Data Insights Manager, Wellcome
£78.9k
More information about location
3 days a week in office ( Euston Road, London)
Global charitable foundation for science research
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Global charitable foundation for science research
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
£78.9k
More information about location
3 days a week in office ( Euston Road, London)
1001+ employees
Company mission
Wellcome's mission is to support science to solve the urgent health challenges facing everyone.
Role
Who you are
- You’ll love working with data and tackling challenging problems
- Numerate background and exceptional data analysis skills, including the ability to handle a variety of complex datasets
- Basic knowledge in all the following areas, with expertise in some and knowledge of when to apply which methods:
- Excel modelling
- Knowledge of statistical modelling, methods and techniques
- Data visualisation skills and tools (e.g. Tableau)
- Data manipulation skills and tools
- Knowledge of data science techniques (e.g. text analytics) and tools
- Social research methods, focus groups, workshops, survey design and key informant interviews
- Substantial experience with all stages of the data analysis process (problem identification and structuring, data collection and storage, data investigation and exploratory analysis, data cleaning and manipulation, analysis and modelling, visualisation and communication)
- Strong project management experience – from conception to development to delivery, with the ability to motivate, develop and influence teams
- Enthusiasm to continue to learn new skills, tools and techniques, and to share your knowledge with others in the team
- Understanding of the science (life/social), public health, innovation or policy sector and/or an ability to get up to speed quickly on a breadth of science and research policy issues
What the job involves
- Contract type: Permanent
- You will be working in the Data Insights team that sits in the wider Digital and Technology team
- You will join an interdisciplinary team of data analysts, data visualisation specialists, product managers, qualitative researchers, software engineers, data engineers, data scientists and designers
- We all work together in supporting Wellcome’s mission to address worldwide health challenges
- You will be leading a workstream and/or complex projects and providing technical leadership and strategic direction for other members of our Data Insights team, driving innovation, learning, improvement and delivery
- You will work with key stakeholders to translate their requirements into analytics solutions, using your data & analytics skills to build data products and deliver robust insights to inform decision making at all levels of the organisation
- Line manage - build, manage, lead and motivate an integrated, inclusive and flexible team, ensuring that people with the right range of skills and experience are recruited and retained, and that their skills and professional capabilities are maximised
- Advocate for the use of data & analytics throughout Wellcome, making current analysis more accessible, identifying barriers to uptake and stimulating demand for new analysis
- Manage a multi-disciplinary workstream or project team, and communicate clearly with team members, senior management and stakeholders on progress
- Address complex problems the organisation is trying to solve through scoping solutions, determining appropriate and innovative qualitative and/or quantitative methods and applying these
- Effectively and clearly communicate technical findings and recommendations to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, shaping documentation, reports and dashboards to support the dissemination of research, analysis and insights
- Understand the ethical impact of any analysis undertaken and ensure that diversity and inclusion is always considered in how work is undertaken, the data being used and what analysis demonstrates
Application process
- Closing date: Thursday, 30 January 2025
- Interview dates: W/C 17th Feb
Salary benchmarks
Our take
The Wellcome Trust was originally founded in 1936 to fund medical research and has since grown into the UK’s largest private scientific research fund, and one of the wealthiest charities in the world. Disbursing over £1 billion in funds a year, it has provided funding to numerous medical research projects in its focus areas of mental health, climate & health and infectious diseases. These include the Cancer Genome Project and the Ebola Emergency Initiative.
Wellcome's recent decision to divest itself of its shares in fossil fuels has also relieved it of a persistent source of controversy, as this was potentially hindering the credibility of its climate change research. Wellcome has since partnered with the World Economic Forum to collect data on how climate change is affecting health worldwide.
The company is also moving to adjust to a more global role. The majority of its funding has historically been allocated to UK firms, but as climate change and infectious diseases know no borders, neither does research into solutions to these problems. ln 2019 it established an office in Berlin to strengthen its scientific links in the EU and to allow it to more easily fund important research outside of the UK.
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Company benefits
- Holiday – 25 days’ holiday a year plus bank holidays (and we usually close between Christmas and New Year)
- Pension (defined contribution plan) – you contribute at least 3% and we pay in 15% of your salary
- Income protection – to maintain your income if you have a prolonged illness or disability
- Life assurance – four to six times your basic salary if you’re a member of our pension plan
- Interest-free travel season ticket loan
- Private medical insurance – we pay the cover, you pay the tax (and you can pay to add dependants)
- Gym and fitness classes – free membership to on-site gym and subsidised fitness classes and treatments
- Employee assistance programme – free, independent 24/7 help and advice for work-related issues as well as problems affecting your home life
- Mental health support – our network of mental health first aiders can be a first point of contact, or help while you're receiving professional help
- Health assessments (free and voluntary) – after you’ve been here for one year, then every two years after that
- Occupational health – annual eye tests and flu jabs, as well as job-related vaccinations
- Flexible working – we make every effort to support flexible working, including flexible working hours and remote working (we respect people's different working preferences and the need for a healthy work-life balance)
- Flexi-leave scheme – you can buy or sell up to five days of your holiday entitlement a year
- Staff social club – a range of sports teams and fun events throughout the year
- Volunteering – we give you up to four days' paid leave a year to contribute to our local community
- Give As You Earn – allows you to make tax-free donations to the charities you care about
- Cycle-to-work scheme – we offer at least 25% discount on bikes and cycling equipment and we have secure cycle storage, lockers and showers
- Subsidised restaurant and cafe
- Wellcome Collection discounts – 20% off food, drink and gifts from our cafe, restaurant and shop
- Discounts through Perkbox – shopping, restaurants, cinema tickets, phone insurance and gift cards
Company values
- We make it count
- We act boldly
- We stretch ourselves
- We pull together
Company HQ
London, UK
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Leadership
Jeremy Farrar
(Director, not founder)Has been Director of the Wellcome Trust since 2013. Before that was Director of Oxford Clinical Research Unit, working on research and clinical trials for diseases in Vietnam.
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