Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Analytics Engineer
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Analytics Engineer
Analytics Engineer (Azure Synapse & Python) – Kew Gardens, Richmond
About the Role
Job Title: Analytics Engineer (Band F7, Permanent)
We are seeking a proactive, hands-on Analytics Engineer with expert-level knowledge of Microsoft Azure Synapse and Python to design, maintain, and optimise Kew’s commercial data platform, pipelines, and analytical data assets.
This critical role directly supports Kew’s Customer and Supporter Data Strategy, ensuring you build scalable data solutions that:
- Drive audience insights for targeted engagement strategies
- Enable personalised supporter interactions
- Unlock AI-driven insights for commercial growth
- Facilitate data-intensive, trusted decision-making
As part of Kew’s Data Platform Strategy, you’ll ensure solutions are well-governed, reliable, and fit-for-purpose.
Hours: Full-time Contract: Permanent Salary: £61,337 per annum (Band F7) Location: Hybrid (primary site: Kew Gardens, Richmond) Closing Date: 15/07/2026 Interviews: Provisional date – 29th July 2026
About Kew
The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (RBG Kew) is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, plant science leader, and major visitor attraction. Our mission: understand and protect plants and fungi for the well-being of people and the future of all life on Earth.
We’re tackling the global extinction crisis through science, collections, partnerships, and education. From our gardens at Kew and Wakehurst to global research, we drive change for nature’s future.
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What You’ll Do
You’ll lead and collaborate to:
- Develop high-quality, scalable data assets that connect diverse sources—enhancing audiences, programs, and campaigns.
- Optimise data pipelines for performance, reliability, and governance, ensuring data is accurate, accessible, and actionable.
- automate processes, +troubleshoot complex data challenges.
- Partner with stakeholders across Marketing & Commercial, IT, and внекомменаций for effective data implementation.
- Explore emerging techniques (e.g., AI/ML use cases) to drive growth and attende savings.
Key Friends:
- Build trust in data utilisation while adapting to rapidly evolving environments.
- Enjoy problem-solving in an interdisciplinary team using Python, Azure Synapse, and (building SQL knowledge would be advantageous).
- Collaborate closely with Lead Data Platform Engineer in the IT Directorate.
Who You Are
You have:
- Deep hands-on experience in Microsoft Azure Synapse, including stored procedures, pipelines, T-SQL, and data optimisation.
- Proficiency in Python for data wrangling, ETL processes, and (optional) packaging.
- Passion for data quality, governance, and reliability.
- Strong analytical curiosity—enjoyed exploring queries, understanding, and improving data workflows and outcomes.
- Ability to work independently and in team settings, particularly in _data-driven marketing, where not everything follows a set script.
- Adaptability and a proactive approach to unstructured problems.
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Nice to have:
- Analytical modelling expertise (hands-on manipulating big data sets).
- Experience working across teams to interpret data for non-technical stakeholders.
Benefits
A balanced work-life culture and competitive benefits package, including:
- Continuous learning opportunities and career growth.
- 30+ days annual leave + flexibility in hybrid working arrangements.
- Health & beyond support: cycle-to-work scheme, subsidised gym, and a ** 사람들 Health Service**되었으며 매월 Employee Assistance Programme.
- Pension and discount schemes (including organisations symbols, cinema, transport).
- Free entry to national museums/galleries and priority access to our gardens and Wakehurst.
Make an Impact
Kew values diversity of backgrounds, ensuring everyone contributes to our vision. We’re committed to:
- Equality, diversity, and inclusion, actively creating an inclusive workplace.
- Eliminating barriers for those with disabilities, neurodivergent, or disability confidence.
- Supporting individual potential with mentorship, training, and progression.
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