Data Analyst

Data Analyst - 12 Month Fixed Term Contract - (Maternity Cover)

Salary: £46,382 PA

Origin – Great homes, positive people, and strong communities

An inspiring past and a bright future

A home is the essential foundation for a good quality of life, so what we do every day really matters to the wellbeing of our communities. Here at Origin, we trace our roots back one hundred years, building and managing high quality homes as well as providing support services and housing for those who are most vulnerable in London and Hertfordshire. We work to provide safe, decent affordable homes and support for individuals and communities.

Focused on our residents, our driving ambition is to provide services that make people’s lives easier, and homes and communities they can be proud to live in. We are ‘not for profit’ and reinvest all our surpluses back into our varied and vibrant neighbourhoods.

The role – Data Analyst

The Data Analyst will utilise data on Origin customers and homes to provide meaningful analysis and insight. Helping us to meet our business objectives and provide value to teams.

What you will do.

Improve our existing reporting processes:

• Collaborate with stakeholders to create automated and self-service reporting solutions which provide value for the business.
• Develop a suite of modern KPI dashboards and reports using SQL and Power BI
• Develop automated reports for Executive Team, Board and Customer Services Committee

Help us unlock the value in our data:

• Develop and manage shared datasets within Power BI, creating reusable and reliable single source datasets for reporting.
• Support development of data models and pipelines that can be used for data analysis and visualisation.

Solve real business problems:

• Collaborate with people across the business to understand their problems, then provide data solutions to help them solve the problem.
• Help embed new solutions within the business through demos and training to ensure we are maximising the value we get from them.
• Help us measure the success of any customer facing initiatives or products such as our customer portal.

Take the lead:

• Contribute towards the development and implementation of our data strategy, including actively looking for ways we can improve processes around data.
• Be an advocate for data-literacy and data-driven decision making throughout the business. Including providing guidance on best practise.
• Work hard to understand the business and our stakeholders needs, so that we can better align and prioritise our work.

Go the extra mile:

• Keep up to date with sector reporting requirements and best practice and new trends in data and related technologies.

What you’ll need:

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Good attention to detail.
• Experience with data tools.
• Knowledge of data best practice.
• Strong communication skills.
• Driven by business outcomes.

This is a great opportunity for someone who thrives on having a wide range of responsibilities and wants to play a key role in improving our data analytics and decision making.

Other desirable and technical skills:

There are a few more skills that would be good to have, but these are not essential. We are eager to hear from you even if you do not tick all these boxes, as long as you are keen to learn and develop over time.

• Proficient in Python.
• Experience with Microsoft Azure data services such as Data Lake, Data Factory, Databricks, Logic Apps, Functions.
• Experience with modern data tools such as Fivetran, dbt, Airflow.
• Experience with Microsoft Power Platform, including Power Automate, Dataverse and the Common Data Model.
• Familiar with agile methodologies, particularly Scrum, and Continuous integration/deployment.
• Knowledge of the social housing sector.

Our Values:

Our core values are at the heart of how we work.

• Take the lead.
• Create energy.
• Build trust.
• Be generous.
• Stay grounded.
• Remember the little things.

We are committed to the wellbeing of our people and in creating an environment that promotes diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging.

Our benefits to you:

• Origin’s ways of working make it easier for you to balance work and home life. You will benefit from flexible working which offers you the opportunity to work from where you are most effective, with the technology and equipment you need, as well as access to flexible space for collaborative working.
• A Salary of £46,382 PA
• A generous 25-day holiday allowance plus bank holidays, that increases with time, with the opportunity to buy and sell leave.
• 2 additional ‘giving something back’ volunteer days.
• A pension scheme with contributions from 4-8% of your salary
• Family leave, compassionate leave and enhanced maternity pay.
• Simply Health cash plan providing money back when you spend on health appointments including physiotherapy, dental and opticians.
• Interest free loans to help spread the cost of a season ticket or another big purchase.
• Annual staff conference, team away days and annual team meal allowance
• Access to Perk Box for fantastic savings on everyday purchases and much more
• Free employee assistance programme
• Opportunities to join staff network groups.
• Refer a friend bonus.

We are also committed to ensuring that our people have access to an excellent range of learning and development opportunities including our induction programme, course sponsorship, leadership development, mentoring and talent schemes along with professional membership if it is a requirement to your role.

Tell us your story:

We are looking forward to learning about you. Please help us get to know you by sending your latest CV and covering letter detailing how your skills and experience meet the job description for the Data Analyst role outlined above. 

Closing date for applications: 6 July 2024

Please note that suitable candidates will be invited to interview throughout the application window and therefore the vacancy may close at short notice. However, all candidates will be advised of the outcome of their application and therefore interested candidates are encouraged to apply at their earliest convenience.