Royal Voluntary Service is seeking an experienced Data Analyst to join its dedicated team in a fully remote role. This opportunity is ideal for professionals with a minimum of 2 years’ experience in data analysis or reporting, looking to make a tangible impact through meaningful work in the charity sector.
Applicants must possess proven experience in Power BI report writing and dashboard creation, with a strong ability to interpret and deliver insights tailored to end-user requirements.
About Royal Voluntary Service
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Royal Voluntary Service has an opportunity available for a Data Analyst to join our team. You will join us on a full-time, permanent basis, and in return, you will receive a salary from £31,210 per annum.
Position: Data Analyst
Salary: £12 – £14 an hour
Job Type: Full Time
Location: Home based
About the Role
About the Data Analyst role:
We are looking for a detail-oriented Data Analyst/Business Partner to join our team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing, collecting, analysing, and interpreting a range of data to support evidence-based decision-making across the charity. You will work closely with colleagues to develop dashboards, generate reports, and uncover insights.
The charity wants to work in a more dynamic way in terms of real-time data generation and consistency. This role will be critical to us understanding the delivery of our strategy, services, and special projects. This role will work across the charity from marketing/communications, EDI, finance, to operational and governance teams. The role covers reporting of financial and non-financial data, with a key focus on impact reporting.
Location: Home based with occasional national travel
Hours: 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday
Benefits
- 26 days’ holiday (pro rata) plus paid statutory Bank Holidays (pro rata)
- Ten weeks’ company sick pay following successful completion of probation
- A great pension scheme
- 2 x Salary Death in Service Benefit, subject to qualification
- Enhanced Family Leave schemes
- An employee benefits package that gives access to an exclusive rewards website to get discounts and cashback online
- A 24-hour doctor line, financial support with dental/optical and other therapies
- A free and confidential employee assistance programme with up to six face-to-face sessions counselling included
- Extensive online and on the job training to ensure you will succeed in your role
- Opportunities to discuss flexible working
- Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career
- The chance to make a positive, lasting impact that changes lives, communities and society
What you’ll bring as our Data Analyst:
Knowledge
- Knowledge of Power BI reporting and creation of dashboards to end user requirements
- Knowledge of ERP systems and CRM systems.
- Familiarity with data governance and compliance frameworks (e.g., GDPR).
- Knowledge of financial regulations and processes
Skills
- Proven Power BI report writing experience
- Excellent Excel and analytical skills to provide data analysis and trend analysis
- Proven ability to understand data structures, and data modelling
- Comfortable working independently to tight deadlines
- Small group or 1-1 User Training
- Strong stakeholder engagement skills and confidence in building relationships across teams
Experience
- A minimum of 2 years Data Analyst or reporting analyst experience.
- Proven experience in data analysis or a related field with a strong proficiency in data analytics tools and software.
- Advanced data analysis and trend identification
- Delivering clear and documented display of results to end users
- Interpreting end user requirements into technical provision and liaising with non-technical users
- Working to deadlines and specific requests and delivering on time
- Working off own initiative investigating data trends, taking ownership of actions
- Presentation of results in both technical and clear language
- Experience working with large datasets and databases
- Producing accurate, cross-checked results that can be verified, and taking complete responsibility for those results.
- Experience implementing best practices around data and reporting.
Please refer to the role profile available to view on this vacancy for full details of this opportunity.
If you feel have the skills and experience to become our Data Analyst please click ‘apply’ today, we’d love to hear from you!
The closing date for this role is Friday 20th June 2025. However, we reserve the right to close this vacancy early should sufficient applications be received.
At Royal Voluntary Service our goal is to welcome everyone and build inclusive and diverse teams. We celebrate difference and encourage everyone to join us and be themselves at work. To find out more about our commitment to EDI, visit our website.
Join Royal Voluntary Service and together we can change lives, change communities and change society.
Required Documents
- CV/Resume
- Cover Letter
Application Process
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Application Deadline
June 20, 2025