Business Intelligence Analyst - 12 month FTC

The Role

Our fantastic Insight team has an exciting vacancy for a Business Intelligence Analyst in Bristol on a 12 month fixed-term contract.

The role sits within the Insight & Analytics team, supporting the wider business and understanding their information needs. You will produce innovative, user-friendly dashboards which convey meaningful and actionable results, and will be recognised as a data visualisation expert at Unite Students. This role reports to the Senior Analytics Manager.

You will be involved in a wide variety of projects from across all areas of the business, using sales, university, customer, estates and competitor data then combining, analysing and visualising it to derive useful insight.

What You`ll Be Doing

• Development and presentation of high-quality, aesthetically appealing Tableau dashboards to inform business decisions.
• Collaborate with stakeholders and subject matter experts to gather requirements and help drive business improvement.
• Support the Insight & Analytics team in scoping, planning & delivery of end to end analytics projects.
• Be a leader within the Analytics community at Unite Students, supporting the Senior Analytics Manager to improve data literacy across the business, providing help for analysts in various teams with their data visualisation and analysis.
• Work as part of multi-capability teams to deliver wider projects.
• Communicate effectively with data developers and ensure that requirements are reflected correctly in the data warehouse.
• Support the team in managing the Tableau Server.

What We`re Looking for in You

• Highly skilled in data visualisation and analytics tools to interrogate data and create insightful, actionable dashboards and perform meaningful data analysis.
• Proven experience using Tableau, Power BI or similar and ability to code in R, Python or similar.
• Strong written and verbal communication.
• Experience of gathering stakeholder requirements and presenting technical findings to non-technical audiences.
• Ability to convey analytical findings through effective data visualisation.
• Able to prioritise work, meet deadlines and ensure data is presented accurately and clearly.
• Experience in the a full analytics project lifecycle, from requirements and design to hands-on delivery and support.
• Comfortable working as part of a multi-capability team for different projects.
• Passionate about data analytics with a desire to learn and stay up to date with industry best practice.
• Able to work autonomously when provided with relevant tools and direction.
• Beneficial:
  • Experience of using data science or statistical analysis techniques.
  • Working knowledge of SQL.
  • Awareness of UX principles.
  • Experience of using structured and unstructured data (e.g. data warehouse/data lake).
  • A degree with a numerical element.

What You`ll Get in Return

• An annual bonus so you can share in the company`s success
• 25 days` paid holiday
• Pension - based on how much you save, we`ll contribute 1% more
• Flexible working opportunities
• Shared Parental Leave - 18 weeks full pay
• Other benefits include, ShareSave, Bike to Work, Charity Match, amazing discounts and more!

About Unite Students

Founded in 1991, Unite Students is a FTSE 100 business and the UK`s leading provider of purpose-built student accommodation. You can find us in 25 leading university towns and cities, with over 70,000 students calling US home! We are driven by our values, culture, and a commitment to develop diverse and inclusive teams, filled with positive energy and new ideas.

Instinctive inclusion. We know that to create and maintain a happy healthy organisation, we have to work hard to ensure inclusion isn`t just what we do but who we are.

People make Unite Students. Employees, students, and neighbours all contribute to building environments where we can all thrive.

Room for Everyone

We`re proud to be an employer that embraces individuality, and we`re passionate about building inclusive teams. We focus on creating a collaborative culture where you can be you, where your voice is heard, and where you can truly belong. We take great pride in being rated Gold Investors in People and are constantly striving to provide the highest standard of learning and development opportunities and professional pathways for our people. Building a home for success, for both our employees and students, requires exceptional people with a passion for creating room for everyone, doing what`s right, keeping US safe, and raising the bar. Join us as we build better experiences for students that live with us.

We are US.