Overview
Strategic Data Analyst – Reading, Berkshire, RG1 8DB
Contract: Permanent
Salary: Competitive salary from £ 45,000 to £50,000 per annum depending on experience.
Shape the future of water strategy with the support of quality data
Join Thames Water’s Water System Strategy team and help build long-term investment plans that tackle climate change, population growth, and asset resilience. Your fact-based analysis will guide decisions from corporate strategy to local systems, influencing our business plans through to 2050.
This role is perfect for someone highly analytical, curious, and passionate about making a difference. You’ll work across teams, engage with stakeholders, and help ensure Thames Water is ready for an ever-changing future.
Apply now and be part of the transformation.
What you’ll be doing as a Strategic Data Analyst
- Own, develop and share in-depth analysis using fact-based data/information you have gathered, to drive clear insight in areas that will develop and maintain longer-term system strategies by WRZ / Sub systems / River Basins / Catchments aligning with our TW 2050 vision goals and regulatory/statutory performance expectations.
- Utilise the fact-based data/information to assist in developing the business case for our business plan (Price Review 2029) for relevant areas of work that meet the business performance/policy and regulatory requirements.
- Ensure all data/information used in providing insight is tested to ensure it is fact-based, and the development of analysis is repeatable and auditable, so the method of production is written down and data sets are stored and time dated.
- Assist in developing key longer-term policies and standards to manage data and insight, and how this becomes embedded into the business.
- Assist in the development and utilisation of decision support tools to provide required system in-sight.
- Understand the long-term objectives of our government, customers, stakeholders, and regulators and influence and embed into our work.
- Assist with alignment (and influence where required) of data/information being used in existing strategic planning frameworks, including Water Resources Management Plan (WRMP) which includes the Water Resources in the Southeast (WRSE) plan, Net Zero, Drainage and Wastewater Management Plans (DWMP), Drought Plan, Water Industry National Environment Programme (WINEP) etc.
- Consider future advances in technology and innovation in the analysis undertaken.
- Ensure that the analysis will consider key drivers of change, environmental and social value, and include adaptive pathways where appropriate.
- Fully engage the business in the development of the analysis undertaken to ensure key knowledge and experience are involved appropriately, along with acceptance of the outputs. This will require providing your information content and insight in workshops and attendance to key internal meetings to share and influence.
- Support the management of longer-term risks via the corporate risk register.
What you should bring to the role
The essential criteria to help you succeed in this role are:
- Have a high proficiency in excel, databases, producing pivot tables, Powerpoint, etc.
- Have a working knowledge of GIS system such as ESRI, with capability to guide / recommend use of this tool to visualise data.
- Have proven capability in collation of multiple complex datasets in different formats.
- Have Proven capability in problem solving and providing simplified tables or visuals of complex data to explain issues / challenges business faces.
- Have proven capability to produce reliable and auditable processes to allow repeatable results.
- Have proven capability to write methodologies of approaches taken, and summary reports on results to be shared with director, peers and external bodies.
- Be able to identify problems or opportunities for improvement and takes ownership of them, driving them through to resolution.
- Have a high level of perseverance to seek out data/information.
- Have great communication skills to be able to share complex information in a simple manner.
- Have the ability to influence at peer level across the business and managers, and to account for others’ views in our plans.
Extra qualities that would be a great fit for our team:
Hold Science or Maths degree or A Levels or experience in similar data analytical roles.
What’s in it for you?
- Competitive salary from £ 45,000 to £50,000 per annum depending on experience.
- 26 days holiday per year, increasing to 30 with the length of service (plus bank holidays)
- Performance-related pay plan directly linked to both company and individual performance measures and targets.
- Generous Pension Scheme through AON.
- Access to lots of benefits to help you take care of you and your family’s health and wellbeing, and your finances – from annual health MOTs and access to physiotherapy and counselling, to Cycle to Work schemes, shopping vouchers and life assurance.
Find out more about our benefits and perks
Who are we?
We’re the UK’s largest water and wastewater company, with more than 16 million customers relying on us every day to supply water for their taps and toilets. We want to build a better future for all, helping our customers, communities, people, and the planet to thrive. It’s a big job and we’ve got a long way to go, so we need help from passionate and skilled people, committed to making a difference and getting us to where we want to be in the years and decades to come.
Learn more about our purpose and values
Working at Thames Water
Thames Water is a unique, rewarding, and diverse place to work, where every day you can make a difference, yet no day is the same. As part of our family, you’ll enjoy meaningful career opportunities, flexible working arrangements and excellent benefits.
If you’re looking for a sustainable and successful career where you can make a daily difference to millions of people’s lives while helping to protect the world of water for future generations, we’ll be here to support you every step of the way. Together, we can build a better future for our customers, our region, and our planet.
Real purpose, real support, real opportunities. Come and join the Thames Water family. Why choose us? Learn more.
We’re committed to being a great, diverse, and inclusive place to work. We welcome applications from everyone and want to ensure you feel supported throughout the recruitment process. If you need any adjustments, whether that’s extra time, accessible formats, or anything else just let us know, we’re here to help and support.
When a crisis happens, we all rally around to support our customers. As part of Team Thames, you’ll have the opportunity to sign up to support our customers on the frontline as an ambassador. Full training will be given for what is undoubtedly an incredibly rewarding experience. It’s also a great opportunity to learn more about our business and meet colleagues.
Disclaimer: due to the high volume of applications we receive, we may close the advert earlier than the advertised date, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
