The Opportunity

We are looking for Senior Analysts to work across different teams and social issue areas, building a broad skill set and knowledge. You will be working as part of a Social Finance team on a variety of projects aiming to generate positive social change. There is considerable variation in the types and lengths of projects that we work on, for some examples look here.

Our Teams

We have six teams at Social Finance, each with their own specific focus and requiring their own specific skills. While our teams tend to work independently, our approach is a collaborative one, where we bring the most skilled people across the organisation together to solve the challenges we face. Find out more about the issue areas we work on and the different team approaches here.

Key Responsibilities

·       Strategic, analytical & creative thinking: You enjoy solving difficult problems and working with ambiguity in complex contexts. You engage in problem solving, analysis and research, working with the internal team, the client, and potentially frontline staff or service users as well as wider stakeholders.

·       Delivering projects: You work as part of a project team under the direction of a senior colleague to deliver work on projects to drive impact and improve lives. You resolve problems proactively, implement best practices and use robust methodologies in your project work.

·       Sharing and communicating insights: You create team and client materials with an aptitude for using presentational and collaborative working tools. You are an active listener and show the ability to ask insightful questions and challenge constructively

·       Project management support: You are able to structure and plan your work in line with client and other stakeholder needs. You ensure good planning and management around all project documentation and contribute to the maintenance of all required records e.g., project risk register.

 About You

·       Understanding of and interest in relevant practice area/social problems

• For some teams, knowledge of and interest in specific issue areas and skill such as financial analysis or developing and using data insight.

·       Good communication skills including effective listening, writing and tailoring content for different audiences

• Attention to detail and high standards of thoroughness, accuracy and reliability and ability to quality control own work

·       Strong data, analytical and problem-solving skills

·       Strong IT skills including Microsoft Office Suite and online communication and collaboration tools e.g. Zoom, Easy Retro

• Supportive and collaborative team member

• High level of trust, integrity, empathy and commitment to driving social change

To view the full job description please visit the following page of our website: https://www.socialfinance.org.uk/careers/current-vacancies