Insight Analyst

Organisation British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS)

For over 100 years British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) has been at the forefront of university sport in the United Kingdom.

Our ambition is to deliver exceptional student sporting experiences that inspire, develop and unite. BUCS works with its member institutions to get more students active more often, through traditional competitive sport and providing physical activity opportunities. BUCS prides itself on being an ambitious and challenging place to work, where staff enjoy work, embrace development opportunities, and have fun.

About The Role

Join a dynamic Insight team and help shape its future!

The Insight Team at BUCS is fairly new and this role has scope to help identify new opportunities and achieve the teams ambitions. The Insight Analyst will work with the Insight Manager to collect, analyse, and present data and insight to BUCS staff, members and other stakeholders. The Insight Analyst will also take the lead on key projects that support the Insight Manager to deliver the overall data and insight strategy. The ideal candidate will have at least one year of experience working in insight, market research or a similar field. They will be confident with a range of data collection and analysis methods, have experience of deriving high-quality insights from quantitative and qualitative data, and be able to present these insights to non-specialist audiences in a clear, actionable way. Please note this is a fixed-term position ending on 31 March 2027. There may be potential for the contract to be extended beyond this date, subject to funding and organisational need.

JD Main Purpose(s)

• Work with the Insight Manager to collect, analyse, and present data and insight to BUCS staff, members and other stakeholders.
• Take the lead on key projects that support the Insight Manager to deliver the overall data and insight strategy.
• Main duties and responsibilities Research and Communication Execute the inclusive analysis and presentation of complex data to internal and external stakeholders.
• Support the Insight Manager to coordinate, analyse and report on membership wide research (E.g. Student Active Wellbeing Survey).
• Contribute to the organisations strategic reporting and review process, including supporting survey creation and analysis of the annual student, staff and member surveys.
• Organise and execute satisfaction surveys for BUCS events, analyse the findings every term and share insights with the Events team.
• Facilitate regular briefings based on existing BUCS data, identifying trends and actionable information.
• Manage the annual process of the strategic review of the Complete University Guide survey and the analysis and innovative dissemination of the findings.
• Coordinate and undertake desk research on a range of relevant topics. Coordinate and gather relevant information from external datasets (e.g. Sport England Active Lives) and report on findings, synthesising it with sector and internal data where applicable.
• Using all the above, provide strategic direction and justified reasonings to guide future decision making for the development of BUCS programmes in alignment with the strategy.
• Collaboration Support internal stakeholders with dynamic data collection and analysis needs, including technical elements such as building online surveys, downloading and using raw data.
• Manage the upkeep of a dynamic online repository of BUCS research and the inclusive collection of member and partner case studies.
• Organise opportunities to highlight best practice and innovative learning in the sector.
• Coordinate with internal colleagues and members to maximise the impact of data in innovative and dynamic ways, ensuring it guides future change and direction.
• Work with the BUCS Digital team to streamline access to data through CRM systems Support the BUCS Digital team with data collection, in line with overarching business objectives.
• Develop and maintain positive working relationships with a wide range of BUCS stakeholders.
• Other Coordinate and contribute to reporting to funders, e.g. Sport England. Represent BUCS on associated insight working groups, networks and committees as necessary.
• This role will involve weekend and evening work and overnight stays at BUCS events.
• Professionally represent BUCS at all times.

Further Information

Benefits include:

• Paid Health Care Plan
• Tax-free - Cycle to work scheme
• Christmas Closure
• Volunteering Day leave
• Flexible - hybrid working
• Wellbeing and Social activities
• Company-supported Learning and Development opportunities

Interview Information: If successful candidate will be called to interview on the provisional date of 9 July. Candidates who successfully advance to the interview stage will receive further information about logistics and tasks via email. Some candidates may process to a second interview, which will be communicated accordingly. If any reasonable adjustments are required, please communicate them when accepting the interview offer.