Junior Data & Analytics Developer 2022

Jisc is the UK higher, further education and skills sectors’ not-for-profit organisation for digital services and solutions. We operate shared digital infrastructure and services; negotiate sector-wide deals with IT vendors and commercial publishers; and provide trusted advice and practical assistance for universities, colleges and learning providers.

We believe in technology for good – in improving lives through education and research. Our people want to make a real change and are at the heart of our success. At Jisc, everyone plays a key role and gets the chance to feel part of it, that to us is the definition of a meaningful career.

We’re a place unlike any other, where the best of education fuses with the best of technology to create a unique model with unique opportunities and interesting problems to solve in a diverse and inclusive environment. It’s what keeps our work varied, original and surprising – and that’s why we love it.

Our story will be written by those ready to take on challenges and see them through; the kind of people who never stop learning, celebrating differences and using it to drive better solutions. You can look forward to a rewarding job with opportunities to develop and make a real difference to the education and research sectors.

The team

The data analytics directorate supports members and customers by providing data analytics and services, which enrich the student experience, and advance higher and further education with powerful business intelligence and analysis.

The data and content team is responsible for the survey tools that customers use to collect data, the business intelligence tools, dashboards, insights and data they use to make decisions as well as the tools that help them assess their own digital maturity. The team includes a breadth of dedicated skills and expertise, it is responsible for prototyping and delivering new data and content products as well as delivering, enhancing and maintaining existing products. Central to our approach is delivering value to our customers, ensuring we develop the right products at the right time.

The team follow scaled Agile Scrum and organise into Squads with members skills and experience mapped to delivering a subset of our portfolio. We maintain a Skills tree and actively promote skills acquisition and diversification. We’re a supportive bunch, we have fun, there’s a wide variety of work to get involved in.

About the role

You will work as part of a data and content development team, overseeing the development of a portfolio of products within the Data Analytics directorate (specialising in the delivery of insights through, for example, dashboards and visualisations and custom data extracts) using knowledge of various software tools that provide value to, and delight, our customers. The role will work alongside the Data and Analytics Developers, working together, to grow, maintain and develop a suite of visually impressive and beneficial dashboards for our customers.

Other responsibilities will include:

• Work as part of Scrum development teams to prototype, develop, launch, maintain and enhance a portfolio of data analytics products that are quality assured, user focused, automated, reliable and secure
• Understand product vision and sprint goals and to input into sprint backlogs that are understood by everyone, and deliver potentially releasable increments of product
• Create statistically valid, user friendly visualisations and dashboards
• Learn and excel in methods for managing data across all parts of the development process
• Gain knowledge to understand the national data landscape to inform product development
• Create project documentation, document code/ visualisations and user support materials to agreed standards;
• Provide support to the Customer Success team in relation to user enquires relating to products
• Get up to date with technologies and practices through formal external training, on the job training, interaction with co-workers and self-learning;
• Work collaboratively with external bodies in the UK and internationally and where applicable foster partnerships with these bodies to inform product development for Jisc’s customers

About you

We know that sometimes people can be put off applying for a job if they think they can’t tick every box but we realise the ‘perfect candidate’ doesn’t exist. So, if you can do most of what we’re looking for, go ahead and apply. You could be exactly what we need!

We are looking for:

• A good understanding of GDPR
• Ability to use technology to manipulate data and derive insights
• Experience in producing dashboards, data visualisations and documentation
• Experience of Python or R for processing and analysing data; using statistical analysis eg SPSS
• Advanced Excel skills
• Experience of /understanding of the issues of working with personal data
• Web development
• An ability to act and work independently and as an effective and enthusiastic team member
• The ability to exercise initiative and self-direction, show a high degree of responsibility and effectively prioritise a busy workload
• Identifying and evaluating software tools to solve problems
• Enjoy working in a fast-paced, growth environment and comfortable with building out new processes and optimising them

Why work at Jisc

We want to make sure our people have the flexibility they need to balance their personal lives and do well at work. So, we focus on outputs rather than presenteeism and are open to a whole range of ways of working, including flexible hours and working from home.

You can look forward to a rewarding job with opportunities to develop and make a real difference to the education and research sectors. At Jisc we offer hybrid working so you have the flexibility to work from home or if you prefer, from any of our offices. At times you may be required to attend meetings, however there are situations where you may need to work from the office more often, but will be dependent on your role requirement.

We’re always learning and developing. All our people have access to a huge variety of learning resources to help them achieve this.

Benefits

Our benefits are great too. We offer:

• 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays and three additional days Christmas closure) and flexible agile working
• A range of health and wellbeing benefits, including access to wellbeing support
• The option to join a generous pension scheme
• A wide range of discounts, a cycle scheme, financial wellbeing savings and season ticket loans, as well as a range of other benefits
• We also offer generous parental leave arrangements, career breaks and volunteer leave

Connecting with each other is easy, thanks to our technology but getting face to face is something we value and find time for when we can. Our main offices are Bristol, London, Harwell and Manchester, so you may need to travel on occasion.

Other stuff you need to know

At Jisc we celebrate diversity and know that it is critical for our success. We work hard to make sure we’re inclusive. So, if you are great at what you do and share our values, we want to hear from you.

If you need any adjustments made to the application or selection process so you can do your best, let us know. We will be happy to help.

Just so you know, we review CVs as we receive them, and interview as soon as we have applications that look like a good match (usually within a week). We don’t use closing dates. So, please apply as soon as possible to avoid missing out on this role. We advertised this role on 06/06/2022.