Senior Digital Performance Analyst

If you're creative and curious to learn, want to be empowered to make decisions and challenge the norm, and want to bring BIG ideas to a MASSIVE digital challenge then you'll love it here. And we'd love to hear from you.

We're looking for a talented Senior Digital Performance Analyst to join our growing community of experts and become a key part of one of the biggest and highest-profile digital transformation programmes in the world.

Using fresh ideas and leading edge technologies - and putting the user at the centre of everything we do - we create innovative analytical solutions that make a difference to the lives of our 22 million users.

You will join our brilliant Digital Performance Analytics community, there are around 15 Digital Performance Analysts in the Department at the moment, which is very possibly the largest in-house team of web analysts in the country.

You and your role

We are looking for someone with a strong analytical background and mind-set, who can pick up a range of tools and data sets and 'hit the ground running'.

This role's a leadership one, so you will need to be someone who wants to engage with customers to help them work out what questions they actually want to answer, which aren't necessarily the ones they come to you with.

You will be exceptional in prioritising a portfolio of work and will enthusiastically lead decisions about what tools and techniques the department adopts.

What are we looking for?

• You have extensive experience of Web Analyst or Data Analyst roles
• You are experienced in the use of web analytics tools (Google Analytics, Adobe, Piwik/Matomo)
• You have experience of a wide range of analytical and data manipulation skills (statistical analysis)
• You have knowledge and experience of 'Big data' tools and techniques (e.g. SQL, R, Python)
• You have a good working knowledge of advanced data visualisation tools (Power BI, Google Data Studio, Tableau)

Where You'll Work

You'll join us in our digital hub in Leeds. Easy to reach by bus and train, this hub is a modern, vibrant workplace designed for and by members of our digital community.

In Leeds we have the best of the city on our doorstep, with great options for shopping and eating nearby. If you fancy some ace streetfood from the likes of Manjit's Kitchen or Fat Annies then we're just across the road from Kirkgate Market.

We also have great facilities onsite including coffee shops and a restaurant, a pool, gym facilities and loads more.

We provide the latest tech and tooling and foster a collaborative culture to help our agile, multidisciplinary teams think big and try new things. You will work alongside people who care passionately about public service, making a difference and delivering for our customers.

We're the UK's biggest government department with over 80,000 diverse and brilliant people on our team. We are an equal opportunity employer and we welcome applications regardless of age, gender, race or sexuality.

Our Offer

In return for your skills we offer competitive salary up to £52,275**, a brilliant civil service pension, and a generous leave package. **An additional allowance may be payable based on capability/skills.

We also have a broad benefits package built around your work-life balance which includes:

• Flexible working

• Family friendly policies

• Volunteering and charitable giving

• Discounts and savings on shopping, fun days out and more

• Interest-free loans to buy a bike or a season ticket, so it's even easier for you to get to work and start making a difference

• Sports and social activities

• And lots more

Building Our Future

We believe the work we do really matters, so we're serious about investing in your ability.

You'll have access to a huge suite of training and learning opportunities to complement the new skills and experience you'll acquire on the job. You'll share ideas with colleagues from across the tech community, and grow your skills via our coaching and mentoring programmes.

Hit APPLY for more information and to register and continue your application at the Civil Service Jobsite.

The deadline for receipt of formal applications is 1st April 2019