Senior Analyst (A Healthy Life)

Job title:

Senior Analyst (A Wholesome Life)

Firm

Nesta

Job description

We’re recruiting for a Senior Analyst, A Wholesome LifeAbout NestaWe’re Nesta, the UK’s innovation company for social good. We design, check and scale options to society’s largest issues. Our three missions are to provide each baby a good begin, assist folks stay wholesome lives, and create a sustainable future the place the economic system works for each folks and the planet.For over 20 years, we have now labored to help, encourage and encourage innovation. We work in three roles: as an innovation companion working with frontline organisations to design and check new options, as a enterprise builder supporting new and early stage companies, and as a system shaper creating the situations for innovation.Harnessing the rigour of science and the creativity of design, we work relentlessly to alter thousands and thousands of lives for the higher. Discover out extra at .The crewWe’re searching for a senior analyst to work in Nesta’s ‘A Wholesome Life’ mission. We need to improve the variety of years lived in good well being for all, and significantly these most affected by well being inequalities. We’re specializing in tackling one of many largest drivers of misplaced years of wholesome life: weight problems. Our major focus at the moment is on bettering our meals environments i.e. making wholesome meals extra out there, accessible, inexpensive, interesting and handy for all. We work throughout sectors – with companies, nationwide policymakers, native authorities, teachers and different charities – with a purpose to drive the adjustments we have to see to enhance well being.The functionThe next record units out the core duties a Senior Analyst within the crew can be anticipated to take part in. We do not count on you to be an professional at this stage, however we wish you to return to Nesta with a progress mindset the place you might be able to experiment and be taught.Supply of tasks. This implies engaged on the end-to-end venture cycle, for instance:Conducting analysis. For instance: interviews, observations, information assortment, information evaluation, case research.Critically and precisely appraise and summarise current proof on the issue and potential options. This implies it is best to be capable of interpret frequent analysis reporting statistics, critique analysis designs and undertake literature opinions..Serving to to plan novel options to issues, pilot or prototype these earlier than implementation, and consider whether or not or not they labored.Working carefully with meals system companions, maintaining in thoughts what’s essential to them and why, and maintaining the venture transferring by proactively resolving points and mitigating dangers.Become familiar with new areas, matters and contexts that the vary and number of your tasks happen in.Work with a junior colleague and help them in venture coordination and administration, together with liaising with companions, getting ready agendas and minutes for conferences, chairing small conferences, and coordinating updates.Talk and disseminate the crew’s work externally, which can embrace producing stories and slide decks for companions, writing blogs, public talking, stakeholder engagement and main new and inventive methods to speak concepts to completely different audiences.Improvement of recent work, together with venture concept technology, venture scoping, analysis and writing bids and proposals.Assist the event of a powerful analysis tradition throughout Nesta, contributing to the event and supply of coaching of colleagues in rigorous and clear analysis methodologies.The particular personImportantUndertaking/ programme administration expertise: you possibly can plan work and execute towards that plan; establish and act on dangers and points; make sure that key stakeholders are engaged all through; preserve observe of spend towards price range.Capacity to shortly construct contextual competence in unfamiliar matters (e.g. be taught what key jargon means, be credible in conversations with stakeholders, perceive what’s measured and what’s essential).Capacity to shortly synthesise proof and talk these in a digestible manner for key stakeholders.Presentation expertise: you possibly can report again on analysis findings in a variety of settings, together with shows, slide decks, analysis stories and weblog posts.Data or expertise within the observe, coverage or analysis context of the Wholesome Life mission that could be derived from all kinds of contexts together with campaigning, research, work expertise, or a mix.Data or sensible expertise of coverage across the Nationwide Meals Technique agenda, or having labored within the meals business, well being or wellbeing sector.Glorious writing expertise to tailor content material to completely different audiences.Willingness to be agile and work on a variety of tasks throughout the A Wholesome Life Staff when vital.FascinatingQuantitative analysis and evaluation expertise: you perceive the basics of exploratory analysis and analysis and may take a effectively evidenced place based mostly on such analysis. You might be conversant in conducting literature searches of educational databases. You may interpret analysis findings of others, perceive frequent statistics (corresponding to customary deviation, confidence intervals, p values, correlation coefficients, and regression coefficients), assess the power of proof for one thing, perceive good observe for key analysis actions (corresponding to interviewing)and specifically, you possibly can analyse information units to drag out key abstract statistics and traits.Educational analysis expertise on weight problems or meals environments, or in an adjoining space like diet.Expertise of working in multi-disciplinary groups making use of combined analysis or innovation strategies.Facilitation expertise, e.g. working workshops.Glorious writing expertise to tailor content material to completely different audiences.Visible communication expertise (e.g. superior PowerPoint, information visualisation).Expertise with Programming Languages (e.g. Python, R)What we provideWage: £46,000 plus array of advantages, together with non-public medical insurance coverage, dental insurance coverage, the power to purchase and promote annual depart, eyecare vouchers and extraLocation: This function relies in Blackfriars, Central London, hybrid working associationTime period: EverlastingHours: It is a full-time function however we provide a variety of versatile working preparations and encourage our folks to benefit from them. Many do.Reviews to: Mission SupervisorMaking an utilityPlease submit your expression of curiosity earlier than 08:00 AM 15 April 2024We are going to verify precise dates for interviews after the EOI has closed.At Nesta, we consider {that a} various workforce results in an organisation that’s extra progressive, extra artistic and will get higher outcomes.We wish our workforce to symbolize the variety of the folks and communities we serve. We additionally need our office to be one the place completely different experiences, experience and views are valued, and the place everybody is inspired to develop and develop.Because of this after we are recruiting, we actively search to achieve a various pool of candidates. It additionally signifies that we’re pleased to think about any cheap changes that potential staff might have to with a purpose to achieve success.We recognise the significance of an excellent steadiness between work and residential life, so we do the whole lot we will to accommodate versatile working, together with working from dwelling, compressed or part-time hours, job shares and different preparations.Please simply tell us in your utility or at any stage all through the method (and past) if these are choices you’d wish to discover.

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United Kingdom

Job date

Wed, 10 Apr 2024 04:36:13 GMT

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