Research Analyst

Salary: £51,014 - £60,016

Location: London - Hybrid 2 days per week at our London office, 3 days working from home

Hours: 35

Contract: Permanent

About us:

The General Dental Council (GDC) is the statutory body responsible for regulating dental professionals in the UK. We have an exciting opportunity for a Research Analyst to sit within the Policy and Research team. Our Research team provides research and statistical analyses in support of the development and delivery of the GDC Strategy and its objectives. Our team provides evidence to inform what GDC does and, where possible, evaluates performance and improvement. We also gather, review and analyse information, including providing statistical analyses of data from our core business functions to help evaluate processes and inform our work to encourage professionalism and to inform our approach to the development of our legal and policy framework.

About the role:

• Conduct statistical analysis that supports the work of the Policy and Research team.
• Collaborate with Policy and Communications colleagues to undertake bespoke analysis to support key strategic initiatives.
• Translate requirements into accurate data requests to the Business Intelligence team.
• Quality assuring externally commissioned statistical/data analysis.
• Translate analysis and insight into actionable points for policy teams.
• Statistical or data consulting: can blend technical knowledge with understanding and collaboration. Will need to be able to advise on: refining business questions into research or statistical questions, data collection methods, interpretation of data, and translating the implications of externally commissioned research into actions for the GDC.
• Lead and organise data collection or analysis projects with cross-functional teams (e.g. Policy, Communications, Business Intelligence and IT).

Person specification:

• A first degree / higher-level qualification in a social sciences or applied data analysis field, or a higher degree in a relevant subject (such as applied statistics, public health, biostatistics, data science).
• Experience of using a range of analytical approaches, modelling and appropriate tests (such as Chi-squared, ANOVA, T-tests, logistic-regression, non-parametric tests, factor analysis, or Bayesian analysis).
• Ability to translate business problems into hypotheses and then select the appropriate statistical test, together with the ability to conduct analysis using statistical packages such as SPSS, R, JASP or Jamovi.
• Experience in quantitative research methods and analysis of survey data and internal business data.
• Have experience in reporting statistical outputs in a variety of formats (e.g., reports, presentations, blog, data tables, infographics) and be comfortable discerning the appropriate format from internal clients.
• Can demonstrate where they have introduced new methods to collect, quality assure or analyse data that have resulted in business improvements.
• Experience in data cleaning. This role will involve cleaning data, recoding variables, transforming variables, handling missing values, and recoding text/string data.
• Able to use project management tools (e.g. GANT charts, Project Initiation Documents).

Benefits:

The GDC is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace that provides an environment that reflects our values and culture and allows employees to flourish. To support this, we offer a range of family-friendly, inclusive employment policies, including flexible working arrangements from day one and employee networks that aid growth and development. Some of our benefits include:

• 27 days holiday (plus 8 bank holidays) - rising to 30 days (plus 8 bank holidays) after 2 years service.
• Flexi-time scheme.
• Employer pension contributions up to 10%.
• Buy/Sell annual leave.
• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption leave from 1 years service.
• Life assurance, income protection plan and enhanced sick leave policy.
• Staff discounts, including eye care contributions and discounted gym membership.

We encourage and support the recruitment, retention, and career development of people from as wide a range as possible of ethnic, cultural and social backgrounds.

How to apply:

For further details about the role and to apply, please click the apply button. As part of your supporting statement, we would like you to expand on your experience in the areas listed in the person specification above.

Closing date: 23:59 on 26 May 2026. Please note that we reserve the right to bring this recruitment campaign to an end without notice, and we encourage all interested candidates to apply as soon as possible.