Partnerships Data Analyst

Application Deadline: 5 August 2024

Department: Admissions & Operations

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Manchester

Reporting To: Associate Director, Partnerships Operations

Compensation: £34,500 / year

Description

What would we like…?We are looking for a motivated and talented individual to bolster the analytical and data visualisation capacity across Ambition Institute's Partnerships division.

As a Partnerships Data Analyst, you'll be the expert on providing easy-to-understand data visualisation and reporting solutions to support Ambition Institute's Sales, Partnerships, Marketing, Admissions and Development teams.

Sitting in the Partnerships Operations team, you will work with stakeholders across the department to provide teams with data driven insight that enables the teams to make effective decisions and to monitor their recruitment pipeline efficiently and accurately.

We Would Like You To

• Support continuous improvement by building reporting tools to improve task efficiency for internal customers, and investigate and resolve data issues and queries
• Ensure accuracy and consistency between our data and DfE and Ofsted data, and benchmark our data against public sector statistics.
• Produce regular reports for senior stakeholders, providing oversight and insights into recruitment pipelines and performance using Power BI and Salesforce.
• Provide written and in person guidance on how to use reporting tools, interpret data, and maintain data cleanliness within the department.
  
  

Working in a hybrid way, you'll be attached to either our Birmingham, London or Manchester office and will report to the Associate Director of Partnerships Operations. In line with our current ways of working, you'll be expected to be in the office at least 1 day a month, in addition to team days and this may be reviewed by Ambition.

Skills, Knowledge And Experience

To succeed in this role you'll have proven experience in working with quantitative data, undertaking analysis and providing reports to senior stakeholders. You will need to have experience of working with data stored in a CRM such as Salesforce, Excel skills, and proficiency with data visualisation tools such as Power BI or similar. Strong communication skills, the ability to build relationships with stakeholders, and the ability to manage sensitive information with discretion are also essential in this role.

What’s in it for you….?

• Competitive annual salary
• Professional development for all staff
• 25 days' annual leave, plus bank holidays and 'winter shut down' at the end of December/beginning of January
• Employer pension contribution of 11%
• Agile, hybrid working culture, so you can manage when and where you work
• Staff affinity networks that help keep equality, diversity and inclusion at the heart of our work
• Blind recruitment process to ensure equality and fairness in our hiring
• Enhanced maternity pay after a year's service
• Shared parental leave package
• Access to free, confidential 24/7 wellbeing and support line
• Comfortable and collaborative workspaces in the city centres of Manchester, Birmingham and London
• Work-from-home technology package to support hybrid working
• Interest free season ticket / bike loans
  
  

About youWe don't expect the person we hire to have all of the following, but this should give you a sense of what would enable you to thrive in this role and in our organisation:You should apply for this role if:

• You care deeply about educational disadvantage and being part of an organisation that challenges inequality
• You have a good work ethic and strive to make a difference in the job you do
• You always give maximum effort to understand and meet the needs of our partners and participants
• You always have a great attitude so we can do for all our colleagues, partners and participants
• You are open to feedback and learning because we want to keep getting better
• You work with your initiative to bring new ideas and a fresh perspective
• You are well organised and can prioritise work that will have the greatest impact
  
  

You'll love working at Ambition if…

• You want a career with a person-centred organisation with a cause at its heart.
• You have a collaborative work ethos, bring warmth and good humour to work and constructive outlook to every situation
• You enjoy working in a fast-moving workplace, with a great support structure around you
• You would like to grow with an ambitious organisation as it progresses over time
• Want flexibility in how you work – splitting your time between one of our offices and remote working and managing your own working patterns to get the job done.
  
  

How to apply…Applications will be considered for all office locations.

All applications must be received by the closing date 23:59 on 5th August 2024. Interviews are expected to take place in the week commencing 12th August 2024.

Our mission needs the best people for the job, which is why we use sift questions to assess candidates' genuine knowledge and skills. Sift questions are an opportunity for you to show us how you would do the job you are applying for, so please avoid using AI function tools (i.e. ChatGPT or other generative AI tools). We want to evaluate your response, so those found to use content taken from AI tools will have scores adjusted down.

We are committed to the safeguarding of children and the most vulnerable in our society and, as such, we are unable to employ individuals with relevant convictions, including the following: a conviction for an offence involving violence or dishonesty, of a sexual nature or against minors, or for any other offence that is relevant to the nature of the services provided by our organisation.

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