Senior Data Analyst - 6564

Overview

Job Title: Senior Data Analyst

Salary: £35,200 - £45,700

Location: Cambridge, Hybrid (2 days per week working from the office are expected)

Contract: Permanent, Full Time (35 hours per week)

Do you have strong analytical abilities and advanced data manipulation skills? Are you familiar with a range of statistical and data analysis methodologies?

We are seeking a Senior Data Analyst with a passion for working with data and exceptional numerical skills to join the Assessment Measurement Department at Cambridge Assessment English.

We are Cambridge University Press & Assessment, a world-leading academic publisher and assessment organisation and a proud part of the University of Cambridge.

About the role

As a Senior Data Analyst, you will provide data analysis and psychometric support for a variety of English language tests. You will be responsible for evaluating test data and designing and producing statistical reports on a demanding schedule that requires accuracy and attention to detail. In addition, you will identify innovative solutions to enhance the processes and systems used in Assessment Measurement. This includes designing, developing, and testing new analysis and data processing routines for departmental use.

Responsibilities

• A major part of this role involves carrying out statistical and data analysis to ensure our examinations provide valid and accurate results. This encompasses areas such as evaluating the performance of test materials, malpractice detection and examiner monitoring.
• The business has a strong process improvement culture to which the post holder will contribute through the development and/or testing of software to ensure optimum efficiency and efficacy of departmental processes.
• The post holder will also be required to provide technical support for ad-hoc data requests and to assist in research activities such as long-term educational development projects and the development of new analysis methods.
• Advise on appropriate and feasible analytics, and inferences that can be made from them.

About you

With a degree that includes a strong quantitative component and analytical focus (or equivalent work experience), you will be skilled in managing and analysing large and complex data using computational statistical software and programming languages (e.g. R, Python, SAS).

As our next Senior Data Analyst, you will have experience in the designing and developing user-friendly data applications and statistical reports. You will be familiar with a range of quantitative research methods and statistical analysis procedures, ideally in the field of educational assessment and/or language testing.

In addition, you will demonstrate the ability to work under pressure, with strong prioritisation and time management skills. You will be capable of communicating complex concepts in a clear, accessible, and impactful manner, including writing reports for diverse stakeholders. More broadly, you will provide credible and effective recommendations to colleagues across the organization.

If you would like to know more about this opportunity and what will make you successful, please see the full job description attached to the bottom of this vacancy on our careers site.

Rewards and benefits

We will support you to be at your best in work and to live well outside of it. In addition to competitive salaries, we offer a world-class, flexible rewards package, featuring family-friendly and planet-friendly benefits including:

• 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Private medical and Permanent Health Insurance
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Group personal pension scheme
• Life assurance up to 4 x annual salary
• Green travel schemes

We are a hybrid working organisation, and we offer a range of flexible working options from day one. We expect most hybrid-working colleagues to spend 40-60% of their time at their dedicated office or location. We will also consider other work arrangements if you wish to work more flexibly or require adjustments due to a disability.

Ready to pursue your potential?

Apply now. We review applications on an ongoing basis, with a closing date for all applications being 16th November 2025 and interviews are scheduled to take place on the week commencing 24th November 2025.

Please note that successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory background checks including DBS due to working in a regulated industry. Cambridge University Press & Assessment is unable to sponsor this role under the Skilled Worker Visa route as it does not meet the minimum skill requirements.

Why join us

Joining us is your opportunity to pursue potential. You'll belong to a collaborative team that's exploring new and better ways to serve students, teachers and researchers across the globe - for the benefit of individuals, society and the world. Sharing our mission will inspire your own growth, development and progress, in an environment which embraces difference, change and aspiration.

Cambridge University Press & Assessment is committed to being a place where anyone can enjoy a successful career, where it's safe to speak up, and where we learn continuously to improve together. We welcome applications from all candidates, regardless of demographic characteristics (age, disability, educational attainment, ethnicity, gender, marital status, neurodiversity, religion, sex, gender identity and sexual identity), cultural, or social class/background. We believe better outcomes come through diversity of thought, background and approach. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and communities, actively seeking to employ people from a wide range of different communities.