Data Analyst

As a Data Analyst within our Data and Business Intelligence Team, you will play a key role in supporting our mission to provide safe, affordable housing and exceptional customer service to our residents. You will be working alongside other data professionals to deliver and embed our Data Governance Framework and advanced Data Management capabilities to ensure data integrity and accuracy. In addition, you will be responsible for extracting, analysing, and interpreting complex data to provide valuable insights that drive evidence-based decision making across the organisation. We are looking for an individual with a passion for data, ready to help establish YHG as a leading example in the social housing sector as a data driven organisation. What will my working week look like? You will be homebased, living within the North West, within a reasonable travelling distance of our Head Office in Warrington, to attend meetings and training courses when needed. Realistically, you will be required to visit our Head Office approximately 2-4 times a month. What will I be responsible for doing? First and foremost, you will work with the Data and Business Intelligence team and YHG Data Community to develop and implement best practices for data governance and management across all YHG business areas. Lead/Support data governance initiatives and issue remediation, including data quality, data management, and data lifecycle processes. One of the great things about this role is the opportunity to work closely with different areas of the organisation and understanding and exposure to multiple systems as well as some of the best data governance and data quality tools available. Other responsibilities will include:

• Ensure data is accurate, consistent, and reliable by performing regular data profiling and quality checks and reporting assurance levels to leadership teams
• Develop, maintain, and enhance regular and ad hoc reports using SQL and other data analysis tools
• Analyse datasets to identify trends, patterns, and opportunities to support strategic decision-making
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to define data requirements and deliver actionable insights
• Act as a liaison between the Data and Business Intelligence Team and other departments, fostering a culture of data literacy and evidence-based decision-making
• Translate complex data findings into clear, concise reports and presentations for non-technical stakeholders
• Identify and recommend improvements to data processes and reporting methods to enhance automation, efficiency and accuracy
• Stay updated with industry trends, tools, and best practices related to data analysis and governance and communicate these to the wider team using bulletins or similar, highlighting important themes or recommendations, Understanding of the importance of data as an asset, Data Governance / Data Management principles and how organisations use them to enable accurate analysis and insight services
  
  Analytical mind-set with a strong bias towards evidence-based decision making, working with business SMEs, and using data and metrics to tell a story, or set a context together
• Desire for consistency, standards and process-adherence, enjoyment in the work involved in achieving these through data dictionaries, glossaries, documentation and change control
• Attention to detail, high standards of accuracy and the ability to deliver consistently to these in areas like data quality, technical documentation, and presentation of insights
• Technically skilled in Data Analysis and process driven in its application, but with the ability to discover new value through exploration
• Knowledge of core data principles, such as data types, classification, integrity, consistency, and data structures, such as relational databases, ETL/ELT, datasets, APIs
Ideally you will have …….
• Proven experience in a role involving data analysis or data management, with the ability to articulate the components/structures/roles and their purpose and importance in the wider framework
• Strong proficiency in T-SQL for ad-hoc data discovery, selection, extraction, transformation, and analysis
• Ability to perform data profiling, data management, and instil data governance principles
• Proficiency in data visualisation and presentation tools (e.g. Excel, Power BI, Tableau, PowerPoint) with the desire to develop these skills further
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, inquisitive and open-minded when looking at solutions or root cause analysis
• Strong communication, stakeholder management and people skills, with the ability to convey data concepts or insights to non-technical stakeholders
• Able to communicate between the technical and the non-technical
• Able to work autonomously with minimal supervision
This role is really suited to someone who…
• Has experience in the social housing sector or a similar regulated environment
• Can use predictive analytics tools and/or techniques to deliver predictive/prescriptive insights
• Has Degree in STEM subject or equivalent
• Has Understanding of GDPR and other data protection regulations
• Has familiarity with other data tools and programming languages (Microsoft BI Stack, Azure Synapse/Fabric, Collibra Data Governance, Informatica Data Quality
• Has Relevant professional Certifications
  
  Your Housing Group is a registered social landlord helping people at every stage of life to live in quality homes they can afford.
As one of the North's sector-leading landlords, we are proud to play our role in tackling the UK's housing crisis by continually reinvesting in our 29,000 properties and tailoring our services to meet the diverse needs of our customers. We also build over 1,000 new homes each year. We're an employer of choice, over 88% of colleagues here recommend us as a 'great place to work

In return we offer £30,000-£35,000 for a 35-hour week, and 25 days annual leave (holidays also increase with time served) plus Bank Holidays, but our employee offering provides much more than just a competitive salary and holiday allowance. At #TeamYHG we measure performance on outputs and quality, not hours and minutes. We offer a flexible, homeworking culture where you're trusted to get the job done. If you need time for an appointment, the school run or an exercise class, if it fits with business needs, we're open to what works for you too. And when you need to collaborate with your team, you can visit Youggle House - our purpose-built collaboration, wellbeing, and social space in Birchwood, Warrington. On top of this, we'll provide you with a great benefits package, including a contributory pension where we match whatever you choose to contribute (up to 8%), an advanced level Healthcare cash plan through BHSF, that doesn't just provide dental and optician cashback but also health and wellbeing benefits (such as 24/7 GP Access, money back from prescriptions and alternative therapy treatments) and an amazing discount scheme that gives you access to half price cinema tickets, subsidised gym memberships and a huge range of discounts with some of the biggest high street and online names.