Please note this is a hybrid role based on the successful candidate working at least two days a week in our London office. Remote contracts would not be considered for this role.

PURPOSE OF JOB: 

Our Data Analysts play a pivotal role in Comic Relief’s transformation into a being a data-led organisation, working with users across the business to deliver innovative reporting and analytics.  

Working in our Data & Analytics team, you’ll be managing data and providing key insights to the Fundraising Department, making sure that decision makers have the information they need to make our fundraising a huge success. You will also play a role in transforming our data architecture to ensure that access to data is efficient and accurate.  

Working closely with Fundraising users, you will be managing the data within our email service providers (ESPs) and supporting the fundraising team with segmentation work. You’ll also be providing intelligence to that team through the extraction of data and the development of ad-hoc reports in support of campaign and BAU activity.  You will play a pivotal role in helping the business make data-driven recommendations for optimising activity moving forwards.  

Interviews are expected to place on the w/c October 30th

Key responsibilities:  

• Develop and deliver reporting and analytics solutions, working closely with relevant stakeholders across Fundraising 

• Perform deep-dive analyses of different areas of Comic Relief and become a source of knowledge for decision-making in support of future activity 

• Foster a culture of outstanding data literacy across Comic Relief, particularly supporting the Fundraising team 

• Work with engineers to prioritise and ensure quality of capture across the data pipeline, particularly with regards to the data models  

• Support the automation of essential reporting and help the business transition to an insight focused organisation. 

• Proactively suggest analysis to add value to the business wherever possible 

Essential Education and Competencies: 

• Knowledge of email service providers (ESPs) with a focus on data management and audience segmentation 

• Solid SQL, with an understanding of databases and modern engineering principles 

• Excellent data storytelling skills, able to condense information into digestible and actionable insight for non-technical stakeholders 

• Highly numerate with fluency in statistics and their application to real-world problems 

• Proactive Data Champion able to accelerate data-driven decision-making at the highest organisation levels 

• Inquisitive, pragmatic, and exploratory mindset  

• Excellent stakeholder management skills, able to take briefs from multiple teams and prioritise own workload accordingly 

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Comic Relief we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Why work at Comic Relief

There are lots of good reasons to join us at Comic Relief. You can read more about our employee benefits, such as our commitment to flexible and hybrid working. We ask staff to come to the office twice a week, normally on agreed team days, so that we can do all those things that are difficult to do online. Our office is based in Whitechapel, London,. There are lots of opportunities to develop your skills and experience at Comic Relief, including opportunities to become a Mental Health First Aider or to participate in our Employee Network Groups that focus on making Comic Relief a more inclusive place to work.

Disability Confident employer

 As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we take positive action by providing first-round interviews to candidates who have a registered disability, provided they meet the minimum criteria for the role, as demonstrated on their CV and application questions.

We ask that candidates that wish to be considered for this scheme email j.scott@comicrelief.com to discuss further. Please do not email CV's/cover letters