Data Analyst

About the role

We are looking for a Data Analyst – (1 post) to join our Analytics & Insight team. This role is a home based role, where there is no daily requirement to attend an office with the flexibility to attend as required.

The purpose of the role is to oversee the development and full lifecycle of Onward’s data warehouse ETL using SSIS to ensure optimal performance and to produce and organise data and performance metrics for Onward ensuring that systems are linked and processed correctly.

Responsibilities will include writing ETL scripts and code to make sure the ETL process performs optimally, documenting source-to-target mappings, re-engineering manual data flows to enable scaling and repeatable use, supporting the build of data streaming systems, testing and fault finding and resolution.

Analyse and provide support to the analytics and insight team to allow information on performance measurement to be documented and shared with the business; translating data into valuable insights that inform decisions. Support business intelligence reporting and facilitate analysis across Onward through production and maintenance of tables, data models and governed metrics and support the team in developing their technical knowledge of SQL and the data warehouse.

In order to be successful you should have knowledge of Microsoft SQL Server Stack, experience of interpreting data and communicating with technical and non-technical colleagues to assist in decision making across the business, experience of working to develop data and performance services and improve systems and be educated to A-Level standard or equivalent qualification.

What you can expect from us

We offer a competitive salary, a generous annual leave entitlement of 31 days plus bank holidays and a pension scheme with employer matched contributions of up to 10%. Your wellbeing matters to us, and we offer a health cash plan where you can claim back money for health care, access to a GP service and an employee assistance programme, along with access to discounts for you and your family to enjoy outside of work.

We are passionate about our people, enabling their development, with learning opportunities to progress both personally and professionally. This includes access to volunteer in our local communities or learn a new skill outside of work.

We have created a flexible working environment, with Onward WorkSpace, which is our approach that focuses on work being the thing that we do that makes a difference to our customers, not the place we go. You will be provided with all the ICT working equipment to enable you to undertake your role.

About Onward

Onward Homes is one of the largest registered providers of social housing in the North West, with 35,000 properties across the region.

We believe that everyone deserves a place to call their own, which is why we’re committed to building 500 new homes each year. We do more than just provide a roof over our customers’ heads, we’re here to make a real difference.

In addition to creating positive spaces for our customers we continuously strive to create a positive and progressive workspace to enable our colleagues to achieve their full potential.

We embrace diversity and strive for diverse teams to create an inclusive culture which enables Onward to thrive and be representative of the communities that we serve. We want to ensure that everybody has an opportunity to be part of our recruitment processes and will therefore make reasonable adjustments to accommodate our candidates. Please let us know if there is anything we can do to assist you with our recruitment process via the email address below.

If candidates have any concerns / questions in relation to Covid-19 and the role at any stage of the recruitment and selection process they can contact the HR team on [email protected] and a member of the HR Team will be in touch.

Please note that we reserve the right to close the vacancy early prior to the closing date.