Information Officer/ Data Analyst

Anglia Ruskin University
Chelmsford
3 months ago
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About ARU

Job Category: Administrative


Vacancy Type: Permanent


Employment Type: Part time


Salary From: £38,784 p.a. pro rata


Salary To: £44,746 p.a. pro rata


Location: Chelmsford/Cambridge


Faculty/Prof Service: Faculty of Health, Medicine & Social Care


Closing Date: 27/11/2025


Ref No: 3743


Documents:



  • Job Description Person Specification (PDF , 612.16kb)
  • Candidate Brief (PDF , 2375.5kb)

ARU is a global university transforming lives through innovative, inclusive and entrepreneurial education and research. ARU holds a Gold award for the quality of its education, awarded through the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF).


ARU’s research institutes and four faculties bridge scientific, technical and creative fields. We deliver impactful research which tackles pressing issues and makes a real difference to our communities. Our academic excellence has been recognised by the UK’s Higher Education funding bodies, with 16 of our research areas assessed as world leading. We are the largest provider of Nursing, Midwifery, Health and Social Care students in the East of England, and we are also among the UK’s leading universities for degree apprenticeship provision, working with hundreds of employers across the UK.


About The Role

As the Faculty’s Information Officer/Data Analyst you will be responsible for preparing and submitting all statutory data returns required by the NHS England Education Contract, taking data from various sources and preprocessing to ensure accuracy and completeness of all data returns.


You will collaborate with teams across the Faculty to identify opportunities for improving data quality, provide informed recommendations on solutions, and take responsibility for responding to ad hoc data requests, including those related to Freedom of Information and Subject Access Requests.


With a degree and an appropriate level of experience and evidence of continuing professional development relevant to the role, you’ll have demonstrable experience of data preprocessing and working with large datasets, ideally with experience of regulatory body reporting. You will be used to working to very rigid deadlines, and managing a busy and varied workload. A key responsibility of this role will be to identify data quality issues across various systems and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to implement sustainable improvements.


You will have an overall high level of digital literacy and have strong communication skills, able to simplify complex information to support understanding and decision making across diverse stakeholder groups.


Informal enquiries can be made to Kate Tuerena, Faculty Deputy General Manager at .


Interviews will take place on Thursday 11th December 2025.


Find out more about working with us and how we recruit.


Guidance Notes

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting welfare of our staff and students and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants should be aware that ARU will carry out online searches as part of the due diligence on short listed candidates.


We value diversity at ARU and welcome applications from all sections of the community.


We have a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.


In accordance with the UK Government’s immigration points-based system, this post does not meet the characteristics of a skilled job including salary criteria to be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker Route.


Committed to being inclusive and open to discuss flexible working.


We reserve the right to close this vacancy once we have received sufficient applications.


Please download the Job Description Person Specification for key requirements. To apply, demonstrate how your skills and experience meet the criteria.


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