Junior Data & Reporting Engineer

Are you looking for your next opportunity to build a career in data and analytics while helping deliver services that make a real difference across the NHS? We’re looking for a Junior Data & Reporting Engineer to join our growing Data & Analytics team at NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS).

This is a fantastic opportunity to develop your skills across data analysis, reporting, visualisation and data engineering within a supportive and collaborative team environment. You'll work with stakeholders across the business to turn complex data into trusted insights, helping improve decision-making, automate manual processes and create reusable data solutions that deliver real value. Working alongside experienced colleagues, you'll be supported to expand your technical capabilities and gain exposure to advanced analytics, automation and modern data technologies.

This role is based in Leeds, with hybrid working arrangements requiring 1-2 days per week in the office.

What you'll be doing:

• Developing dashboards, reports, scorecards and reusable analytical data products that support business decision-making.
• Extracting, transforming, cleansing and validating data from multiple sources to ensure high-quality outputs.
• Creating reusable SQL queries, datasets and automated reporting solutions using Alteryx or equivalent technologies.
• Analysing trends, patterns and anomalies, presenting actionable insights to stakeholders in a clear and meaningful way.
• Supporting forecasting, segmentation and predictive analytics initiatives while adhering to governance, privacy and security requirements.
• Testing, documenting and supporting solutions through agreed release, incident and change management processes.
  
  

What you'll bring:

• Experience of data analysis, reporting or business intelligence.
• Practical knowledge of SQL and working with relational databases.
• Experience using Power BI, Oracle Analytics Cloud, Tableau or an equivalent data visualisation platform.
• Ability to translate business requirements into effective analytical and reporting solutions.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a focus on data quality and validation.
• Ability to communicate analytical findings clearly to a range of stakeholders.
  
  

It would be great if you had:

• Experience of Alteryx or a similar analytics and automation platform.
• Knowledge of statistical analysis, forecasting or predictive modelling techniques.
• Experience of workflow automation and reusable data transformations.
• Familiarity with Git, Azure DevOps or a similar delivery platform.
• Understanding of testing, code review and CI/CD practices.
• Experience with cloud data platforms, data warehouses, semantic data models or agile delivery environments.
  
  

If you’re interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we’re looking for, please do apply, we’d love to hear from you!

Employment Type: Full-time, Permanent.

Location: Leeds (Hybrid, 1-2 days per week in the office).

Security Clearance Level: DBS.

Internal Recruiter: Annecia.

Salary: Up to £35,000.

Benefits: 25 days annual leave with the choice to buy additional days, health cash plan, life assurance, and pension.

Although this role is advertised as full-time, we believe that flexibility at work can promote work/life balance, increase your motivation, reduce stress and improves performance and productivity. We support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if you’re interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible.

Loved reading about this job and want to know more about us?

NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) was created by the Department of Health and Social Care to deliver corporate services to the NHS. A unique joint venture with Sopra Steria, a European leader in digital services and software development, we make life easier for NHS employees, patients, and suppliers, and deliver value for money to the taxpayer. Proud members of the NHS family, we provide finance & accounting, digital, procurement and workforce services to more than half the NHS in England, and our solutions are underpinned by cutting-edge technologies and our teams’ expertise, in-depth understanding of the NHS, and commitment to service excellence.

We share common values and unity of purpose with the rest of the NHS family, are committed to being a force for good, and are dedicated and empowered to act responsibly and sustainably at organisational, team and individual level.

Would you like to join us on our journey?

We embrace difference as a source of creativity, innovation and competitive advantage and are striving to become a more diverse organisation. We welcome applications from people with a diverse variety of backgrounds and identities. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation or marital status. We have partnered with Vercida, the UK's largest diversity and inclusion focused careers site, where all our vacancies are available in an accessible format.
If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, to enable you to perform to the best of your ability, please let us know when completing your application. We participate in the Disability Confident scheme and are committed to offering an interview to any candidate with a disability, who meets the minimum criteria for the role. If you believe this could apply to you, please let us know when completing your application.