Data Fellowship Apprentice at Royal Horticultural Society

Employer: Royal Horticultural Society

Apprenticeship Provider: Multiverse

Apprenticeship Programme: Data Fellowship Level 4

Schedule: 9:00am - 5:30pm Mon - Fri - Hybrid role (3 days in office)

Start Date: June 2024

About

The Royal Horticultural Society, is the UK's leading gardening charity. We want to inspire a passion for gardening and growing plants, promote the value of gardens, demonstrate how gardening is good for us and explain the vital role that plants play. We do this through our flower shows, including the world famous Chelsea Flower Show, our gardens such as our flagship garden at Wisley in Surrey, our scientific research, education and community programmes and our heritage collections.

About the Role

The Royal Horticultural Society is seeking a dedicated individual to join them as a Data Fellowship Apprentice! In this role, you will be at the forefront of capturing, managing and disseminating plant-based information to support internal teams and external audiences. If you have a passion for data and an interest in joining an organisation dedicated to the beauty and sustainability of plants, then this role is perfect for you!

A typical day

• Assist the team in ensuring our plant knowledge data is up to date across databases and rhs.org.uk by contributing to data updating and by working with specialists to add to and update plant information.
• Collaborate with other departments to create, analyse and extract value from data held in the core RHS datasets.
• Perform statistical analysis of data to predict trends in our membership and other key customers.
• Validate results of analysis using various techniques, e.g cross checking, to identify faults in data results and to ensure data quality.
• Use tools and techniques to visualise data in easy-to-understand formats, such as diagrams and graphs.
• Preparing reports and present to management or other key contacts, both internal and external to the RHS.
• Participate in projects and represent the Horticultural Information Team on wider RHS and external projects.
• Identify and recommend new ways to improve our work in order to improve/streamline business processes.
• Keep up to date with technological developments and current thinking to enhance your skills and professional development and share learnings on to the team!

You must have

• GCSE English & Maths 4-9 (C-A*) or equivalent

Skills Needed

• Great interpersonal and teamwork skills.
• Good with in-person and virtual forms of communication.
• Some experience with handling data and/or spreadsheets.
• The ability to manipulate and transform data-- making data understandable to a wide range of people.
• A good attention to detail.
• A thorough and organised approach to your work.
• A can-do attitude.
• Resilience.
• A proactive approach to: data, learning and personal/ professional development.
• An interest in horticulture, biodiversity or climate crises is desired but not required to apply.
• Awareness of RHS's behavioural framework.

Perks and benefits

• Amazing location
• Bike to work scheme
• Discounts
• Flexible working hours
• Multiverse community
• Pension
• Showers on site