Analyst (Sittingbourne)

Location of Role: Sittingbourne

Advert Closing Date: 12/06/2026

Starting Salary: 33696.00(pro-rata for part-time vacancies)

Part/Full Time:Full Time

Contract Type: Permanent

Working Pattern: Mon-Fri

Weekend/Evening Working: No

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Performance and Data Analytics team for an Analyst within the Data Lab to play a critical role in transforming complex data into meaningful actionable insight that makes a real difference to policing victims and communities across Kent.

Data sits at the heart of the department and the Data Lab is central to embedding statistical analytical and evidenceled insight into the fabric of daily management and operational decisionmaking. This role is ideally suited to someone with strong mathematical and statistical knowledge professional curiosity and a genuine desire to learn and develop within a highquality evidencedriven analytical environment.

As an Analyst within the Data Lab you will work at the forefront of datadriven policing supporting senior leaders and operational teams by structuring analysing and interpreting data to address complex tactical and strategic challenges. You will design develop and maintain Power BI dashboards and analytical products working confidently with data and technology to deliver highquality insight at pace and to demanding deadlines.

This is a role for someone who thrives in highpressure environments is confident working with IT and complex datasets and can balance competing priorities while maintaining analytical rigour accuracy and integrity. Importantly it is also an extremely rewarding role offering the opportunity to see how your analytical work directly informs decisionmaking improves services to victims supports ethical policing and positively impacts communities.

As an Analyst within the Data Lab in the Performance and Data Analytics team you will:

• Design develop and deliver endtoend analytical and reporting solutions including data extraction cleansing validation statistical analysis and the production of analytical outputs.
• Apply mathematical and statistical methods to analyse complex datasets identifying trends patterns and outliers to generate robust evidencebased insight.
• Build maintain and enhance Power BI dashboards and analytical products integrating data from multiple sources.
• Work confidently with large and complex datasets maintaining high standards of data quality accuracy and integrity.
• Develop clear and compelling analytical narratives translating complex statistical findings for nontechnical audiences.
• Identify test and challenge assumptions hypotheses and risks applying professional curiosity and analytical rigour.
• Work closely with stakeholders to translate business and operational requirements into analytical solutions.
• Present findings clearly to a range of audiences including senior leaders in timecritical and highpressure environments.
• Contribute to the ongoing development of the Data Labs analytical capability including new tools and techniques.
• Where appropriate contribute to advanced analytical or data science approaches such as natural language processing.

Essential Criteria

Your application must clearly demonstrate through examples that you meet the following essential criteria:

• Mathematical and statistical capability demonstrated through qualifications (e.g. a mathsbased A level or equivalent) and/or the application of statistical techniques in an analytical role.
• Endtoend analytical experience including data extraction cleansing or validation statistical analysis and production of analytical outputs that inform decisionmaking.
• Experience working confidently with data and IT systems to produce analytical products such as dashboards reports or visualisations (including use of Microsoft 365 or similar tools).
• Ability to communicate complex analysis clearly in writing particularly to nontechnical audiences and decisionmakers.

Applicants are advised to ensure these criteria are explicitly addressed within their application as they will be used at the shortlisting stage.

Desirable Criteria

In addition applicants may wish to demonstrate the following which will be considered at shortlisting where evidenced:

• Experience using Power BI Power Query and/or SQL to analyse data and develop dashboards.
• Experience applying a range of analytical techniques such as descriptive diagnostic predictive or prescriptive analysis.
• Exposure to data science or advanced analytical techniques through work projects or formal learning.
• Experience applying analytical skills within a policing criminal justice or wider public sector environment.

Shortlisting will be based on the evidence provided in the written application against the essential and desirable criteria set out above. Applicants are therefore strongly encouraged to structure their application clearly against these criteria using specific examples to demonstrate their skills and experience.

• Previous experience of NIM analytical products and/or analytical techniques such as network analysis telephone analysis or risk analysis
• Degreelevel qualification particularly in a relevant analytical research or social science discipline

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Kent Police and Essex Police welcomes applications regardless of age disability gender reassignment marriage or civil partnership status pregnancy or maternity race religion or belief sexual orientation sex or employment status.

Please let us know if you require extra support at any stage of the application process or for further information regarding this position please email us at stating Application Support and Adjustments in the title of your email. Alternatively you can call us on . Where appropriate we will make adjustments to the selection process working arrangements and/or the working environment provided it is reasonable in all the circumstances to do so.

If youre not from the UK you must be a resident in the UK and have lived here continuously for the last three years. You must also be free from restrictions with indefinite leave to remain. If youre from the UK you must have lived here continuously for the last three years. This doesnt apply to those serving abroad in the British Armed Forces.