Senior Analyst x 2 - perm and fixed term

Job Description

As a partnership, we bring together the North’s twenty-one local transport authorities and business leaders together with Network Rail, National Highways, and HS2 Ltd and working with Central Government. We enable the North to speak with one voice on thetransport infrastructure investment needed to drive transformational growth and rebalance the UK economy.Our role is to add strategic value by ensuring that funding and strategy decisions about transport in the North are informed by local knowledge and requirements. This fits with the devolution agenda and we will draw powers down from central government ratherthan up from local government.The Technical Assurance, Modelling and Economics (TAME) team provides the evidence base for TfN’s long-term plans to connect the North’s towns and cities to create a more productive economic area. TAME is a team of analysts, data scientists and transportmodellers who develop innovative data analytics and modelling tools and apply them in programmes and business cases to show how transport could enable this economic transformation.The TAME team works closely with strategy and programme teams to analyse and appraise the proposed interventions in our future investment portfolio. This includes developing and applying pan-Northern data, modelling and appraisal practices to help understandthe needs of the economy and transport system, and develop robust evidence.TAME’s work is focused on TfN’s Analytical Framework, a suite of software tools that provides a consistent approach to data, modelling and appraisal across travel modes and regions of the North. Development and application of these tools requires a rangeof analytical techniques, including: acquiring and storing spatially enabled data; undertaking advanced statistical analysis; developing strategic modelling tools; carrying out economic appraisal of different transport options and providing objective, compellingrecommendations to policy makers.Role overview:We are looking to appoint a Senior Analyst to further strengthen our transport modelling and data science team within TAME, establishing ourselves as a centre of excellence for modelling and analytics across The North and an innovator in the industry.The Senior Analyst will provide lead and provide key input into the technical delivery of a broad range of analytical activities across the TAME portfolio, such as transport modelling and: economic appraisal, python programming and general transport analytics,working with colleagues and meeting customers’ needs and expectations acrosss TfN, our local and national partners.At Senior Analyst level working in the TAME team you will be required to provide data, analytics and assurance services, as set out within your role profile below, to support the delivery of the Governments Integrated Rail Plan in accordance with TfN’s GrantFunding Agreement with the Department for Transport (DfT).What we are looking for:The successful candidate will have significant experience developing and applying database systems to pull together disparate datasets including geo-spatial data. You will be proficient in developing and applying data analytics and modelling approaches andwill have the ability to use statistical techniques to find trends in data. The ability to plan and manage projects and programmes, maintain effective communication with clients and users of modelling and analytical outputs, as well as successfully prepareclear and concise reports and presentations for a variety of audiences is essential.We are seeking candidates who:•Are passionate about the role of transport in the North to support local and regional aims•Have experience in developing effective working relationships with project teams and clients•Have excellent communication and writing skills•Have a high level of numeracy with strong problem-solving skills and innovative thinking•Have experience of transport modelling, software and/or web development•Have qualifications in an appropriate field such as transport planning, engineering, mathematics, computer science, economics, geography or similarAbout You:As a Senior Analyst you will work in TfN’s TAME team to provide the responsibilities set out in the role profile, including to provide transport-related evidence for the North as per TfN’s Business Plan activities and on delivery of technical elements of theGovernments Integrated Rail Plan.You will be expected to take responsibility of managing the development of small areas of TAME’s Analytical Framework and prepare robust evidence for use by internal or external stakeholders.The work is collaborative and requirements guided with time for training and development and provides an exciting opportunity to be part of a growing and vibrant team, driving the use of innovative techniques to solve real world problems.Candidates must possess a highly numerate degree or possess substantial equivalent experience.Provisional Interview Date: 22 February 2024In return, as well as a competitive salary, our other benefits are:• 28 days holiday per annum plus bank holidays• Access to the local government pension scheme• Access to various salary sacrifice benefits, including Travel Pass purchase scheme.• Access to TfN’s Flexi-Time Scheme, allowing accrual of up to 18 additional days leave per yearIf you believe you have the skills and experience we’re looking for please apply online, ensuring that in your application you provide evidence in the form of specific examples of how you meet the essential criteria in the role profile.All candidates will be required to prove their right to work in the UK as part of the recruitment process.At TfN, we welcome and encourage applications from everyone regardless of age, disability, gender, ethnicity, religion and sexual orientation. We are particularly keen to encourage applications from women, members of ethnic minority groups and people withdisabilities who are currently under-represented.As part of our commitment to diversity and inclusion, all applications will be considered on their merit.