Location: Oxford OX1 1XX (hybrid working – minimum 3 days in office per week)Salary: £28,000 per year (six-month probationary per.....
Location: Oxford OX1 1XX (hybrid working – minimum 3 days in office per week)
Salary: £28,000 per year (six-month probationary period)
Contract: Full time, Permanent, 37.5 hours per week
Global Water Intelligence (GWI), the leading publisher and events organiser serving the international water industry, is looking to hire a hardworking and enthusiastic Graduate Data Analyst to join our team.
At Global Water Intelligence we collect a huge amount of data and are the main source of data for the international water industry. Our data and analysis are used by businesses, governments and investors to inform strategic decisions on the water sector. In some cases, we can collect near-comprehensive market data, while for others we need to rely on a combination of modelling, indicators, and contacts. In both cases, data needs to be collected, interpreted, and presented by in-house analysts who know enough about their subject area to validate and contextualise our numbers.
As a Graduate Data Analyst at GWI you will get to grips with new subject areas, explore unique datasets, and work out which data points we need in order to find the answer. We are looking for someone with a creative and inquisitive mind, with a good head for numbers and an adaptable approach to work.
Responsibilities:
• Build, manage and maintain datasets: As a data analyst you will help the wider data team to continue to provide invaluable forecast information and datasets to our clients. This includes collecting and organising external datasets, updating sources, carefully analysing information and accurately highlighting anomalies.
• Analysing and visualising data: Working with large datasets comes with challenges, this is why effective data analysis and visualisation is essential to draw out the interesting stories hiding behind the data.
• Clearly communicate information: Our customers rely on our numbers to help validate their business decisions. To earn that trust we need to communicate our methods and assumptions clearly and concisely. The same challenge applies internally. In a fast-paced research environment, complex topics and challenges need to be explained with the upmost clarity to ensure the whole team is on the same page.
• Managing projects: Most of what we do is a team effort, but getting great people to work well together is a skill in itself. We need people who are organised empathetic communicators to bring it all together.
• Working across teams towards wider business development growth: Your work will always be part of a bigger picture, and in taking ownership of your own projects you will collaborate with other teams from across the business to ensure everything we do contributes towards the company’s overall vision and goals.
Person requirements:
We do not expect any previous Data Analyst experience or knowledge of the water sector but, we are looking for candidates with strong academic credentials. If you think you are good at two or three of the following skills, we would like to hear from you.
• Knowledge of good data management practices, with the ability to collect, organize, and structure large datasets.
• Experience using Excel (including PivotTables or Power Query is desirable).
• Ability to analyse large datasets and draw out key trends/stories using effective data visualisation tools.
• Experience creating forecasts or data centric models is desirable.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to communicate complex data systems to the wider team.
• Project management skills, including scoping projects, delegating tasks and collaborating effectively with different teams.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment, including taking initiative, showing ownership of tasks, and managing your own time.
Additional benefits:
• International travel, opportunity to regularly attend international water conferences
• Company pension plan
• Holiday allowance of 25 days per year (pro rata)
• Opportunity to attend relevant training courses and conferences to develop within the role
To apply:
Please submit a CV and a covering letter to recruitment@globalwaterintel.com explaining in fewer than 200 words why you are applying for the job and what you think you can contribute to us that would make a real difference.
The closing date for applications is 12 January 2024.
We will discard the applications which do not come with covering letters. We will then draw up a shortlist of the strongest candidates for the position to whom we will send a skills test. On the basis of this test, we will narrow the field down to applicants for interview.
Please note, due to the high volume of applications we receive, we are unable to offer feedback on any applications not carried through to the interview stage.
