King's College London

About us 

The Faculty of Social Sciences & Public Policy is seeking to recruit a Data Analysis Manager. This role will provide a focal point at faculty level to support our community in terms of data interrogation, analysis and reporting to support executive decision-making across the faculty.

The Faculty of Social Science and Public Policy at King’s is one of the largest UK university communities for social research and education. The faculty has a number of strategically important projects underway which are closely aligned with the broader King’s Strategy 2030 agenda.

SSPP embraces equality, diversity and inclusion. We attract students and staff from across the world, from many different backgrounds, with a variety of ethnicities, religions, and sexual and gender identities. We promote flexible working as a key enabler of inclusion. We encourage and welcome applications from women, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates, and from candidates who are LGBTQ+ and/or have a disability.

About the role 

We are looking for a Data Analysis Manager to work on a varied and wide-ranging set of projects and activities. The role-holder will work closely with the SSPP Head of Strategic Projects, Director of Operations, functional and academic leads, bringing insights from data into our operations and change initiatives.

We are looking for a creative individual with excellent organisational, stakeholder management and data transformation skills. The post would suit someone who has experience of using complex data to inform business success.

The main purpose of the role will be to provide support across the breadth of the faculty’s activities in education, research, enterprise, impact and service, student and staff experience through sourcing, transforming, analysing and presenting data, to progress service delivery, strategic projects, planning, evaluation and continuous improvement.

This is a full-time post, and the successful candidate will be offered an indefinite contract.

About you

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

Essential criteria 

1. Educated to degree level in a numerate discipline (or equivalent experience in numeracy-dependent work roles) 
2. Experience of extracting, manipulating, combining, transforming and analysing data from a range of sources 
3. Experience of presenting data for a variety of audiences, including translation of complex technical data for non-specialist stakeholders 
4. Strength in data literacy and understanding of key data concepts, including data protection, data quality and the limitations of available data 
5. Excellent software skills – advanced knowledge of MS Excel, including use of macros and Visual Basic for Applications, and able to visualise data using business intelligence tools, e.g. PowerBI and Power Automate. 
6. Excellent interpersonal, teamworking and communication skills 
7. Ability to work independently and proactively while managing competing priorities with excellent attention to detail 
8. Strong commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion 

Desirable criteria

1. Experience of working with data in a higher education context, including advanced knowledge of SITS or of a comparable student records system  
2. Experience of project management and process improvement  
3. Data or business analytics qualification/ certification 

Downloading a copy of our Job Description 

Full details of the role and the skills, knowledge and experience required can be found in the Job Description document, provided at the bottom of the page. This document will provide information on the criteria used at each stage of the recruitment process.

Further information

At King’s, we believe that the diversity of our community and a culture that is welcoming, open, inclusive and collaborative, are great strengths of the university. 

The Equality Act of 2010 protects the rights of our students and staff and provides a framework to fulfil our duties to eliminate unlawful discrimination, harassment and victimisation and in addition, to advance equality of opportunity and foster good relations between those who share a protected characteristic and those who do not. At times, this will include balancing rights and beliefs that can feel in tension.

We are committed to free speech and to academic freedom, believing that our foundational purpose as a university, is to create spaces where a wide range of ideas, including ideas that are controversial, can be discussed and debated, and where members of our community can express lawful views without fear of intimidation, harassment or discrimination.

When engaging in the robust exchange of ideas, we ask that our community is mindful of our Dignity at King’s guidance.

We ask all candidates to submit a copy of their CV, and a supporting statement, detailing how they meet the essential criteria listed in the person specification section of the job description. If we receive a strong field of candidates, we may use the desirable criteria to choose our final shortlist, so please include your evidence against these where possible.

We reserve the right to close adverts early due to the volume of applications we receive. While the closing date may change, all adverts will close at 23:59 to allow sufficient time for applications to be submitted on that day.

We encourage you to apply at the earliest opportunity to avoid disappointment as once we have closed a vacancy you will be unable to submit your application.

To find out how our managers will review your application, please take a look at our ‘How we Recruit’ pages.

Interviews are due to be held on or around 14 July 2026.