St Mary's University (SMU) Employability Services department is a team of committed, enthusiastic and student-centred colleagues who support and empower all students and graduates in their career development, to progress on to graduate level employment or further study after they finish their degrees, as well as in their employment, volunteering and placement activity whilst studying. We do this via one to one conversations, academic modules with in-built work placements, in curriculum teaching, careers fairs, a newly introduced placement year option, and more.
The key purpose of the Data Analyst role is to collect, organise, interpret, articulate and produce high quality analysis from a range of data sources (including student registration, student engagement and labour market and graduate destinations) for a range of St Mary’s University Employability Services (SMU ES) stakeholders and clients, to inform student employability and careers support activities, academic and strategic planning, and strategic objectives of SMU. The role includes responsibility for the university’s HESA Graduate Outcomes Survey return.
Working closely with the Head of Employability, the role holder will use and link analyses of different datasets creatively and innovatively to inform and enable strategic planning on key areas of activity including student engagement, graduate outcomes, and career readiness.
The role holder will be expected to create in PowerBI customised, visually appealing, and user-friendly data dashboards and reports for a range of stakeholders such as members of the SMU ES team, academic departments, and Strategic Planning, as well as SMU senior managers. The role holder will also be expected to identify trends and be able to bench data against other institutions.
The role holder will liaise with staff within the SMU Strategic Planning Department, to ensure that employability data is included in the relevant SMU-wide data sets, used for institutional planning and monitoring purposes, and to provide business intelligence to a range of stakeholders across the university.
If you have an interest in graduate employability and higher education policy, as well as a commitment to accurate data and user-friendly data visualization, then this could be the role for you. Experience in higher education is desirable for this role. What is essential is a genuine interest in and experience of data analysis, accuracy and attention to detail, good professional writing skills and a collaborative approach.
We are also looking for candidates who:
If you would like to have an informal chat regarding the role, please contact Dr. Janie Angell @ Janie.Angell@stmarys.ac.uk
St Mary’s University is committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Learn more about our EDI initiatives and work as a Disability Confident employer. We will consider hybrid/flexible/part-time/job share working arrangements.
Candidates must be able to demonstrate their eligibility to work in the UK in accordance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006.
Closing Date: 16 November at 23:00
We encourage all interested candidates to submit applications early to avoid disappointment as we reserve the right to close vacancies and interview the candidates prior to the advertised closing date.
Interview Date: 1 December 2023
