Data & Insight Analyst

We're the Football Foundation - the Premier League, the FA and government’s charity that delivers outstanding grassroots facilities, more and better places to play, transforming lives and communities where it is needed most. 

To help us with this important mission, we currently have a vacancy for a Data & Insight Analyst. You will work closely to help the Football Foundation demonstrate its impact to communities through our work. The Insight Team are looking for an experienced analyst, confident in building SQL databases (including writing queries independently), using data visualisation tools. and with advanced Excel skills (including building Pivot Tables and importing data using Power Query) to help us achieve our goal of providing everyone with a place to play. You will be integral in helping the Foundation to understand who we are reaching, and identify areas we can improve to help even more people!

Over the last 24 years, the Foundation has awarded more than 23,000 grants to deliver outstanding grassroots facilities across England worth more than £877 million. This year, the Foundation will be investing more money than ever into facilities across England and is committed to improving the experience of playing football for everyone. The Foundation’s goal is to unlock the power of pitches ensuring everyone has a great place to play regardless of gender, race, disability or place.

As part of our data and insight team, you will play a vital role in helping the Foundation measure the impact of its investment so that it can maximise the benefit to grassroots football. You will analyse data to make specific recommendations to inform our strategic decision making and to allow our funding partners to evaluate the impact of their investment. You will be responsible for supporting the efficient and effective delivery of insight capability for the Football Foundation and Premier League Stadia Fund.

You will be involved in developing and maintaining PowerBI dashboards as part of the Foundation’s interactive monitoring tools. You will also manage the end-to-end surveying approach for the Foundation and ensure the data we hold in our databases is accurate and reliable.

How we achieve our goals is equally important to us. We are striving to be an inclusive and diverse organisation which reflects the diverse communities, users and beneficiaries of our work and the outcomes we deliver. Becoming part of the Football Foundation team, will give you the chance to deliver a positive impact in every community in England; to help transform lives and communities through great places to play; and to be part of a supportive and inclusive staff team that works hard and plays fair to achieve its goals.

We would love to hear from you if you are educated to degree level in a related subject – or have equivalent experience – coupled with an understanding of the key principles relating to planning, data analysis, research and monitoring and evaluation to demonstrate outcomes and inform strategic planning.

We’re looking for candidates who can use their initiative and expertise to identify and solve problems, and develop innovative and creative solutions to support the needs of the business; communicate and present complex information and concepts in an engaging way to both technical and non-technical audiences; and are able to derive insights from complex data sets and present analysis and recommendations in a clear, concise and comprehensive way.

You don’t need to be follow football to apply, but you should have a genuine interest in using your skills and experience to help the Foundation achieve our charitable and strategic objectives.

Most of all we want someone who reflects who we are as an organisation. We refer to our values as our four corners:

• Fair Players – open and inclusive in our approach
• Star Performers – trusted to deliver
• United Team Players – collaborative and easy to work with
• Passionate Supporters – flexible and willing 

For full details of the role and requirements, please download our recruitment pack below.

The salary band for this role is £37,000 - £42,000 per annum, dependent on relevant skills and experience.

You will start on 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (which increases after 2 years), plus additional time off to volunteer. We also offer a generous pension scheme (8% employer contribution), free health care provision, a monthly gym subsidy, interest-free season ticket loan, death in service benefit and access to selected match tickets.

We are committed to helping our team members maintain a healthy work-life balance, so offer flexible working around core hours to help achieve that.

The Football Foundation is committed to, and values the principles of diversity, equality, equity, and inclusion. We strive to provide an inclusive and supportive working environment where all our team feel respected and supported in fulfilling their potential. We encourage and welcome applications from all, regardless of background and are particularly interested to hear from individuals belonging to under-represented groups including diverse ethnic communities, individuals with a disability and those from the LGBTQI+ community.

Should you need any adjustments to the recruitment process, at either application or interview stage, please contact us at jobs@footballfoundation.org.uk
 

To apply, please follow the steps outlined below:

1.    Please send the following to jobs@footballfoundation.org.uk

• CV
• Cover letter - please highlight briefly and clearly how your skills, abilities and experience equip you for the role, together with your reasons for applying.

The closing date for applications is: 9 September 2024, 9AM.

Interviews are expected to take place between 18 and 20 September 2024

We encourage candidates to apply as soon as possible, as we may close the advert and application window early if we have received sufficient applications.

All applications received will be short listed against the role requirements and person specification. Those most closely matching our requirements will be invited to take part in an online interview.

Due to the volume of applications received for most roles, the Foundation only contacts candidates if they are shortlisted for interview. If you do not hear from us within two weeks of the closing date, you should assume your application has not been successful.

Please note that you must be eligible to work in the UK to apply.