Starting Salary: £52,150 pro rata, per year
Salary Range: £52,150 - £59,687 pro rata, per year
Hours: Part Time (30 hours, 0.86 FTE)
Location: Longmore House, Edinburgh with hybrid working
Expected date for interview: Week commencing 27th April 2026
Contract type: Fixed Term
Historic Environment Scotland (HES) is seeking candidates for a role within the Corporate Analysis and Performance team.
What difference does Scotland’s heritage make to the people who live here?
As Senior Analytics Manager (Socio-Demographic Analytics) you will design, develop and maintain the strategic evidence base to answer questions like this to inform HES plans and strategies and ensure best value.
About the role
Corporate Analysis and Performance (CAP) is a small, specialist team whose purpose is to enable decision-making and delivery of HES’s long-term outcomes set out in our Corporate Plan Heritage for All. We provide high quality analytics, operational planning, corporate performance management and risk management, promoting best value and continuous improvement.
Reporting to the Head of CAP and collaborating with the Economic Adviser and senior cultural, environmental, policy and commercial analysts/teams internally and externally, you will address strategic questions related to the contribution of the historic environment to Scotland’s national priorities, future direction of the sector and HES. This will involve building trusted relationships, designing and developing the socio-demographic evidence base, managing projects and processes and contributing thematic evidence to individual business cases to inform Executive Leadership Team decisions.
You will build organisation capability and act as an ambassador for good practice analysis across HES and the sector by sharing knowledge, promoting an evidence-based culture and coaching and mentoring others to ensure our plans, programmes and strategies and the decisions we take deliver our long-term outcomes.
You will be responsible for delivering the following:
Strategic Evidence Base – you will take the lead on the design and development of the strategic socio-demographic evidence base to support planning and decision-making. You will develop and provide evidence to support the creation of plans, programmes, policies and projects at Directorate, organisation, sector and national level. This includes developing, publishing and disseminating Scotland’s Historic Environment Audit (SHEA), a compendium of data about Scotland’s unique heritage assets, the benefits they bring and how these are changing over time.
Evaluation and Reporting – you will lead the development and improvement of evaluation and reporting, including the HES Corporate Plan Key Performance Indicators, collaborating with colleagues across HES, and evaluate and report on performance including through the Annual Report and Financial Statements.
Analytical Standards and Good Practice – you will enable the improvement of HES data maturity by leading the application of analytical standards consistent with national guidelines and acting as an ambassador for good practice analysis within the organisation and beyond, sharing knowledge, promoting an evidence-based culture and coaching and mentoring others. This includes advising on the development of the evidence-base and evaluation of the long‑term sector strategy, working with the HES national strategy team. You will also provide trusted advice and guidance on good practice, the strategic socio‑demographic evidence base and data sources to inform decision‑making, planning and strategy development at Directorate, organisation and national level.
Continuous Improvement – you will design and maintain an analytical programme to address gaps in the strategic socio-demographic evidence base, using existing research and data to produce novel insights, undertaking or commissioning new analysis and capacity building HES and the sector to do likewise. To facilitate continuous improvement, the postholder will maintain a network of internal and external peers and keep up to date with good practice, tools, techniques and data sources in the field.
Team Resilience – at times of high demand and/or reduced capacity you will contribute to CAP team resilience by deputising for corporate performance and analytics functions.
Note: There is no line management or budget responsibility in this role. However, you will be responsible for managing projects, processes and groups across line management structures and outside organisation boundaries to ensure outputs are produced on time and to expected quality standards.
About you
* Experience of leading the design and development of a robust strategic socio‑demographic evidence base to inform plans, strategies and decisions, building strong relationships and engaging with professions and disciplines internally and externally as required to do so
* Proven ability to communicate analysis and insight to different audiences, building trust and confidence to enable planning and decision‑making, including advising senior officials at executive, Board and Scottish Government level
* Problem‑solving experience including the ability to identify analytical needs and design analytical programmes, projects and responses to strategic questions within given constraints
* Understanding of qualitative and quantitative research methods, evaluation techniques and analytical tools
* Knowledge of data sources and ethical standards for data handling, privacy and quality assurance
* Ability to synthesize information from diverse sources, identify key trends and assess the robustness of evidence
* Proven experience of capability building and continuous improvement
* Experience of leading and working in a hybrid environment
* An understanding of HES outcomes and the National Performance Framework
* An understanding of the heritage sector and its key stakeholders
* Experience of managing projects
* Advanced Microsoft Word and Excel skills including the creation of bespoke styles, and advanced formatting evidenced through the delivery of professional reports
* Experience using collaborative working tools such as MS Teams, Whiteboard and SharePoint.
Interested?
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We are dedicated to building a workforce which is reflective of diversity within Scotland. We warmly welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds, regardless of age, race, gender or gender identity, religious beliefs, marital status, sexual orientation, disability, or neurodiversity. In support of our Gaelic Language Plan, we welcome applications from Gaelic speakers.
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