortable working alongside cross-functional teams interacting with Product Managers, Engineers, Journalists, Business Development etc.
• Understanding of compliance issues related to data
• Understanding of agile methodology & principles of product management.
• Experience of mentoring, training and coaching.
• Experience of working with editorial teams on using data in output
• Knowledge of Editorial Guidelines and relevant areas of data compliance

Package Description

Band: D
Contract type: Permanent, Full-time

Department: BBC Monitoring
Location: Flexible (UK) - Hybrid
Proposed Salary Range: £44,200 - £51,533 per annum, depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.

We're happy to discuss flexible working. If you'd like to, please indicate your preference in the application – though there's no obligation to do so now. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.

Disclaimer

This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance. This is not intended to be a complete, detailed account of all aspects of the duties involved.

Please note: If you were to be offered this role, the BBC will conduct Employment screening checks which include Reference checks; Eligibility to work checks; and if applicable to the role, Safeguarding and Adverse media/Social media checks. Any offer made is conditional on these checks being satisfactory.

The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC and they will be given priority consideration ahead of other applicants. Priority consideration means for those employees seeking redeployment their application will be considered alongside anyone else at risk of redundancy, prior to any individuals being considered who are not at risk.

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Life at BBC

Here you will benefit from:

• Fair pay and flexible benefits including a competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pensionscheme and discounted dental, health care and gym.
• Excellent career and professional development.
• Support in your working life, including flexible working which you can discuss with us at any point during the application, selection or offer.
• A values-based organisation where the way we do things is important as what we do.

Benefits may vary if you are joining on an FTC basis.

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We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to join us. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.

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