Data Officer

Data Officer

Application Deadline: 29 January 2026

Department: Research

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Home-based

Compensation: £37,130 per annum

Description

Are you someone who loves making a positive impact on dogs' lives?

We are looking for a Data Officer to join our research team on a permanent basis. In this role you will be responsible for managing, analysing and reporting on specified data related tasks and research projects, which fulfil the Research Team's role of ensuring that Dogs Trust's policy, practice and operational activities are based in the best evidence.

The focus project for this role will be the Generation Pup project - a longitudinal study which collects health and behavioural data about a cohort of thousands of publicly owned dogs. Examples of the tasks involved in the role include, but are not limited to, identifying and developing automated pipelines to increase the efficiency of data collection for the project, processing text data from pdfs and clinical records (through NLP pipelines), database management - including documentation of processes and maintaining records for the sharing and receipt of data, and testing and validation of development work.

What does this role do?

• Collate, analyse and report data
• Manage specific data tasks and research projects
• Plan, create, and produce scientific outputs for designated projects
• Build collaboration, culture, and data literacy
• Lead development, maintenance, and growth of key external collaborations
• Develop and maintain a thorough understanding of Data Science & Analytics plans and activities, as well as those of the wider Research Department, to identify links between projects as required.

Could this be you?

• We are looking for someone who has at least one of the following:
• An MSc in a relevant subject, such as, but not limited to: Data Science, Computer Science, Statistics, with additional relevant experience
• PhD in a relevant subject with some applied experience,
• A relevant degree with advanced professional experience and development

And:

• Able to produce clear written reports in accessible language for a range of end users
• Excellent levels of expertise in SQL and using R or Python for data cleaning, mining, analysis, and visualisation
• Expertise in the application of text mining / NLP to extract meaningful information from unstructured text data

Please download a full job description to find out more about responsibilities and experience required for this role.