Data Analyst

Salary: £35,000 - 35,000 per year

Requirements:

• Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines
• Ability to collect and interpret reporting requirements and translate these into clear PMO outputs
• Experience working with project or portfolio reporting tools, such as Tableau or Power BI
• Solid attention to detail with the ability to produce consistent, high-quality reports
• Ability to support and maintain repeatable PMO processes
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to engage confidently with colleagues at all levels
• Ability to think creatively, propose solutions, and support decision making
• Strong interpersonal skills and emotional intelligence, enabling productive relationships across teams
• Ability to work independently and within a multidisciplinary team
• Confidence in explaining PMO processes to non-technical colleagues and supporting their adoption

Responsibilities:

• Maintain and develop our portfolio reporting dashboards
• Support governance and assurance activities
• Facilitate project planning, risk management, and monitoring processes
• Provide guidance to teams on project management standards, templates, and reporting expectations
• Help embed standard methodology in delivery approaches to enable more consistent and effective project execution
• Produce high-quality portfolio insights to support strategic decision making
• Work closely with other UKRI PMO and portfolio teams to share good practice and support harmonisation
• Coordinate and quality-assure project status reports, risk logs, benefit tracking, and delivery plans
• Support governance meetings by preparing papers, performance summaries, and portfolio insights
• Facilitate the development, rollout, and continuous improvement of project and programme management standards, templates, and guidance
• Provide guidance and training to project leads on reporting requirements, planning expectations, and governance processes
• Support portfolio-level analysis for strategic planning and decision making
• Record and track delivery achievements across our projects, raising risks where required
• Support evaluation and lessons-learned activities to drive continuous improvement
• Engage with other Research Councils to align processes and share best practice

Technologies:

• Support
• Power BI
• Tableau

More:

We are recruiting a Data Analyst to join our Portfolio Management and Insights team at Polaris House in Swindon, Wiltshire. This is a full-time fixed-term role until 15 August 2027, offering a salary of £37,841 per annum at UKRI Band D. Our team provides key portfolio, governance, assurance, data, reporting, and planning support across AHRC, working closely with the Senior Data Strategy Manager, project leads, directorates, and the wider UKRI community. We support a hybrid working approach, with a mix of home, office, and occasional other UK locations, and staff will be expected to meet a standard onsite attendance requirement from 1 October 2026. We offer a strong benefits package including a defined benefit pension scheme, 30 days annual leave plus public and privilege days, employee discounts, an employee assistance programme, flexible working options, and a culture focused on continuous learning, wellbeing, and work-life balance. We are an equal opportunity and disability confident employer committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion.

last updated 32 week of 2026