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Data & Analytics
Permanent - Full Time
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, GB, NE991RN
BBC PUBLIC SERVICE B'CAST
Job Closing Date: 06/01/2025
THE ROLE
Job number 20622 Job Band: D Starting salary: up to £71,500 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights. Contract Type: Continuing Location: Newcastle Excellent career progression – the BBC offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organisation. Unrivalled training and development opportunities – our in-house Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certification. Benefits - We offer a negotiable salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care and gym. If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the interview process please contact reasonable.adjustments@bbc.co.uk. For any general queries, please contact: bbchr@bbc.co.uk. Freelancers are eligible to apply for an internal role if they are on a Worker Contract and they have worked continuously for 6 months. If they have worked for less than 6 months continuously or have a break of 3 weeks or more between engagements, they must seek Divisional HR approval to apply for an internal role prior to submitting an application. Interview Process
This is a 2-stage interview process. Both are virtual for shortlisted candidates; the first is a 30-min technical interview based on your experience, the second is a 1-hour interview focusing on a take home exercise, competency, and values-based questions. Interviews will begin the week commencing 3rd February 2025. Introduction
Product Group is responsible for the design, development, and delivery of the BBC’s portfolio of digital products, including iPlayer, Sounds, Bitesize, and the BBC News and BBC Sport apps and website. Data is fundamental to our future: both in helping us prioritise and shape our work and in creating richer, more personalised experiences for our audiences. Key Responsibilities
The Principal Analytics Developer is a new role that will support the newly created Product Data Domain teams. Working as part of our multi-disciplinary data teams, you will lead on the creation of clean, tested, well-modelled trusted datasets around our digital estate for use across the BBC, including managing a team focused on collecting data. Role and responsibilities will comprise of: Planning workloads and delegating tasks in an agile environment. Assisting with the daily operation of the organisation, including support and incidents. Providing feedback to team members, including constructive areas for development. Leading on the design, implementation and maintenance of dimensional data models. Defining best practices in dimensional data modelling and database design. Mentoring, coaching and supporting other team members in developing data modelling skills. Automating data pipelines using proprietary BBC technology & Airflow. Developing ways of working between product data domains and other data teams. Supporting analytics, data science and other colleagues outside the digital product area. Building and maintaining strong working relationships. Are you the right candidate
When it comes to analytics developers at the BBC we look for these skills: Technical Skills
At least 5 years’ experience in a Data Analyst, Data Modelling, Data Engineering or Analytics Engineering role. Proven experience in dimensionally modelling complex data. Excellent SQL skills for extracting and manipulating data. Good knowledge of analytical database systems (Redshift, Snowflake, BigQuery). Some experience coding in R or Python. Teamwork and Stakeholder Management
Ability to listen to others’ ideas and build on them. Ability to clearly communicate to both technical and non-technical audiences. Ability to collaborate effectively. Strong attention to detail. About the BBC
The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC for different reasons. Diversity matters at the BBC. We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. DISCLAIMER
This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance.
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Job number 20622 Job Band: D Starting salary: up to £71,500 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights. Contract Type: Continuing Location: Newcastle Excellent career progression – the BBC offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organisation. Unrivalled training and development opportunities – our in-house Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certification. Benefits - We offer a negotiable salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care and gym. If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the interview process please contact reasonable.adjustments@bbc.co.uk. For any general queries, please contact: bbchr@bbc.co.uk. Freelancers are eligible to apply for an internal role if they are on a Worker Contract and they have worked continuously for 6 months. If they have worked for less than 6 months continuously or have a break of 3 weeks or more between engagements, they must seek Divisional HR approval to apply for an internal role prior to submitting an application. Interview Process
This is a 2-stage interview process. Both are virtual for shortlisted candidates; the first is a 30-min technical interview based on your experience, the second is a 1-hour interview focusing on a take home exercise, competency, and values-based questions. Interviews will begin the week commencing 3rd February 2025. Introduction
Product Group is responsible for the design, development, and delivery of the BBC’s portfolio of digital products, including iPlayer, Sounds, Bitesize, and the BBC News and BBC Sport apps and website. Data is fundamental to our future: both in helping us prioritise and shape our work and in creating richer, more personalised experiences for our audiences. Key Responsibilities
The Principal Analytics Developer is a new role that will support the newly created Product Data Domain teams. Working as part of our multi-disciplinary data teams, you will lead on the creation of clean, tested, well-modelled trusted datasets around our digital estate for use across the BBC, including managing a team focused on collecting data. Role and responsibilities will comprise of: Planning workloads and delegating tasks in an agile environment. Assisting with the daily operation of the organisation, including support and incidents. Providing feedback to team members, including constructive areas for development. Leading on the design, implementation and maintenance of dimensional data models. Defining best practices in dimensional data modelling and database design. Mentoring, coaching and supporting other team members in developing data modelling skills. Automating data pipelines using proprietary BBC technology & Airflow. Developing ways of working between product data domains and other data teams. Supporting analytics, data science and other colleagues outside the digital product area. Building and maintaining strong working relationships. Are you the right candidate
When it comes to analytics developers at the BBC we look for these skills: Technical Skills
At least 5 years’ experience in a Data Analyst, Data Modelling, Data Engineering or Analytics Engineering role. Proven experience in dimensionally modelling complex data. Excellent SQL skills for extracting and manipulating data. Good knowledge of analytical database systems (Redshift, Snowflake, BigQuery). Some experience coding in R or Python. Teamwork and Stakeholder Management
Ability to listen to others’ ideas and build on them. Ability to clearly communicate to both technical and non-technical audiences. Ability to collaborate effectively. Strong attention to detail. About the BBC
The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC for different reasons. Diversity matters at the BBC. We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. DISCLAIMER
This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance.
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