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The job description outlines the role of a Data Analyst in the Digital Education Office at Imperial College London's Faculty of Medicine, focusing on enhancing student learning experiences through learning analytics. Key responsibilities include data analysis, dashboard development, predictive modeling, and ensuring information governance and ethics. The position requires a relevant degree, experience in data management, and strong analytical skills, with a commitment to equality and inclusion in the workplace.

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JD - Data Analyst - Final SR

The job description outlines the role of a Data Analyst in the Digital Education Office at Imperial College London's Faculty of Medicine, focusing on enhancing student learning experiences through learning analytics. Key responsibilities include data analysis, dashboard development, predictive modeling, and ensuring information governance and ethics. The position requires a relevant degree, experience in data management, and strong analytical skills, with a commitment to equality and inclusion in the workplace.

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Job Description

Job Title: Data Analyst


Department/Division/Faculty: Digital Education Office (DEO), Faculty of Medicine
Campus/Location: South Kensington campus and remote, with some travel to other
campuses as required
Job Family/Level: Professional Services Level 3b (Salary scales)
Responsible to: Learning Technology Lead
Line Management for: N/A
Key Working Relationships Faculty of Medicine DEO staff (in particular Learning Technologists,
(Internal): Digital Education Lead (Blended On Campus Programmes and Online
Degrees and Open Content), Learning Designers, Innovation Lead,
Project Managers, Digital Programme Manager, Operations Manager,
Video Producer and Photographer, Academic Lead for Digital
Education, Head of Business Development, Data Analysts and cross-
College learning analytics working groups, Programme Directors,
Heads of Departments, Academic Staff, Programme Administrators,
ICT
Key Working Relationships Digital learning colleagues in other HEIs, external partners and
(External): service providers, University of Cumbria
Contract type: Full-time, open ended
Purpose of the Post
Imperial College London is the only UK university to focus entirely on science, engineering, medicine and
business. Our international reputation for excellence in teaching and research sees us consistently rated in
the top 10 universities worldwide. We aim to offer all of our students a world-leading, rigorous, innovative,
evidence-based and inclusive educational experience embedded in a vibrant research environment.

Imperial College’s Faculty of Medicine has ambitious plans to grow its online portfolio of educational
programmes and associated activities. The Digital Education Office (DEO) plays a critical role in achieving
this vision through support of digital education to enhance the student learning experience. Our work is
underpinned by the College’s Learning and Teaching Strategy, which supports the development and
evaluation of innovative, evidence-based teaching and learning methods across the College.

The main purpose of the post is to contribute to the development of learning analytics in the Faculty of
Medicine to support educational requirements across a variety of exciting projects. This will also involve
collaborating with other analytics teams at Imperial to develop a College-wide data and analytics platform.

You will define innovative approaches to learning analytics throughout all aspects of the student lifecycle
by investigating, interpreting, classifying and modelling data from a variety of educational and administrative
systems in order to explore and develop data analyses and visualisations for educational, evaluation and
research purposes, ultimately enhancing our students’ learning experience.

You will build up research and data science skills so that further down the line you can focus on building
predictive models that facilitate tailored learning experiences, working closely with prominent researchers
in this field.
Key Responsibilities
Data Analysis and Management

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• Explore data tables from administrative systems and digital learning platforms to understand the
information stored and how it is organised, and, for digital learning platform data, how it relates to
user actions,
• Working alongside a data engineer, conduct data validation and cleansing to identify and correct
errors,
• Working alongside a data engineer, develop scripts to support the integration and aggregation of
data,
• Support the development of integrated data models,
• Manage data effectively including generating data extracts, coordinating access to the data and
providing data-related support to colleagues whilst abiding by data policies and legislation,
• Work on scoping data requirements to support the development of software systems, data
integration and data retrieval activities through to the iteration, review and maintenance of data
models,
• Support the integration of new/existing relevant data from sources across the Faculty and College,
using techniques such as data flow mapping and business process modelling,
• Create data workflows to automate data from 3rd party apps into tools such as Databricks and
Power BI,
• Create, manage and maintain metadata and data dictionaries to support college wide integration
of FOM datasets,
• Contribute to investigating the use of AI and ML solutions in data analysis.

Data Insights and Dashboard Development


• Work closely with stakeholders to understand business requirements,
• Support stakeholders to interpret data, analyse results and create reporting mechanisms,
• Develop dashboards to interpret results, provide data insights and eventually make predictions,
• Design and define metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs),
• Create data catalogues, defining data and business definitions, metrics, dimensions and models,
• Support investigation of educational research questions related to the data,
• Explore and identify areas of interest, data black spots and data enhancement opportunities,
• Review, validate and explore ingested data and structures,
• Develop and maintain documentation on dashboard and data guidance.

