Overview
Excellent Data Analysis, Reporting and Governance are a vital part of the HRA's Digital Transformation and Research Systems Programme. We are looking to enhance the capabilities, skills and knowledge within the data team with the addition of a Senior Data Analyst.
As a Senior Data Analyst, working closely with the Head of Data Engineering and other colleagues in the Agile development team, you will use the data analysis process to understand, interpret, and predict patterns in the business, creating and enhancing data products and practices to provide data-driven insights and decision making capabilities. This will involve working with colleagues from across the HRA to identify and document data, analytical and reporting requirements. Refining them into specifications for delivery by yourself and other members of the data team, seeking to automate where possible and appropriate.
Responsibilities
* Apply advanced tools and techniques for data analysis and data visualisation (including the use of business information tools)
* Identify, collect and synthesise data requirements to and from a range of systems
* Utilise advanced SQL and visualisation knowledge to manage, clean, abstract and aggregate data alongside a range of analytical studies on that data
* Manipulate and link different data sets utilising advanced Microsoft data tooling suite
* Summarise and present data and conclusions in the most appropriate format for users
* Support the Head of Data Engineering to promote strong data governance within the directorate and organisation as a whole using appropriate tooling and processes
* Lead the discovery, understanding and documentation of business data and reporting requirements, collaborating with business analysts, product managers and data architects to understand data needs
* Ensure all data structures are analysed, documented, and aligned with business requirements
* Own the main stakeholder relationships related to your discipline
* Analyse, understand, and define a data problem or opportunity
* Identify areas for improvement, explore feasible options and define data driven ways of implementing business solutions
* Ensure data quality, consistency, and compliance with industry standards
* Participate in the alignment of data models with business process requirements
About us
Working at the HRA, we are reminded daily of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for you, not just us and the work we do.
We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. We know from experience that different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds create a stronger, more creative workplace that helps us to deliver the best services. We welcome applications which represent the rich diversity of our community: age, disability, gender identity and expression, ethnicity, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation and other diverse characteristics, and we have policies in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process.
When applying to work here, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement - if it works for us, we will do our best to make it work for you. Please note, if applying to our Manchester, Nottingham or Bristol locations, we are only able to offer the role as home based.
Details
* Date posted: 10 September 2025
* Pay scheme: Agenda for change
* Band: Band 7
* Salary: £47,810 to £54,710 a year
* Contract: Fixed term
* Duration: 22 months
* Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working, Home or remote working, Compressed hours
* Reference number: 980-HRA7445844-A
* Job locations: Nottingham office, Equinox House, City Link, Nottingham, NG2 4LA
Job description
This role sits within HRA Digital. The digital directorate is responsible for developing, delivering and supporting complex solutions within the HRA portfolio of UK-wide information systems for health and care research. This includes a major programme to build new systems, and to achieve the successful migration and eventual closure of current systems. The HRA Digital team is a collaborative, supportive team consisting of HRA employees, secondees, contractors and vendors.
To find out more and to understand the full duties of the role, please refer to the job description attached.
In submitting your application with us, please note the following:
We currently do not accept applications via recruitment agencies.
We do not hold a sponsorship licence and are unable to offer employment under any sponsorship arrangement.
Where applicants fail to demonstrate how they meet any one of the essential criteria of the person specification, the application will not be shortlisted.
The HRA reserves the right to close this vacancy early should it receive a sufficient number of applications.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Essential: Professional qualification at degree level in a data related discipline or equivalent industry experience and portfolio of evidence demonstrating data warehousing, analysis and data management experience.
* Essential: Evidence of continued professional development
Knowledge, Skills and Expertise
* Essential: Understanding of Data analytics and visualisation software such as Power BI
Desirable
* Understanding of the development life cycle
* Understanding of the Microsoft BI Stack
* Understanding of good data governance requirements
Experience
* Desirable: Demonstrable experience of presenting information
Interpersonal Skills
* Essential: Lead on communication with stakeholders at all levels and actively establish relationships and apply the benefits of professional networks
Knowledge, Skills and Expertise
* Essential: Specialist expertise of working in data, analytics, software, and technology solutions to produce data products that add demonstratable value to the organisation
* Essential: Specialist expertise of implementation and evaluation of data analysis processes
* Essential: Experience using Microsoft Data Tooling, e.g. SQL Server, Power Bi, Data Factory, etc.
Experience
* Essential: Extensive proven experience or training in Data analysis, synthesis, and modelling in a complex digital landscape
* Essential: Extensive proven experience of working with a Data Warehouse
* Essential: Significant experience in developing an overall data analysis process
* Essential: Significant experience of being a lead specialist on all elements of data analysis
* Essential: Demonstrable experience of developing new methos of data analysis to support the work is required
* Essential: Demonstrable experience on planning multiple streams of data analysis work with competing deadlines
Analytical and Judgemental Skills
* Essential: Demonstrable proven experience of anticipating and preventing problems, showing understanding of how problems fit into the larger picture to drive data driven decisions
Other
* Essential: Commitment to inclusivity and valuing diversity
Employer details
Employer name: Health Research Authority
Address: Nottingham office, Equinox House, City Link, Nottingham, NG2 4LA
Employer's website: hra.nhs.uk
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