Data Analytics Lead (Fixed-Term Contract)
UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) is on a mission to protect clean sport and currently has an exciting opportunity available for you to join us.
We’re looking to recruit a Data Analytics Lead (Fixed-Term Contract), joining the
Education, Insight & Global Engagement, to play an active role to secure the data capabilities, tools, and techniques that are required to further enhance our activities. This is a fixed-term role, on a full-time basis until 31 March 2024.
About us
Our purpose:
To ensure doping-free sport, promoting and protecting clean sport through education, testing and enforcement.
Our values:
Integrity – We do what is right for clean sport, we are equitable and ethical, ensuring everyone is treated fairly and with respect.
Collaboration – We work together and with others, sharing knowledge and building relationships to better tackle doping.
Excellence – We strive to achieve high standards in the protection of clean sport, evolving with the times and finding solutions.
Passion – We are dedicated to keeping sport clean, are proud of what we do and know it matters.
Job purpose
You will contribute towards UK Anti-Doping’s 2021 - 2025 Strategic Plan is to secure the data capabilities, tools, and techniques that are required to further enhance our activities.
The responsibility of developing UKAD’s Data Analytics Strategy through co-ordinated, organisation-wide engagement has been assigned to the Insight & Innovation team. This post shall be responsible for leading this internal activity, as well as engaging with external stakeholders to understand related approaches undertaken by other organisations within Anti-Doping and wider sectors.
Key result areas include
- Lead on the development of insights, data visualisations and evidence-based reports with teams across UKAD
- Facilitate internal workshops including senior members of staff that seek to identify hypotheses that can be explored through analytics
- Develop, chair and drive a cross-team working group that maximises internal engagement and shared learning from analytics use cases.
- Collaborate with colleagues across UKAD to identify business requirements and how these can be included within a subsequent Data Analytics Strategy
- Define prioritisation criteria towards future initiatives including assessing the likely resource requirements, estimated timeframes for deliverables, alignment with strategy and communicate intended plans effectively with colleagues of all levels.
- Present complex issues by contributing towards internal reports such as the Board Performance Pack, Quarterly Business Report, and papers for Director’s Team.
- Develop and maintain effective partnerships with UK academic institutions, fellow National Anti-Doping Organisations and other identified strategic partners that will enable UKAD to pursue its data analytics ambitions
- Undertake stakeholder interviews to gather information in support of data analytics projects
- Promote UKAD’s data analytics interests through national and international research networks
- Co-facilitate meetings and briefings with senior staff, UKAD Board, and UKAD’s Innovation Commission ensuring that progress against the Data Analytics Strategy is reported in a timely and effective manner.
Person specification
Qualifications/experience/knowledge
- Experience of working with data sets across a range of sources, using data visualisation tools (e.g., Microsoft Power BI or Tableau), and extracting actionable insights
- Experience of managing projects that involve both internal and external stakeholders
- Experience of independently establishing and maintaining successful partnerships with external stakeholders
- An understanding of data protection, confidentiality, and experience of managing information with discretion
To view the full job description and person specification, click:
Data Analytics Lead_JD_FTC_.pdf (ukad.org.uk)
How to apply
Our values are at the heart of what we do, so if they align with you and you’re up for the fight against doping in sport, please complete the online application using the link below:
https://app.beapplied.com/apply/bp4nz0tibp
Deadline for applications is 23:59, Wednesday 22 March 2023
Benefits
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays and accrue one days annual leave for every year of service, up to 30 days
- Two days paid Sports Leave and one day paid Volunteer Leave per annual leave year
- SMART working – hybrid working arrangement between home and the office
- Flexible Start and Finish times (start between 08:00 – 10:00 finish between 16:15 – 18:15)
- Christmas closure, between Christmas and New Year
- Healthy Lifestyle Benefit
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Quarterly wellbeing half days each year
- Eye care vouchers
- Government Pension Scheme (LPGS) with UKAD contributing an additional four per cent pension allowance on top of your basic salary
- Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
- Family friendly leave including emergency leave and parental leave
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Interest free Season Ticket Loan
- Staff Consultation Forum
- Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Working Party