The organisation: WPI Economics

WPI Economics is a data insight, economics and public policy consultancy. We provide a wide range of clients with research, modelling, and advice to influence improved public policy design and delivery. We are one of the UK’s leading organisations for data insights to research poverty and inequality.

The role

We are looking for a new Data Insights Analyst to play a central role in delivering and developing our work and impact on a number of high-profile data-led projects, including: London’s Poverty Profile; The Health Foundation Evidence Hub; and The Social Metrics Commission.

In the role you will:

• Process a wide variety of data types (social survey, administrative etc.) in a codified environment (mostly R).
• Produce high quality visuals to surface key insights for various forms of publication and for wide range of audience types.
• Work collaboratively with the team and clients to produce impactful analysis and develop suitable audit trails and quality assurance of outputs.
• Communicate your findings in an engaging written, verbal and visual manner.

About you

We are looking for someone who can bring the following to the role:

• Quantitative experience: experience of applying statistical and/or economic techniques to provide analysis and insight that makes an impact with experts and non-experts. In particular, experience of data analysis and modelling skills in code environments, (for example one or more of R, STATA SPSS, SQL, SAS, Python).
• Experience of using large-scale household surveys (e.g. Labour Force Survey, Family Resources Survey) and / or Government datasets such as Stat-Xplore and NOMIS.
• Data visualisation: Experience of (or enthusiasm to gain experience in) creating data visualisations and interactive data dashboards using packages such as Tableau, QGIS, ArcGIS, Flourish and R.
• Communications and writing skills: the ability to distil complex analyses clearly and concisely into a clear and comprehensible set of findings in both verbal and written formats.

Further details

• £25,000 - £32,000 depending on experience.
• Benefits including 25 days annual leave (plus a Christmas to New Year shutdown), pension and access to the Spill mental health package.
• Hybrid work, based in our Westminster office.

See our website for more details.