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Join Nesta's mission to foster innovation and impact society positively as a Senior Analyst
Overview
Salary £47900
Location Blackfriars, London - Hybrid
Expires Expires at anytime
Nesta is a trailblazing innovation foundation dedicated to turning ambitious ideas into reality to positively transform society. With a focus on addressing significant societal challenges, Nesta employs expertise, skills, and funding to catalyze change in critical areas.
- Lead the charge in delivering impactful projects within the 'A Fairer Start' mission team.
- Utilize analytical prowess to dissect policy issues, engage with stakeholders, and devise strategic solutions.
- Deploy research skills to underpin positions and propel project development using quantitative research and evaluation.
- Employ coding skills in languages such as R or Python to advance project analytics, with a willingness to learn Python if not already proficient.
- Demonstrated analytical skills in policy analysis and problem-solving.
- Proven quantitative research and evaluation capabilities.
- Competency in a major coding language, preferably R or Python, or readiness to learn Python.
- Submit your application by 8.00am on July 18, 2024.
- Prepare for interviews scheduled for the week commencing July 29, 2024.
About Nesta Nesta is an innovation foundation. For us, innovation means turning bold ideas into reality and changing lives for the better. We use our expertise, skills and funding in areas where there are big challenges facing society.
The role We are recruiting for a Senior Analyst (maternity cover) for the ‘A Fairer Start’ mission team. Your main role in the team will be to support the delivery of projects - applying your analysis, research and policy knowledge to help us make progress on our key strategic focus areas.
Job requirements Analytical skills: You are able to identify issues within particular policy areas, analyse their origins through research and stakeholder engagement, and contribute to suggesting solutions and/or creating frameworks to creating solutions. Research skills: You understand the fundamentals of quantitative research and evaluation and can develop hunches or take a well evidenced position based on such research. Coding skills: you are comfortable in at least one widely used coding language (e.g. R, Python) and willing to learn Python if you don’t know it.
Benefits Salary: circa £47,900 plus array of benefits, including private medical insurance, dental insurance, the ability to buy and sell annual leave, eyecare vouchers and more.
Applications details To apply for this role, please submit your application before 8.00am on the 18th July 2024. Interviews will take place on w/c 29 July 2024.
