Senior Analyst Job at Nesta (London)

Job Description

Nesta is looking to appoint a Senior Analyst into our A Fairer Start mission.

Job Responsibility

supporting the development of a well-functioning market of effective parenting interventions
designing, testing and scaling ways improve financial support for families
identifying ways to improve the quality of early childhood education and care
optimising the delivery of integrated family support
advocating for a more impactful, sustained and efficient early years funding system.
Reviewing existing research - critically appraising and summarising evidence on a given problem. You should be able to interpret common research statistics and critique research designs.
Conducting primary research - either quantitative, qualitative or design/user research. You are willing to learn more advanced methods as needed.
Communication - communicate effectively internally and disseminate the team’s work externally, which may include presenting in meetings, producing reports and slide decks, writing blogs, public speaking, stakeholder engagement, and developing other creative ways to communicate ideas to different audiences.
Workstream and project management - Managing your tasks within projects from start to finish, using project management tools and proactively communicating project risks, working as part of a multidisciplinary team
Stakeholder management - Working closely with internal and external stakeholders in project delivery, providing clear updates on project progress and actively contributing within meetings.
Domain knowledge - get to grips with new areas, topics and contexts that the range and variety of your projects take place in. You will need to quickly build contextual competence in unfamiliar topics (e.g. learn what key jargon means and be credible in conversations with stakeholders).

Requirements

Project management skills: you can plan work and execute against that plan
identify risks and issues, raising these appropriately within the team.
Research skills: experience applying one or more of the following disciplines: behavioural science
user or qualitative research
experimental or quasi-experimental evaluation
quantitative analysis
and/or data science
A confident understanding of causality and statistical reasoning: You understand the fundamentals of causal evaluation. You can interpret research findings of others, understand common statistics (such as standard deviation, confidence intervals, p values, and correlation coefficients), assess the strength of evidence for something, understand good practice for key research activities and can analyse data sets to pull key summary statistics and trends into graphs.
Strategic thinking: a track record and demonstrated ability to navigate complexity and uncertainty in a structured and logical way, optimising for impact across multiple options and/or within constrained resources
Communication and presentation skills: you can communicate clearly and effectively in a range of internal and external settings, including presentations, slide decks, research reports and blog posts. You are confident in explaining complex ideas in simple terms, ask thoughtful questions to build understanding and alignment, and contribute constructively in group settings.
Domain knowledge: some knowledge or experience in the practice, policy or research context of the Fairer Start mission. This might include through previous work, research, study, or personal experience working in the early years and/or education sectors.
Teamwork/ leadership: Demonstrated ability to work constructively with others to deliver high quality outputs.
Managing and developing yourself at work: You demonstrate high self-awareness and regularly self-reflect. You are aware of the impact that your actions and words have on those around you. You are resilient and accept responsibility for decisions whether they achieve the desired outcome or not.

Nice to have

Experience of working in a policy or strategy context for a consultancy, think tank, government or other fast-paced environment.
Experience of working as part of a research team and/or in multi-disciplinary teams, making use of mixed research or innovation methods.
A Bachelor’s or Master's qualification in a relevant field

What we offer

private medical insurance
dental insurance
the ability to buy and sell annual leave
eyecare vouchers

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