Job Title: Junior Analyst

Location: Bristol, City Centre, BS1 3LH

Salary: £27,121 - £32,486 per year

Job Type: Full-time, Permanent

Working Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Closing Date: Monday 11 November 2024

The Centre for Sustainable Energy (CSE) is a Bristol-based national charity that supports people and organisations across the UK to tackle the climate emergency and end the suffering caused by cold homes. We do this by sharing our knowledge, practical experience and policy insights.

The Role:

To support the delivery of quantitative or technical components of projects within the Research and Analysis (R&A) team and to contribute knowledge, data analysis and research skills to a range of CSE projects across all teams.

Pay and conditions

The role is full-time 37.5 hours per week
The salary for the role will be £27,121 - £32,486 per year
You will be entitled to 25 days paid holiday (plus statutory holidays)CSE offer a range of benefits including, subsidised bike purchase and Tech Scheme, Life Assurance, Health Cash plan, retail discounts and discounted breakdown cover and many more.

We will pay fees and expenses on relevant training courses.

Specific responsibilities

An applicant appointed to the role will be expected to:

Support research and technical projects or activities using data analysis, statistical analysis, modelling and mapping tools (both in-house and external) or other quantitative techniques.
Produce high quality written material for reports and other publications by summarising key research findings, presenting effective visualisation of data and producing well evidenced research findings.
Communicate outputs effectively to internal team members and support the communication of outputs to external stakeholders.
Ensure project data is well organised and appropriately stored and shared in line with any legal and ethical requirements.
Apply appropriate and reproducible analytical methods.
Be a proficient user of Excel and other data analysis tools (such as R, SPSS, SQL, Python, GIS, QGIS)
Continuously improve research and analysis skills through online training, knowledge sharing within the R&A team, and mentorship from senior staff.
Contribute to the method write up in research bids or consultancy proposals.
Contribute to one or more of CSE's strategic work programmes (see Organisational Strategy 2024-28), supporting idea development and impact activities.Essential attributes for this role include:

A degree level qualification or equivalent in a relevant field (for example energy, economics, STEM subjects, social science or data analytics).
Experience of managing, cleaning, processing and analysing data using Excel and tools such as R, SPSS, etc.
Experience of writing up research outputs and effectively communicating complex issues.
Ability to write high quality research reports and publications with excellent attention to detail.
Ability to present research findings in accessible and compelling ways for a range of audiences.
Ability to work effectively both autonomously and as part of a team.
Good organisational skills and ability to manage own workload.How to apply

To apply, please download and complete the application form available from our website. Your application should demonstrate your suitability for the role against the criteria outlined in the person specification. Please complete the application form and provide a 2-page CV. The application form asks you to provide up to 350-word answers to each of these three questions:

Please can you describe your motivations for applying to CSE for the Junior Analyst role.
Please can you describe the experience you bring to the role and how it relates to the job description.
Please can you describe how this role relates to your career aspirations.The closing date for applications is midday on Monday 11 November 2024.

Interviews are expected to take place Friday 22 November & Monday 25 November 2024, though this is subject to change.

If invited to interview, we will ask you to provide evidence of eligibility to work in the UK.

Please click on the APPLY button to send your CV and Cover Letter for this role.

Candidates with the relevant experience, qualifications, and job titles of; Graduate Junior Analyst, Graduate Training, Tech Scheme, Technology Training, Graduate Opportunities, Energy Ergonomics Graduate, Data Analyst Programme, Data Science, Social Science Data Engineering may also be considered for this role