Analyst (Home Working/Sittingbourne)

Location of Role: Sittingbourne/Home Working 

Advert Closing Date: 21/05/2024 

Starting Salary: £30,870.00 (pro-rata for part-time vacancies)

Part/Full Time: Full Time 

Contract Type: Permanent 

Working Pattern: Mon-Fri 

Weekend/Evening Working: No 

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an individual to undertake the role of Performance Analyst within the Central Analytical Team. If you have previous experience in a statistical and performance management environment and are passionate about supporting improvements for the public through data insights, then this could be the role for you.

As a performance analyst you will collect, organise, cleanse, and interpret data to find meaningful and actionable insights. You must be able to identify and apply the most appropriate analytical techniques to bring different data sources together, interpret requirements and be able to present, communicate and disseminates analysis and recommendations effectively and appropriately to a range of audiences.

You will also deliver statistical performance products to support strategic change, proactively interrogate a wide range of data sources to assist the force in meeting statutory data requirements and make recommendations as and when required to continuously improve data collection methods, data quality and statistical analysis.

You will be required to develop and sustain effective working relationships with a wide range of internal and external customers and present to audiences at the appropriate level to senior staff and officers across the force, to ensure they are kept updated on areas of risk.

This is a challenging role that requires you to:

• Have a minimum of a math-based A level or equivalent with statistical experience, or proven and well-evidenced, relevant experience in an analytical environment.
• Data driven mind set with strong numerical, analytical and problem-solving skills
• You will have advanced IT skills which will include Microsoft Office 365 and previous experience of designing and developing Data Dashboards.
• You will have outstanding communication skills to deliver presentations to a wide-ranging audience, write reports and present data in an appropriate format.

• You should be motivated, resilient, and organised with the ability to work independently whilst remaining part of a wider analytical community and prioritise your own workload.
• You will have an eye for detail, are inquisitive and, above all, will need to ensure data accuracy and integrity.

Previous experience collaborating with Data Engineers and Data Scientists to model and deliver large data sets and analytical report and working with multiple data visualisation tools and techniques including Advanced Excel, SQL, PowerBI and other programming languages would be advantageous but not essential.

Kent Police offer incremental increases within this salary band, therefore the salary for this position will rise to a maximum of £36,213.00.

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Your application is shortlisted on the content provided within the 'reason for application' section, which is limited to 9000 characters. Within your answer please refer to the criteria stated in this job advert and include any experience, skills and abilities you feel you have that will make you suitable for the role. Please ensure you provide as much detail as possible as insufficient information may mean that you do not meet the shortlisting criteria. 

All of our posts require a level of vetting and security clearance.  During the recruitment process you will be sent vetting information forms to complete. 

Kent Police and Essex Police welcomes applications regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, sex, or employment status.

Please let us know if you require extra support at any stage of the application process, or for further information regarding this position, please email us at recruitment.business.services@ecis.police.uk stating ‘Application Support and Adjustments’ in the title of your email. Alternatively, you can call us on 01245 452833.

Where appropriate we will make adjustments to the selection process, working arrangements and/or the working environment provided it is reasonable in all the circumstances to do so.

This post is open to British Citizens, members of the EC or other states in the European Economic Area. If you are a Commonwealth citizen or a foreign national, you must be a resident in the UK free of restrictions and with indefinite leave to remain in the UK. All applicants must have lived in the UK continuously for the past three years.

Essex Police and Kent Police are an equal opportunities employer. Communications may be recorded for monitoring purposes.