This 23-month fixed-term post sits in the Evidence and Evaluation Team at BBSRC, within UK Research and Innovation. The work centres on analysing BBSRC's research portfolio, providing the evidence behind planning, decisions and responses to parliamentary and FOI requests. The role uses text mining, network analysis, research classification and data visualisation, and it is open to part-time working from 0.8 FTE with hybrid options. Fit depends on working knowledge of R, Python or SQL and an interest in the biosciences.
What the job involves
- Contribute to responses to Parliamentary questions, ministerial briefings and FOI requests on BBSRC investments, with robust data and context
- Define and analyse research portfolios with subject matter experts using text searching, clustering and auto-classification
- Contribute to strategic analyses of the BBSRC grants portfolio using national and international data sources
- Support corporate analyses of investment and outputs data, ensuring source datasets are accurate and fit for purpose
- Monitor research investment data quality, arrange amendments and maintain BBSRC core research classifications
- Summarise and visualise portfolio data for internal and external stakeholders
- Promote analytical resources across the office and explore new analyses
- Build skills in machine learning, text mining and data visualisation and apply them in the role
Skills & knowledge
- Strong data analysis skills, working accurately and reproducibly
- Working knowledge of programming languages such as R, Python or SQL
- Aptitude to learn new analytics tools
- Communication skills to present data clearly and concisely for the audience
- Effective team working and interpersonal skills
Other
- Scientific literacy with an interest in the biosciences or related subjects
- Genuine interest in the aims and objectives of BBSRC
What’s offered
- Defined benefit pension scheme
- 30 days' annual leave plus 10.5 public and privilege days (FTE)
- Employee discounts and offers on retail and leisure
- Employee assistance programme
- Flexible working options
- Hybrid working available
- Support for development and continuous learning
- Wellbeing initiatives
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The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
