Data Analyst Apprentice
Enhance the charity’s data quality, integrity and usefulness, enabling leadership, fundraising, retail and animal centres to make evidence-based decisions. The apprentice will help connect disparate systems, standardise record keeping, work with real data and stakeholders, and gain a nationally recognised apprenticeship.
Role
Key Responsibilities
Data quality and stakeholder verification
- Identify, investigate and correct data quality issues across the charity’s systems, including duplicates, incomplete records, inconsistent formatting and out of date contact details.
- Run structured data cleansing exercises with a clear method, an audit trail and a measurable before and after position, and support deduplication and record matching against agreed rules.
- Contact colleagues, volunteers, suppliers, partner organisations and supporters by telephone and email to confirm, correct and complete the information held about them.
- Handle those conversations courteously and professionally, explaining why the charity is asking and what will happen to the information, and record what was confirmed, by whom and when.
- Escalate anything sensitive, including complaints, bereavement, vulnerability indicators or data protection concerns, rather than handling it alone.
Reporting and systems support
- Build and maintain routine reports for fundraising, retail, animal welfare operations and finance, moving repeated manual requests onto a repeatable footing.
- Support production of monthly and quarterly key performance indicator packs for the senior management team and the Board.
- Learn to use data visualisation tools, including Power BI, to present information clearly to non technical audiences.
Data protection and your apprenticeship
- Handle personal data lawfully and securely under UK GDPR, the Data Protection Act 2018 and the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025, applying the charity’s rules on lawful basis, consent, soft opt in, suppression and retention.
- Complete off the job training, build a portfolio of evidence with a workplace mentor, attend progress reviews and prepare for end point assessment.#Work towards Level 2 English and Maths where not already achieved.
Training
Training will be remote and the schedule will be agreed nearer the time.
We would support the individual to continue to develop their skills and undertake continued professional development including the potential for continued skills development through apprenticeships and other training and education with the possibility of progression within our established team subject to the needs of the charity at that time.
- Apprenticeship Standard
- Data analyst (level 4)
- Training Provider
- GINGER NUT MEDIA LIMITED
- Working Week
- 5 days per week between Monday and Friday, 9.00am to 5.30pm (including one hour unpaid break). 37.5 hours per week. 7.5 hours of those will involve online training.
- Expected Duration
- 1 Year 9 Months
- Positions Available
- 1
- Closing Date
- Monday, 7th September 2026
- Start Date
- Thursday, 1st October 2026
Desired Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Non judgemental
- Patience