About us

About IOE IOE is UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society. Founded in 1902, IOE has been shaping policy and helping government, organisations and individuals navigate a changing society for the last 120 years. We embrace collaboration and excellence to create a future that is inclusive and just, and have been ranked number one for education every year since 2014 in the QS World University Rankings by Subject. The Department of Culture, Communication and Media (CCM) is a department of IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society. It is committed to excellence in teaching, research and consultancy in the areas of: Media and Cultural Studies, Art, Design and Museology; Academic writing; English education: Applied Linguistics; Music Education; Multimodality studies; Learning with Digital Technologies.

About the role

The Research Data Analyst is a pivotal post within the IOE’s Research Development team operating across the areas of research evaluation, metrics and intelligence. The role requires a high level of data management, analysis and reporting expertise; the ability to manage a complex workload, take initiative and work closely with both academic and professional services colleagues within IOE and the UCL Office of the Vice Provost Research, Innovation and Global Engagement (OVPRIGE). The appointee will enhance and maintain the quality of IOE research performance data, provide regular and on-demand data insights and analysis, manage the IOE Faculty-level peer review of research bids, and provide key support for IOE preparations for Research Excellence Framework exercises. In addition, the role-holder will support the wider activities of the Research Development team and Faculty as required.

About you

You will have relevant professional experience or a first degree or equivalent experience and experience of gathering, cleaning and analysing data of varying quality from various and complex sources. Knowledge of research and the UK Higher Education environment, including the Research Excellence Framework is desirable. Your application form should address all the person specification points and should clearly demonstrate how your skills and experience meet each of the criteria. It is important that the criteria are clearly numbered and that you provide a response to each one.

What we offer

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below: • 41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days) • Additional 5 days’ annual leave purchase scheme • Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE) • Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan • Immigration loan • Relocation scheme for certain posts • On-Site nursery • On-site gym • Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay • Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service • Discounted medical insurance Visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/reward-and-benefits to find out more.

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce. These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women. Our department holds an Athena SWAN Bronze award, in recognition of our commitment to advancing gender equality.