Head of Analytics

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Head of Analytics

Head of Analytics - Edinburgh (Remote/Hybrid)

Closing Date: 29 July 2022

Your New Organisation:

The Scottish Funding Council is the national, strategic body that invests £2 billion of public funds every year in tertiary education, research and knowledge exchange, through Scotland’s colleges and universities.. Its mission is to ensure that Scotland becomes the best place to learn, educate, research and innovate in the world.

Your New Role:

You will be working with senior leadership and policy experts across the organisation to provide expert support related to the analysis of college and university provision in Scotland. You will lead the Analytics team and support the Chief Information Officer in leading the Scottish Funding Council’s analytical function to drive evidence-based decision making both internally and externally to meet the needs of their stakeholders.

What You’ll Need To Succeed:

• Experience of the strategic and operational management of significant analytical functions.
• Experience of leading a programme of cultural change within a data/analytics/IT function.
• Effective leadership of staff to achieve performance excellence, both to create, deliver and support current capabilities and to develop technical innovations and continuous process improvements using Lean and/or Agile methodologies wherever possible.
• Ability to strategically challenge existing systems and processes, applying reasoning and informed logic, to ensure that all work generated is robust and appropriate to the desired outcome.
• Ability to think and act strategically combined with well-developed analytical skills and considerable experience of analysis-based policy development.
• Effective communication skills, together with a proven ability to analyse, understand and respond to complex issues in an appropriate manner, demonstrating good judgement.
• Effective interpersonal skills, including experience of representation and negotiation, in order to represent, negotiate and persuade, build/develop and maintain work relationships with internal and external stakeholders, as well as to work flexibly with colleagues in other parts of the organisation.
• Effective organisational and project management abilities to cope with diverse and changing workload.
• A broad understanding of the range of analytical software on the market. Working knowledge of Microsoft PowerBI, QlikView or SAS would be desirable.
• A good awareness of the current Scottish political and Government environment.
• Degree level education (SCQF level 9) or equivalent experience.

What You’ll Get In Return:

• A competitive salary of £53,721 - £63,363 DoE
• 37-hour work week (may consider flexible working)
• Annual Leave - 26.5 day per year (rising to 30 after 4 years of service) + 11.5 days public holidays
• Yearly Salary review
• Access to the Civil Service Pension Scheme (circa 27.9% Employer contribution)
• Remote/Hybrid Working

What You Need To Do Now:
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