Job Description

BI Analyst - 12 month contract

Application Deadline: 29 May 2026

Department: IT & Systems

Employment Type: Contract / Temp

Location: London (Hybrid)

Compensation: £43,000 - £52,000 / year

Role: BI Analyst
Location: London or Romford - (Hybrid - 2 days office)
Salary: Competitive
Department: IT & Systems
Contract: 12m FTC

Power BI Development

• Deliver enterprise‑grade Power BI solutions, including advanced DAX, Power Query (M) transformations, semantic modelling, and performance optimisation
• Build interactive dashboards and reports aligned to user needs and NatCen UI/UX standards
• Ensure visualisations meet accessibility, clarity, and interpretability principles for research and operational users

Key Responsibilities

Communication & Collaboration with Stakeholders

• Communicate technical concepts clearly to non‑technical colleagues
• Present analytical findings in ways that are easy to understand and act on
• Work collaboratively with Data Architect, researchers, and organisational leads to deliver shared outcomes
• Partner with colleagues across Research, Operations, Finance, HR, and Data Services to define, document, and validate reporting requirements
• Facilitate workshops, walkthroughs, and feedback sessions to ensure outputs meet organisational and research needs
• Translate business questions into analytical designs, KPIs, and executive‑ready reporting outputs

Databricks & Analytical Engineering

• Use Databricks to transform curated datasets into analytics‑ready semantic tables/datasets.
• Write high‑quality SQL; familiarity with PySpark and Databricks is desirable
• Work closely with the Data Architect, who owns core Databricks platform design, to ensure analytical datasets align with enterprise models and standards

Skills Knowledge and Expertise

Essential

• Significant hands-on experience delivering enterprise PowerBI solutions with a proven background
• Strong DAX, Power Query, and semantic model design skills
• Strong grounding in dimensional modelling and analytics best practice
• Experience turning ambiguous requirements into well‑defined specifications
• Ability to document requirements, manage changes, and maintain traceability throughout delivery Strong communication skills and the ability to influence and collaborate effectively

Desirable:
Experience using Databricks in research, public sector, social statistics, or financial analytics contexts Excellent SQL capabilities and practical experience with large‑scale data pipelines
Exposure to PySpark or Python in a data engineering or analytics environment
Familiarity with research data structures, survey data, or longitudinal datasets
Experience contributing to organisational data governance frameworks
Experience working in Agile delivery environments

Benefits

Benefits


As well as a competitive salary, attractive bonus structure and excellent working environment (including a home/office hybrid working environment), you will be working for the largest independent social research organisation in the UK. We are proud of the benefits we offer our employees which include:

• 25 days holiday (plus 8 bank holidays) and flexible working
• Generous company pension scheme
• Life insurance and health cash plan
• Cycle to Work scheme and season ticket loan
• Career development, professional subscriptions support and mentoring support from industry-leading experts

About the National Centre for Social Research


At The National Centre for Social Research, we believe that social research has the power to make life better. By really understanding the complexity of people’s lives and what they think about the issues that affect them, we give the public a powerful and influential role in shaping services that can make a difference to everyone. And as an independent, not-for-profit organisation we’re able to focus our time and energy on meeting our clients’ needs and delivering social research that works for society.

Our Values & Behaviors
We Are Curious

• Uses data to improve field performance and delivery
• Explores new approaches to workforce management

We Move with Purpose

• Drives delivery against operational targets
• Aligns workforce planning to demand

We Act with Integrity

• Ensures fair and compliant field practices
• Maintains quality and ethical standards

We are proud to say we are a Disability Confident Committed Employer, so if you require any reasonable adjustments during the interview process please make us aware and we will endeavor to support you to help you showcase your best self during our hiring process.