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Senior Data Analyst
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Salary: £47,720
Location: Remote working (anywhere in the UK)
Job summary
This post can be based at our sites in either Ryton-on-Dunsmore (CV8 3EN), Durham (DL15 8DS), Harrogate (HG1 1EP) or London (E14 4PU). Hybrid working opportunities can also be discussed prior to you taking up your post. This role is also available as a designated homeworking role with some travel required.
This post is open to applicants who can meet the College’s nationality, UK residency and vetting requirements.
About us
The College of Policing
Our mission is: Leadership, Standards, Performance. This guides our work with individuals, forces, and policing partners towards our vision. We exist to support police officers, police staff and volunteers to deliver the best service to the public. Only through high-quality leadership, consistent standards and continual performance improvement can everyone in policing reach their full potential. Our mission guides our work with individual, forces and partners towards our vision.
Although we are a relatively small organisation, our work has a big reach. We are uniquely placed to work both with national policing organisations and local forces to support frontline officers, staff and volunteers in their day-to-day roles.
We offer a supportive and inclusive environment for people to thrive. Our extensive flexible-working policy, employee wellbeing support, family friendly policies, employers’ network for equality and inclusion membership (ENEI silver award winners), and status as a disability confident leader means everyone can bring their whole self to work.
Our vetting
If you are successful at interview, you will be required to undertake pre-employment security checks. You will be sent a security questionnaire which must be accessed within 24 hours.
Please note, these checks can take up to 10 weeks. You will only be offered a start date after the checks have been completed. If the outcome of these checks is not satisfactory, your recommendation for employment will be withdrawn.
Job description
This role is available until 31/03/2027 as a fixed term appointment for external candidates or as a secondment for colleagues employed directly by the College, Civil Service or police forces.
Where we have extra suitable appointable candidates a reserve list will be held.
National Centre for Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) & Public Protection (PP)
Would you like to join a skilled and dedicated team of professionals who are committed to reducing the VAWG and Public Protection (PP) harms across England and Wales, as part of a wider-system approach?
This is an exciting and rewarding opportunity to join the National Centre for Violence Against Women and Girls & Public Protection (NCVPP) which provides support to forces in tackling the threat of VAWG and PP and improving our services to victims. You will also work with academics, victim groups and across Government to support our ambition and to ensure our work reflects the lived experiences of diverse communities.
We are working to continually train and upskill our officers and staff with the specialist knowledge and expertise required to carry out their roles effectively. We also continue to develop programmes, expanding on existing best practice with a focus on perpetrators and preventing life-long harm to victims.
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Why Join Us?
- Be part of a nationally significant programme with real-world impact.
- Work in a dynamic, supportive, and mission-driven environment.
- Contribute to shaping policy and practice at the highest level informed by the best possible evidence.
- Play a key role in ensuring that policing’s approach to tackling VAWG and PP is data driven
At the NCVPP, we are committed to creating an inclusive culture where diversity is valued, equity is embedded, and every voice matters. We champion fair recruitment, foster belonging, and integrate Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) principles across our research, practice, and partnerships to ensure our work reflects and serves the diverse communities we protect.
We welcome applications from candidates of all ethnicities, faiths, genders, sexual orientations, disabilities and socio-economic backgrounds.
The NCVPP is hosted by the College of Policing in partnership with the National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC).
For more information about the NCVPP, visit: National centre for violence against women and girls and public protection, College of Policing
We recruit by merit based on fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles.
Due to our status as Public Servants, we are not eligible to participate in the Civil Service transfer process. Therefore, while successful candidates can transfer in on their existing terms and conditions, any subsequent transfer out of the College to the Civil Service cannot be guaranteed on existing terms and conditions, and new starter/modernised terms may apply.
The College embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we comply with the Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) and apply the minimum selection criteria at sift stage of the recruitment process.
Are you an experienced data analyst who is passionate about using data as a driver for positive change? If so, the NCVPP looks forward to reading your application for the role of Senior Data Analyst. The successful candidate will support policing by providing high-quality data and analytical insight to inform strategy, decision-making, and professional practice across Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) and Public Protection, including child protection.
As part of the National Centre for VAWG and Public Protection (NCVPP) analytical team, the role focuses on working across the policing and partnership landscape to obtain and integrate data which will be used to strengthen the insights and evidence base which is used by the NCVPP and wider to improve the policing response to VAWG and Public Protection harms, including opportunities for prevention. The postholder will play an important role in applying their technical skills to maximise the insights available from the data NCVPP collect, this includes developing data models and visualisations, and translating complex findings into clear, actionable insights for senior stakeholders, contributing to continuous improvement and national best practice.
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Person specification
Some of your responsibilities will include:
- Deliver high-quality data analysis and insight, using advanced analytical and visualisation tools (including Power BI) to support strategic decision-making across policing and partner organisations.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders to gather requirements, obtain and integrate datasets, and maximise the value of data.
- Provide expert analytical advice and guidance to peers and stakeholders, strengthening data capability across the NCVPP.
To be successful in this role you’ll need:
- To be an expert in BI tools such as Power BI and confident working with large and complex datasets to maximise insights
- Experience in developing analysis to support strategic decision making
- Proven experience of driving data improvements by working with peers, internal and external stakeholders
- An understanding of the policing landscape
Please see the attached job description which contains full details of the role.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Communicating and Influencing
- Working Together
Technical skills
We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:
- Ability to turn data into insight to drive organisational need
- Create meaningful reports, dashboards, using tools such as Tableau/PowerBI and visualisations to effectively communicate data analysis results to non-technical stakeholders.
Benefits
College staff have Public Servant status. As a Public Servant, you are eligible to join the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension Scheme.
The College is a great place to work. We're passionate about our people and offer a wide range of benefits, including (but not limited to):
- Defined benefit pension scheme with an average employer contribution of 28.97%
- Up to 31.5 days holiday (this is in addition to 8 public holidays and 1 privilege day)
- Continued professional development and structured career paths
- Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
- Flexi-time (for certain grades)
- Benenden Healthcare
- National Dental Plan
- Discounts for on-line shopping
- Free employee support line
- Interest free season ticket loans
- Rewards and recognition scheme
- Learning and development tailored to your role.
- An environment with flexible working options.
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity.
We also have a number of thriving staff networks that provide the opportunity for advice, support and to drive change. A place to get your voice heard, share experiences and challenge our working practices to ensure equality of opportunity for all.
For more information about our benefits and staff networks, visit What we offer as an employer, College of Policing
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