Data Analyst

Data Analyst

Application Deadline: 29 August 2025

Department: Operations

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: London

Reporting To: Yasmine Draffin

Compensation: £42,000 - £44,000 / year

Description Overview of team purpose The Technology and Data department ensures that London & Partners maintains a secure, scalable, and resilient technological ecosystem that underpins the organisation's strategic goals and daily operations. We promote the effective use of technology and data, fostering collaboration to drive innovation, enhance internal processes, and support informed decision-making across the organisation. Purpose of the role As a Data Analyst at London & Partners, you will be instrumental in delivering our Data Strategy, transforming how we use data to drive inclusive growth, attract investment, and maximise impact for London. This role sits at the heart of our strategy's delivery - supporting core foundations such as data governance, quality, and process validation, while also contributing to forward-looking capabilities like automation, data warehousing, and the ethical application of AI. You will support colleagues across the organisation to access and interpret data independently, helping to embed a culture of self-service and data-led decision-making. Your contribution will ensure that insights are trusted, timely and actionable, directly supporting strategic objectives such as the London Growth Plan, key performance indicators including Gross Value Add (GVA) and Net Promoter Score (NPS), and the delivery of regulatory and funding reporting requirements.
Key Tasks Insight and Reporting

• Design, build, and maintain dashboards and reports that deliver performance insights aligned to organisational KPIs (e.g. GVA, NPS)
• Translate complex data into clear, meaningful insight for senior leaders and teams across business support, tourism and investment programmes
• Collaborate with programme leads to monitor and report on the impact of initiatives across London's growth sectors.
• Collaborate with colleagues who lead on reporting and insights, across the organisation to develop and promote a self-service reporting approach.

Data Governance and Quality

• Support the implementation of the data quality framework, including exception reports and Priority status reporting
• Partner with Data Owners and Stewards to identify, flag, and help resolve data quality issues
• Assist with defining and refining "golden records" and key datasets to improve consistency and confidence in reporting

Systems and Integration Support

• Work with IT and digital colleagues to validate data flows between systems, ensuring consistency and accuracy
• Help review and map key systems, processes, and APIs to support the development of a central data warehouse

Analytics and Innovation

• Contribute to the development of advanced analytics including predictive and prescriptive models
• Support pilots of ethical AI and machine learning use cases within the data lake(s)
• Identify opportunities to automate manual processes and enhance reporting efficiency

Capability Building

• Provide support and training to teams on how to access and interpret reports and dashboards
• Champion self-service analytics across the organisation by enabling access to trusted, well-governed data

You'll have/bring Essential:

• Proven experience in a data analyst or business intelligence role
• Strong proficiency in tools such as SQL, Excel, Power BI, or similar dashboarding platforms
• Experience working with data validation, cleansing, and reporting processes
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain data clearly to non-technical audiences
• Experience with data warehousing or centralised reporting environments
• Strong attention to detail and problem-solving ability

Desirable:

• Familiarity with public sector, economic development, or strategic reporting frameworks (e.g. GLA, UK Shared Prosperity Fund)
• Working knowledge of Python, or R
• Experience extracting and working with Salesforce data
• Understanding of data governance principles, GDPR, and data quality frameworks
• Exposure to AI or machine learning concepts and tools

You'll Get

• To join a fast paced, flexible and inclusive social enterprise
• Hybrid working environment
• 30 days' holiday in addition to UK public holidays
• Excellent employer pension contribution and Medical Cash Plan

Disclaimer: due to the high volume of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than the advertised date. This is to ensure our teams can manage application levels while maintaining a positive candidate experience. Once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications, so please submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. London's diversity is its biggest asset. At London & Partners, we aim to ensure our workforce reflects the diversity of the city that we promote. We encourage applications from people of any age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation or assignment, faith or disability. We also appreciate that many people require flexibility in their working patterns and encourage you to talk to us at interview about any flexibility you may need, be it full-time, job-share, or part-time. We encourage applications from all sections of the community.