Lead BDUK Data Analyst

Our goal at CityFibre is to unlock the digital potential of Britain by creating a broadband network that works seamlessly for everyone, every day. Powerful, gigabit-speed connections that enable people across entire communities to enjoy life in full flow. To do this, we make sure that our people’s voices are heard, their ideas are welcomed, and everyone is given the opportunity to make a real impact.

We encourage change, have a challenger mindset, foster innovation and nurture a welcoming, inclusive and supportive community. In this environment we allow you to bring your best-self to work every day, helping you to achieve your goals, grow your career and reach your full potential.

We’re a Times Top 50 Employer for Women; are endorsed by WORK180; have pledged our commitment to the Armed Forces Covenant; and are a Disability Confident Employer. Working together with our Employee Networks, we’re committed to changing the industry for everyone. 

What you can expect from us

Everyone at CityFibre has an important part to play, and we reflect that in our benefits. With a salary up to £50,000 depending on experience, when you join us, you’ll also enjoy 25 days’ holiday, a day off on your birthday, a day off to support a charity or organisation of your choice, a performance-related bonus scheme, and private healthcare.

We believe we deliver our best when we work together. It’s the way we do things, trusting and giving our people the autonomy to manage their own day-to-day, promoting wellbeing, whilst still prioritising time together with our colleagues to connect, collaborate and share our ideas.

How you’ll change it up

Joining us as Lead BDUK Data Analyst, you'll manage a small team of Data Analysts who will carry out a variety of activities that are mainly focussed on geospatial and commercial assessment of publicly subsidised FTTP rollout plans.  You'll be vital to the producing effective short, medium and long term strategies, recommending areas of prioritisation and impact assessing strategic changes. Day to day, this is some of what you can expect to be doing:

• Managing a team and prioritising work across the different BDUK regions
• Responding to requests from senior stakeholders that require interrogation of BDUK datasets
• Leading the analysis of rollout plans, monitoring the ongoing viability of existing plans whilst assessing new opportunities and providing sound cases for changes to scope

What you’ll bring to the role 

You'll already have some experience in a similar role, as well as detailed understanding and working knowledge of GIS applications such as QGIS, ArcGIS and ESRI. You'll also bring the following with you:

• Strong analytic and reasoning skills; with practical experience using analysis tools such as SQL, FME, and Python
• Experience supporting senior management to develop and provide regular reports supporting short and long range strategy for network deployment
• Ability to collate and present analytical results in an insightful and interesting way to help the audience understand the concepts presented

We’re looking for people who don’t settle for ‘good enough’ and push things forward. If you’ve just found yourself thinking, ‘I’d love to do this’, we want to hear from you. Let’s change it up.

Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging

Our people have a wide range of experiences and perspectives – and it’s this diversity of thought that makes us who we are. 

CityFibre is working hard to change up the telecoms industry. This means we’re committed to providing equal opportunities to people from all backgrounds and commitments, including your carer and family status, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, gender and gender identity. We’re also offering training programmes and placement opportunities to support the skilled, career changers, service-leavers, and returning workers to become part of our teams. 

If there’s any additional support or adjustment you require in the application process to help you achieve your best, please get in touch by emailing [email protected]. We’re here to support you in changing up your career.