Unifrog’s mission

We’re on a mission to level the playing field when it comes to young people finding and applying for their next step after school. We're achieving this by bringing all the available information into one single, impartial, user-friendly platform that helps students to make the best choices, and submit the strongest applications. We also empower teachers and counsellors to manage the progression process effectively.

Our outlook is global - we work with schools and universities all over the world, from the US to New Zealand, and from Italy to Hong Kong. We want to make it so that young people can compare every opportunity taught in English, wherever it is in the world, and have all the support they need to make successful applications.

We have a clear social purpose, and we’re hugely ambitious. We already work with over half of UK secondary schools, and hundreds of international schools. We are growing rapidly in terms of the number of our customers, in terms of how much they use our platform, and in terms of the breadth of products we offer (check out this video to hear more about the Unifrog platform).

Our team is at the heart of our business and is integral to our success. We work hard to foster a culture of openness, happiness and innovation, and we commit to helping every individual learn and grow so that they can reach their full potential. We want to hire talented people, whatever their background. If you are excited by our mission and are ready to work hard, please don’t hesitate to apply. We look forward to hearing from you! We believe in the power of diversity.

If you are from an ethnic minority background, we would like to strongly encourage you to apply. In advance of applying if you have any questions about working at Unifrog, please contact our People and EDI Lead, Jo.

Data at Unifrog

The Data team’s goal is to inform every Unifrog decision with data. That includes decisions taken by our teammates, university and employer partners, and teachers and students who log into the Unifrog platform every day.

Our team goal is ambitious and we need a diverse team working on a wide range of projects to help us reach it. We’re proud of our impact with data, covering everything from managing external data integrations to conducting exploratory research on student behaviour and outcomes.

What you’ll do

As a Data Analyst, you’ll work closely with our UK and International Schools teams, helping to make sure all schools and students get the most out of Unifrog. We’re looking for a candidate who is comfortable grappling with complex data, enjoys solving ambiguous problems, and is excited to contribute to the growing use of data to improve schools' usage of the Unifrog platform.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Monitor school KPIs and progress towards UK and International School objectives; the measures will typically be derived from platform behaviour (e.g. how many students shortlist opportunities on our apprenticeship searching tool).

• Collaborate with our Work Experience Lead, analysing data from our Placements tool to maximise the impact of work experience in UK schools.

• Improve the automated performance insights received by school Account Managers  (e.g. support timely intervention on schools which are slow to launch Unifrog with any new KS5 students).

• Lead on the creation of Unifrog student and teacher usage insights. Depending on the project, the insights will be used externally, within our school-facing conferences, webinars, and bulletins, or internally to inform company decisions.

• Track progress towards our mission to “level the destinations playing field” and enable the targeted initiatives of disadvantaged schools with data insights.

• Conduct exploratory analysis of platform data (e.g. find the common features of students’ final Unifrog sessions to help us tailor the timing of our end-of-school survey).

• Provide aggregated usage reports for our School Group / Trust partners.

What we’re looking for

• Able to solve complex problems using data wrangling and transformation.

• Extremely comfortable at querying, aggregating and analysing data using SQL.

• Experienced with other data aggregation/analysis tools: Advanced Excel, R or similar.

• A solid understanding of statistical theory.

• Able to draw insights from their analysis and craft a powerful, clear narrative.

• Excellent written and verbal skills, including communicating findings from data analysis.

• Proactive attitude and willingness to get stuck in. You need to be excited about going beyond the core responsibilities detailed above to improve what we do and make it a success.

• Education sector experience is useful but not required.

You will join a team of highly motivated people passionate about our mission of helping students find the best next step for them after school. If our mission and the job responsibilities excite you, and you’re an energetic person willing to learn, we’d love to hear from you.

Working together

You’ll work closely with Unifrog’s Data Operations Manager, who will be your line manager. Your projects will also see you work with the rest of the Data team and people in our school-facing and marketing teams.

Benefits

Head to our jobs page for a full list of the excellent benefits we offer our team.

• Join one of ‘the best organisations to escape to’ and help transform careers and destinations in schools. We’re also a certified Great Place to Work.

• Become part of a committed, dynamic and growing team. We want to build the team at Unifrog for the long term – if you do well, we will do our best to make you want to stay at the company for a long time.

• Professional development is important at Unifrog. You will define your 6-month objectives and will be supported by your line manager and the rest of the team to achieve them. You will have an annual training allowance to spend on what you need to grow and progress.

• Influence the company’s direction: we love to promote great ideas wherever they come from.

Key details

• £38,000 - £42,000 per year (Grade B), dependent on experience, plus a share in a company-wide performance bonus.

• Full-time. 

• 28 days paid holiday per year (plus bank holidays).

• Working hours are 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, Monday to Thursday, and 9:00 am to 4:30 pm on Friday.

• Work remotely or in our London office. 

• Start date: as soon as possible, though we will be flexible for the right candidate.

• If you require reasonable adjustments or want to discuss any details about the role before applying, please contact recruitment@unifrog.org.

• We can only consider candidates with the right to work in the UK.

Application process

• Deadline: 10:00 am (GMT) on Friday 1st March 2024.

• Stage 1: Application form (~1 hour) ✍️

• Visit our website to upload your CV and complete the questions and tasks below.

• Please note that we do not review CVs at this stage of the application process, so please be as specific as possible about your experience.

• ‘Why do you want to work for Unifrog?’ (250 words)

• ‘With reference to the job description, what makes you an excellent candidate for this role?’ (250 words)

• ‘You receive an email from the CEO: “Why has the number of students organising their work experience through Unifrog increased YoY?” - Respond to the email, explaining what factors might be contributing to the increase in students organising their Work Experience through Unifrog’ (250 words)

How our Placements tool works: https://www.unifrog.org/blog/unifrog-placements-tool-faqs

• Stage 2: Data task (3 hours) 📊

  • The next stage of the application process will be a data-related task for you to complete. We will schedule this task within the application window. You will be given a deadline and will complete the task in your own time.

• Stage 3: Video call interview (1 hour) 💻

• Standard Q&A from a panel of three, including questions about your experiences and how these relate to the role, and questions on your data task submissions (plus time for your questions).

• Video call interviews will be held w/c 18th March 2024.

• Your answers are an opportunity to let us know more about your motivations and experience. While we understand that candidates might want to use AI to improve parts of their application, we strongly encourage you to write your answers independently. 

• Please note, we compare all answers to an AI generated answer. Where we suspect AI has been used to write the majority of the answer, this will be taken into consideration when scoring

Inclusion and diversity at Unifrog

• Within the company we try to foster a culture of innovation, and a happy working environment, both because this is the right thing to do, and because we think this results in the most effective team. To this end we believe in open communication, celebrating successes, supporting each other, not being afraid to be wrong or to fail, and promoting good ideas wherever they come from.

• As a platform that supports teachers and students from a huge variety of backgrounds it’s important that our team and leadership reflects this diversity. This is something we are actively working towards and prioritising. We want to embed diversity, equity and inclusion across everything we do, continually evaluating policies and practices to make sure they are inclusive and equitable.

• To make sure everyone’s voice is heard and people have the opportunities to learn to be better allies in the workplace, we encourage the team to share what they’re celebrating, facilitate training and group discussions, and seek regular feedback about what more the company could do to help people feel included.

• To ensure that our recruitment process is consistent and fair, we anonymise your application and therefore do not see your name, personal, educational or professional background. We also randomise the order of responses so that it’s less likely that a candidate is advantaged or disadvantaged by where their answers appear compared to other candidates.