Head of Data Analysis, Insight and Quality with excellent management and team leadership skills is required for the Big Lottery Fund.
SALARY: £50,350 - £59,325 per annum, London £55,385 - £65,258 per annum + plus Generous Benefits.
LOCATION: The location for this role is flexible and can be based out of any of our offices – London, Birmingham, Newcastle, Manchester, Leeds, Exeter, Cardiff, Glasgow, Belfast, Newtown.
APPLICATION PROCESS: Candidates will be required to complete an online application form and the details will be emailed over separately. Please keep an eye out for our email.
Job overview
We now have an exciting opportunity for a Head of Data Analysis, Insight and Quality to join our new Information Team. The Team has a UK-wide remit to transform the way we think about and use our data through an ambitious programme of change being developed within a fast-moving and demanding information environment.
This is a high-profile job. As the Head of Data Analysis, Insight and Quality you will lead a small team of Senior Data Analysts and will be the centre of focus for data analysis, insight and quality. You will run our new Data Warehouse reporting system and leverage text-mining technologies to make the most of our existing data. Making this information accessible is critical to encouraging the sense of enquiry and curiosity that underpins better decision-making, so you’ll also design and deploy Tableau dashboards.
As the Head of Data Analysis, Insight and Quality you will lead by example, guiding and mentoring your team and helping to develop a broad functional family of like-minded colleagues throughout the Fund to improve our capacity. experience of managing a data or statistical analysis function is therefore key, along with experience of informal/dotted-line relationships with multi-disciplinary teams. A high level of technical competence is assumed for this role. You’ll have expertise in data analysis/segmentation, and be comfortable working to SLAs. You’ll also have managed consultants, internal and external suppliers, and team or project budgets.
Your excellent communication and people skills will give you the confidence to collaborate proactively and effectively with colleagues at all levels throughout and beyond the Fund. We’ll be looking for evidence that you can bring about collaborative evidence-based change.
About us
The Big Lottery Fund distributes around £650 million of National Lottery Funding across the UK each year supporting health, educational, environmental, and charitable projects.
We are fortunate to be able to support around 12,000 projects each year with grants ranging from as little as £500 to multi million pound programs. By funding good causes, the Fund makes a real difference to local communities.
The scale and diversity of our activity produces grant-making information of exceptional scope, richness and complexity. This certainly brings its own challenges, but it also means that there are very significant opportunities to help catalyse change and to make the most of this information for the benefit of our customers.
Candidate requirements
As the Head of Data Analysis, Insight and Quality you will have the following skills and experience:

Previous management and team leadership experience.

experience running Data Warehouse Reporting Systems and leveraging Text-Mining Technologies.

experience of managing data or statistical analysis function.

A high level of technical competence

Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Benefits for you
We seek to develop our staff and offer a wide range of personal development opportunities.
We offer a wide range of generous benefits including:

Generous annual leave and company pension scheme.

Flexible working to support staff with their work/life balance, taking into account things such as caring responsibilities, worship and attendance at religious festivals.

Enhanced paid maternity, paternity and adoption leave.

Childcare vouchers

Season ticket and cycle to work loans

Paid volunteering leave

We are an equal opportunities employer and celebrate the diversity of our staff. We positively encourage applications from individuals regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity. We also offer opportunities for part-time employment. We welcome applicants who can speak a second language.
How to apply
To be considered for this job vacancy, please submit your CV to our Recruitment Team who will review your details.
APPLICATION PROCESS: Candidates will be required to complete an online application form and the details will be emailed over separately. Please keep an eye out for our email.
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