Data Analyst

HM64: Data Analyst

Location: Remote

Salary: Competitive Day Rate | Contract 6 Months

Overview:

First Military Recruitment are currently seeking a Data Analyst on behalf of one of our clients.

Our client encourages applications from ex-military personnel however all candidates will be given due consideration.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Provide statistical leadership for the programme, undertaking complex statistical analysis to help meet its primary objectives.
Unlock the value of long-term datasets by thorough rigorous, iterative analysis.
Analysis of complex, multi-pressure ecological datasets, required to identify causal drivers of ecosystem change.
Develop a revised monitoring design to reduce redundancy and increase statistical power, improving efficiency and ensuring that future data collection is efficient, targeted and statistically robust.
Revise the monitoring design to retain as much of the current methodology as possible, to facilitate maximum use of existing data.
Consult evidence users and partners to consider their needs during development of the new survey design.
Skills and Qualifications:

Experience of working in statistical and/or ecological or environmental fields.
Educated to degree level in a relevant subject or ability to demonstrate equivalent experience.
Ecological statistical knowledge.
A good understanding of experimental/survey design and related statistical analyses; ideally experience in ecological statistics.
Experience of a range of statistical techniques in R or Python (or SPSS) for examining relationships (including multivariate) between data and for inference, parametric and non-parametric analysis, and quantifying uncertainty.
Manage and deliver your work to meet agreed targets and deadlines.
BPSS Security Clearance.
Desirable:

Able to evaluate comparative approaches to statistical analysis and monitoring design, examine implications and make justified and evidenced recommendations.
Experience of contributing to relevant scientific literature (including responsibility for statistical analysis) and/or relevant technical reports.
Effective written and verbal communication skills, especially in conveying complex information, data, analytical methods and results to a range of audiences.
Location: Remote

Salary: Competitive Day Rate | Contract 6 Months

This is a summary of a vacancy from the advertiser. Read the full job description and apply →