Salary: £38000 per annum
Employment type: Permanent
Reporting into: Principal Data Analyst
Department:
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This role operates primarily on a remote working arrangement that will require little to no travel into our various sites campus. Our working model arrangements are a non-contractual benefit so please note that an Arden work location is added to our employment contracts.
About Arden University:
We are an aspirational and multi-award-winning university, delivering rapid growth with ambitious plans to disrupt the HE sector through our passion for innovation and digital education. Our vision is to become the first-choice university for career-focused lifelong learners worldwide, ensuring that everyone, everywhere can access higher education.
There has never been a more exciting time to join Arden University, as we expand into new disciplines, forge worldwide partnerships, and expand our locations.
About our Department:
The Analysis, Insights & Performance department at Arden University plays a vital role in driving data-driven decisions. By providing valuable insights, monitoring performance, and promoting innovation, the team supports the university's mission to enhance student outcomes and drive continuous improvement.
About the Opportunity:
As a Data Scientist at Arden University, you will use your scientific expertise to drive improvements in student experience, student outcomes, and operational efficiency. You will use techniques such as machine learning and artificial intelligence to build powerful data products that enhance decision making throughout our organisation. You'll use your business acumen to understand our business goals and discover opportunities where data science can have a positive impact. As a great communicator you'll translate complex scientific and statistical techniques into compelling visions for organisational improvement. As a data scientist you'll develop high quality code and algorithms within Arden’s data and analytics platform. You'll integrate them into business processes and day-to-day decision making.
About You:
This is a really exciting opportunity for recent graduates or junior scientists that are looking for the next step your career. Or you might have a bit more experience but you're looking for a change.
Essential requirements:
- Proven data literacy — including the ability to translate among the languages used by executive, business and IT and stakeholders.
- Experience of programming languages such as Python, R, and SQL.
- An understanding of descriptive and inferential statistical concepts such as probability distributions, linear regression, and Bayesian statistics.
- A knowledge of sampling techniques and their implications for analysis. Drives and encourages the practice of continuous improvement and organisational change; positively embraces change and draws out new ideas, opportunities, and solutions.
- Ability to analyse and report on key performance indicators across complex and disparate data sets.
- Demonstrated experience of creating business value using data & analytics.
- Experience in the full data lifecycle of collecting, analysing, and communicating data.
- Experience of applying data science and statistical practices in a business context to assist in data-driven decision making.
- Experience with tools to analyse, manipulate and visualize datasets.
- Experience of working with and influencing business stakeholders.
- Knowledge of machine learning algorithms and data science techniques
Desirable requirements:
- Formal Data & Analytics qualification e.g. Certified Analytics Professional (CAP), Azure Data Engineer/Scientist Associate
- Experience in the use of data and analytics tooling within Microsoft Azure.
- Experience of Data Science technologies within Microsoft Azure.
Why Arden:
At Arden, you will become a part of a passionate and dedicated team who are committed to removing unnecessary barriers to learning and making education more accessible. Our people work hard to ensure our students journeys are the best they can possibly be, as such we want to reward our people with fantastic benefits. Employees benefit from:
- 30 days holiday + bank holidays on-top, and even a Christmas closure!
- A generous Aviva pension plan, company contributions starting from 7%
- SimplyHealth plan option
- Private Medical Insurance coverage (applies to certain job roles)
- Access to Perkbox benefits
- Study any Arden course for free, with a discount for all family and friends
- Plus, other excellent benefits
- Our ‘Golden Ticket’ which allows you to gift anyone in your life a free Arden education
Our Values:
Stand out, Progressive, Accessible, Resourceful, Kindness, reflect who we are as an institution, a team and as individuals. If they also reflect you and you are excited by the chance to be the driving, creative force within a growing business, we want to hear from you.
There has never been a more exciting time to join Arden University, as we expand into new disciplines and locations.
Closing Date: Sunday 12th October
We reserve the right to close this vacancy before the specified closing date should we receive sufficient applications or in order to respond to business needs. In order to avoid missing an opportunity to apply please submit your application as early as possible.
If you are a current Arden student or have an upcoming course with us, you are not eligible to apply for Student Experience roles due to a conflict of interest related to system access.
Equity, Diversity & Inclusion:
Arden University is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. This means that if you have a disability, as defined by the Disability Equality Act 2010, you may be guaranteed an interview if you meet the essential criteria for the role.
If you wish to be considered under this scheme, you can indicate via the application form below. By doing so, you are also consenting for this information to be shared with the hiring team. For more details on what qualifies as a disability under the Disability Equality Act 2010, please refer to
the guidance here
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As an Equal Opportunity Employer we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. Therefore, we make sure that our recruitment and selection processes never discriminate based upon people's age, disability, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances, and actively welcome applications from all groups.
Sponsorship statement:
Please be aware that some roles may not meet the points requirement for a sponsored Skilled Worker visa under the points-based immigration system. However, we welcome applications from candidates who do not currently have the right to work in the UK but may be eligible for a visa through an alternative route.
