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London

With over a decade in analytics, I have led teams to successfully navigate the evolving data landscape. My role helps our users become more comfortable with a myriad of complex outputs and helps develop our hugely diverse workforce in understanding the narratives our data shows. My expertise spans from peer-reviewed papers to presentations for lay audiences, contributing to strategy, planning, branding, and safe data release. I lead diverse teams and external partnerships, focusing on developing junior and senior staff with a flexible, problem-solving approach. My work is grounded in my experience as an analyst and data manager, drawing from work across the whole analytical process from project conception, management, implementation, visualisation, evaluation and presentation of data.Skills-Programme management: strategy, resource allocation, stakeholder negotiation, team management, User Centered Design-Project management: proposal, planning and implementation, AGILE methodology, RAP -Team management: recruitment, development, conflict resolution, change management for small and large teams (10+)-Partnership building: Experience of working in and building partnership with other organisations and departments-Data translation: converting and communicating analytical outputs into actionable insights-Technical skills: Oracle SQL server, STATA skills, R Studio, R Shiny, Tableau, Databricks platform, Advance MS Office, Planio, JIRA, Confluence, Github-Data science: Analysing, modeling, data management, data linking, quality assurance, data presentationInformation governance: PIAs, safe data release, data retention

London, United Kingdom

This role includes all the duties of the analyst role below, with the responsibility of managing a diverse, disparate team ranging from those just starting their careers to more experienced staff alongside project management. This involves work planning, role development and expectation management aspects. The role also involves data architecture aspects, working closely with developers and other analysts to improve our databases and develop new ones.The core of the role involves:-Project management for a number of studies, and project lead for a large programme of work-Line manager and personal development of staff-Working with a wide range of people and organisations to agree work streams, share data and collaborate on outputs-Presenting work orally to audience both locally and internationally-Maintaining good relationships with partner organisations and supporting them to use our data-Manipulating data from multiple sources using Oracle SQL-Analysing data, primarily using STATA, R and MS Excel-Producing and publishing reports and workbooks using MS word, MS Excel, R Shiny, Adobe software, mapping tools and some basic website maintenance-Data release and information governance, including our own database-Writing research papers

London, United Kingdom

This position encompasses the entire analytical pathway and builds on my previous role – from scoping national data sources, agreeing transfer, quality assuring, analysing and producing outputs appropriate for the audience and with suitable information governance at every step. My role involves project managing a number of high profile pieces of work and assisting directly on or advising many others, taking the initiative where necessary to meet demands and produce quality outcomes.

Birmingham, United Kingdom

This analyst role involved responsibility for quality assuring and reporting all aspects of the NHS Bowel Cancer Screening. The role was completely new to the NHS, and has been defined by myself. Starting from scratch the unit now produces a mass of high quality, timely and relevant regular reports which have had a real improvement on quality. Duties involved creating and reporting data, working with a wide range of people including national directors, clinicians and my peers and the audit of work, such as the use of CTC. Above the role day to day requirements, I helped found a data mangers group for the country, pioneered access to and the use of radiological and pathological data. The role involved excellent analytic skills, high levels of communication skills, ability to work under pressure, a keen insight in to the drivers of data quality and an ability to produce original thought which translates in to meaningful projects and changes.

Thirsk

The core of this was the logistical management of engineers testing portable appliances. It included the planning of 77 engineers workloads up to 6 months ahead, dealing with customer and engineer queries and contacting customers to arrange appointments. The role demanded work under pressure, to targets and needed an ability to react to changes quickly and re-prioritise on a daily basis.

Bachelor’S Degree, Psychology And Philosophy, 2:1

Activities and Societies: Wing Tsun Kung FuThe degree was a joint honours in which I did my major in psychology. The degree taught.

High School, A Level And Gcse, 4 A Levels, 10 Gcses

Activities and Societies: Careers Librarian, Games club, Counselling and student support organisations, Duke of Edinburgh.