Data Modelling and Prediction


• Leveraging novel datasets to develop predictive models with machine-learning tools.
• Develop predictive tools that can be integrated into dashboards,
• Collaborate with data analysts and other stakeholders within the College to facilitate the growth of
learning analytic modelling.

Information Governance and Ethics


• Engage with team members to ensure they are aware of best practices and risk implications
related to data processing, management and ethics,
• Work with senior colleagues and the DEO team to ensure proper reviews are performed on
information and data systems for compliance against organisational policies, legislations and risk
and to provide secure data services,
• Make recommendations for implementing any required changes and leading and managing such
changes.

Training, Best Practices and Other Duties


• Support training for business users to use data tools and dashboards,

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• Work to the highest standards as part of a team, delivering against defined plans, making
decisions which influence the success of deliverables and team objectives, and collaborating
regularly with team members, users and customers,
• Participate in appropriate Faculty and College groups and committees concerned with data
analysis and learning analytics,
• Keep abreast of developments in data analysis and learning analytics in HE and beyond to
improve student and staff experience,
• Undertake any other duties and responsibilities commensurate with the grade of the post as
requested by the line manager and the Head of DEO.

Person Specification

Requirements Essential (E)/


Candidates/post holders will be expected to demonstrate the following: Desirable (D)
Education
Degree in a relevant field or equivalent professional experience in a E
science/quantitative subject
Experience
Relevant and current hands-on experience of managing data in a professional E
setting, covering infrastructure, data warehousing/repositories, software engineering
and business intelligence
Successful track record in the interpretation and classification of data E
Experience of identifying and undertaking data analysis and data modelling activities E
within a complex technological environment, extracting meaningful insights from the
data
Proven experience in gathering user requirements, conducting needs assessments, E
and translating them into actionable project goals and objectives
Professional experience in research or in a data analytics orientated position in D
higher education
Knowledge
Strong understanding of Learning Analytics platforms, their capabilities and E
integration with other systems
Programming language for data science (e.g. Python, SQL, R) E
Data visualisation software (e.g. PowerBI) and other MS power tools such as Power E
Automate
Data security principles E
Working knowledge of Databricks D
Knowledge of contemporary best practice and the leading trends in online and D
blended learning
Familiarity with AI and ML solutions for data analysis D
Skills & Abilities
Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to explain complex E
technical concepts to non-technical audiences
Proven ability to analyse large / complex datasets E
Confident and willing/able to show initiative and take decisions on routine matters E
with the ability to identify and resolve issues proactively
Excellent analytical skills with a structured and methodical approach E
Team player, able to work multi-functionally to achieve a common organisational E
goal, understanding the needs, objectives and constraints of stakeholders in other
disciplines and functions

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Ability to perform proof of concept or prototyping exercises to demonstrate or E
evaluate the feasibility and potential benefits of applying a particular technology to a
business problem
Organised, with good project management, time management and prioritisation skills E
Meticulous attention to detail, works to a high level of accuracy E

Further Information

Please note that job descriptions cannot be exhaustive, and the post-holder may be required to undertake
other duties, which are broadly in line with the above key responsibilities.

Imperial College is committed to equality of opportunity and to eliminating discrimination. All employees are
expected to follow the Imperial Values & Behaviours framework. Our values are:
• Respect
• Collaboration
• Excellence
• Integrity
• Innovation

Employees are also required to comply with all College policies and regulations paying special attention to:
Confidentiality, Conflict of Interest, Data Protection, Equal Opportunities, Financial Regulations, Health and
Safety, Information Technology, Smoking, Private Engagements and Register of Interests. They must also
undertake specific training and assume responsibility for safety relevant to specific roles, as set out on the
College Website Health and Safety Structure and Responsibilities page.

The College is a proud signatory to the San-Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), which
means that in hiring and promotion decisions, we evaluate applicants on the quality of their work, not the
journal impact factor where it is published. For more information, see https://www.imperial.ac.uk/research-
and-innovation/about-imperial-research/research-evaluation/

The College believes that the use of animals in research is vital to improve human and animal health and
welfare. Animals may only be used in research programmes which are ultimately aimed towards finding new
treatments and making scientific and medical advances, and where there are no satisfactory or reasonably
practical alternatives to their use. Imperial is committed to ensuring that, in cases where this research is
deemed essential, all animals in the College’s care are treated with full respect, and that all staff involved with
this work show due consideration at every level. Find out more about animal research at Imperial.

We are committed to equality of opportunity, to eliminating discrimination and to creating an inclusive working
environment for all. We therefore encourage candidates to apply irrespective of age, disability, marriage or
civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion and belief, gender reassignment, sex, or sexual
orientation. We are an Athena SWAN Silver Award winner, a Disability Confident Leader and a Stonewall
Diversity Champion.

October 2023

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