Data Analyst Apprentice
Salary: £22,000 a year
Skills Required
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
- Motivated
- An interest in data
- Passion for solving issues
What You'll Do
We are looking for an apprentice to help us to improve efficiency in the delivery of our core products, LIFT and the Better Off Calculator, support our clients and deliver client projects.
The core task for the successful candidate will be to process benefits administration data from local authority clients for our Low Income Family Tracker (LIFT) dashboard. This will involve working with clients to ensure data is sent on time and in the correct format, processing data through our data pipeline and debugging any issues that arise.
The apprentice will have the opportunity to gain detailed knowledge and experience of data workflows and data analysis. They will also learn in depth about UK social security policy and the delivery of frontline support, both on a national and local level.
Organisation structure
- The apprentice will work in the policy team and report to one of the Senior Policy and Data
Analysts.
Job context and connections
- In this role, the job holder will work primarily with the delivery team and the research and data team, as well as the LIFT and Calculator Product Managers. They will also havemexposure to sales, marketing and development in the course of their role.
Main accountabilities
Process local authority benefits administration data for the LIFT dashboard.
- Work with clients to ensure data is sent on time and in the correct format
- Process data through our data pipeline
- Debug issues that arise
- Contribute to the improvement of efficiency in data ingestion and data processing
- Contribute to data visualisation and dashboard design
- Learn skills in analysing large datasets and producing actionable insights
- Online live chat client support for the Better Off Calculator and LIFT
About the Employer
Policy in Practice believes in the power of data and technology to change lives We are a team of policy experts who deliver data driven insight, products and services to the sectors focused on the nation’s financial well-being. We empower people to make more informed decisions and take action to build financial independence. We believe that government policy can work more effectively and help people towards greater independence. Policy is often complicated, confusing and changing. This makes areas like the welfare system difficult to understand, to communicate and administer. We simplify the welfare system for individuals and organisations. We help people understand how government policy affects them so that they can make decisions. Local authorities use our analytics to see how individual households are affected by the combination of national and local policy changes, now and in the future. Our powerful policy engine models how the policies of different government departments af
Future Prospects
Potential full-time position for the right candidate after completion of the apprenticeship.
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