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Every role at CQC contributes to our mission. If you're looking for a role that offers real meaning and purpose, you've found it.

As a Senior Analyst (Quant) within the Operational Insights team, you'll help turn complex data into valuable insights that support better decisions across CQC. Your work will help us understand what is happening in health and social care services and ensure our decisions are guided by strong evidence, helping us improve outcomes for people who use services.

Job description

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In the last 12 months, as a Senior Analyst (Quant) within Operational Insights, you could have:

• Led a major analytical project that brought together data from multiple sources to provide new insights into key organisational priorities and support strategic decision-making.
• Designed and delivered a large-scale quantitative data collection project, ensuring the right data was gathered to answer important questions and improve services.
• Worked with senior stakeholders across CQC and external organisations to shape complex analytical work, influencing how data and evidence are used to achieve better outcomes.

You'll play a key role in the organisation by:

• Delivering high-quality analysis and translating findings into clear, practical insights.
• Creating engaging reports, dashboards and visualisations that help people understand and act on data.
• Advising colleagues and stakeholders on the best use of data, evidence and analytical approaches.
• Supporting teams to make the most of self-service insight tools and embed evidence-based decision making.
• Providing guidance and support to analysts and colleagues, helping build analytical capability across the organisation

Person specification

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What we're looking for in your application:

• Experience analysing complex datasets, preparing data for analysis, and applying appropriate methods to produce clear, evidence-based insights.
• Experience leading or coordinating analytical projects or teams, including selecting suitable approaches and bringing together findings to support decision making.
• Experience presenting data and insights to a range of stakeholders through reports, visualisations or presentations, and influencing how evidence is used in practice.
• Qualifications: Degree-level qualification or equivalent professional experience.
• Desirable: Knowledge of the health and care sector and experience working with record-level health or care datasets.

Benefits

We offer a wide range of benefits, including:

• Annual leave starting at 27 days per year, rising to 32.5 days with service, plus bank holidays (usually 8 days per year).
• Training and development opportunities.
• Wellbeing initiatives, such as gym discounts and meditation.
• NHS pension scheme, with around 14% employer contribution.
• Discount schemes (including eligibility for a Blue Light card, at a cost of £4.99 and valid for 2 years), reward vouchers, car leasing and more!

Please see our benefits page for the full list.

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

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Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

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Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

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Working for the Civil Service

Please note this Post is NOT regulated by the Civil Service Commission.The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see theCivil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : Laura Crosby
• Email : Laura.Crosby@cqc.org.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : recruitment@cqc.org.uk

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