Data Science Analyst - IT&S

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Short summary

The role of Data Science Analyst will be key in the delivery of a Program of specific projects within the new Data & Analytics Team. A key activity will be to define requirements for these projects as well as visualise data from various departments and sources.

In this role you will work with multiple operational teams to help gather requirements from stakeholders. This will include facilitating workshops to gather the relevant requirements and associated information about data across the Crick.

You will be responsible for delivering accurate and timely Management Information based on business requirements and KPIs at both local and organisational levels. Using complex SQL queries and advanced database tools to collect, manipulate and analyse data and prepare reports, which may be in the form of graphs, charts and dashboards.

This role provides a contact point for colleagues from across for the organisation to request changes and improvements made to any existing reports which need to maintained according to team standards. This will demand troubleshooting and problem analysis to be able to respond to these requests and appropriately resolve any related queries.

You must be able to understand and convey technical ideas, concepts and procedures in clear, concise and accurate English, and be able to create well-structured dashboards, graphs or tables that are easily absorbed by the target audience and can be used by them for data-based justification or decision making.

About us

The Francis Crick Institute is a biomedical discovery institute dedicated to understanding the fundamental biology underlying health and disease. Its work is helping to understand why disease develops and to translate discoveries into new ways to prevent, diagnose and treat illnesses such as cancer, heart disease, stroke, infections, and neurodegenerative diseases.

An independent organisation, its founding partners are the Medical Research Council (MRC), Cancer Research UK, Wellcome, UCL (University College London), Imperial College London and King’s College London.

The Crick was formed in 2015, and in 2016 it moved into a new state-of-the-art building in central London which brings together 1500 scientists and support staff working collaboratively across disciplines, making it the biggest biomedical research facility under in one building in Europe.

The Francis Crick Institute will be world-class with a strong national role. Its distinctive vision for excellence includes commitments to collaboration; developing emerging talent and exporting it the rest of the UK; public engagement; and helping turn discoveries into treatments as quickly as possible to improve lives and strengthen the economy.