Analyst
- locations
- Stratford (2 Redman Place)
- time type
- Full time
- posted on
- Posted Yesterday
- time left to apply
- End Date: October 3, 2025 (13 days left to apply)
- job requisition id
- R031910
ANALYST
Salary: £35,000 - £38,000 per annum
Department: Marketing, Fundraising and Engagement
Reports to: Reporting Manager (Data, Insight & Performance)
Location: Stratford, London w/ high-flex (1 – 2 days per week in the office)
Hours: 35 hours per week (we are open to compressed hours)
Contract type: 12 month fixed-term contract
Closing date: Thursday 2 October 2025, 23:55
Please note: You must be eligible to work in the UK to apply for this vacancy. Cancer Research UK is not able to offer visa sponsorship.
At Cancer Research UK, we exist to beat cancer.
We are professionals with purpose, beating cancer every day. But we need to go much further and much faster. That’s why we’re looking for someone talented, someone who wants to develop their skills, someone like you.
We have an exciting opportunity for you to join us as an Analyst. We need you to help the team provide expert data analytics, reporting and insight. You’ll lead your own projects and contribute to the wider team delivery of analysis projects using internal and external data across digital, marketing, supporter and operational activity to drive the optimisation and innovation of our fundraising activity and increase contribution.
What will I be doing?
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Understanding stakeholder business objectives and gathering reporting and analysis requirements and documents as per the team’s governance model
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Leading projects to develop and provide robust, high quality and insightful KPI reports and analysis for each area of the business and ensuring that the business has the most up to date and relevant information available as part of a programme of data analysis projects
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Ensuring that reports and insights are communicated to stakeholders in a way that drives impact and influence
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Ensuring delivery adheres to the established business processes and that all necessary documentation and working procedures are always maintained
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Developing the ability to competently use a broad range of reporting and analysis tools across multiple data sources
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Investigating and reconciling data inconsistencies, ensuring that the Reporting team produce consistent results and information
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Identifying opportunities and collaborating with other team members to improve the governance of reporting and analysis
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Building, developing and managing relationships and share skills and learning with key stakeholders and networks to ensure the work of the department matches needs and builds capability.
What skills will I need?
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Significant experience of reporting and data analysis techniques and statistics gained in an organisation or agency, ideally with complex marketing and comms landscape.
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Significant experience of using Power BI, familiar with creating advanced data models, data flows and DAX language, using outputs to make actionable dashboards and insights.
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Relevant experience of manipulating a broad range of data sets for reporting needs or driving out insight (i.e. SQL, R, and Python)
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Advanced knowledge of MS Excel (experience in creating macros advantageous but not essential).
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Experience of Google Analytics advantageous but not essential
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Experience of leading and delivering projects with proven impact and demonstrating excellent project management and planning skills with ability to prioritise workload
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Strategic skills (including analysis, structured thinking and logical reasoning) and strong accuracy and numeracy, with good attention to detail
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Evidence of proactive behaviours, and ability to work independently, challenges own performance, invests in own development and finds innovative solutions to problems
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Excellent communication and presentation skills with ability to convey expertise in a way that engages and builds their knowledge
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Ability to build and maintain strong working relationships with others and work as part of a team.
What will I gain?
Each and every one of our employees contributes to our progress and is supporting our work to beat cancer. We think that’s impressive.
In return, we make sure you are supported by a generous benefits package, a wide range of career and personal development opportunities and high-quality tools, policies and processes to enable you to do your job well.
Our benefits package includes a substantial retirement plan, a generous and flexible leave allowance, discounts on anything from travel to technology, gym membership, and much more.
We don’t forget people have lives outside of work too and so we actively encourage a flexible working culture.
Our work – from funding cutting-edge research to developing public policy – will change the world. It’s exciting to be part of our team.
How do I apply?
We operate an anonymised shortlisting process in our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion. CVs are required for all applications; but we won’t be able to view them until we invite you for an interview. Instead, we ask you to complete the work history section of the online application form for us to be able to assess you quickly, fairly and objectively.
Our vision is to create a charity where everyone feels like they belong, benefits from and participates in, the work we do. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and cultures, in particular those from ethnic minority backgrounds who are currently under-represented.
We want to see every candidate performing at their best throughout the job application process, interview process and whilst at work. We therefore ask you to inform us of any concerns you have or any adjustments you might need to enable this to happen. Please contact recruitment@cancer.org.uk or 020 3469 8400 as soon as possible.
Unfortunately, we are unable to recruit anyone below the age of 18, so that we can protect young people from health & safety and safeguarding risks.
About Us
As the world’s largest independent cancer research charity, we conduct research into the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of the disease. Our aim is to see 3 in 4 people survive cancer by 2034 and our staff are integral to achieving that ambition. Cancer Research UK offers you excellent prospects to expand your career as well as the ability to make a real difference to the lives of others. We're always looking for sharp, brave, and collaborative people to join Cancer Research UK and continue to make it a great place to work. Find the career you're looking for and let us change lives together.