Overview

Are you an experienced Data Analyst with a passion for delivering high-quality insights and supporting data-driven decision-making?

St Margaret's Hospice has a fantastic opportunity for a Data Analyst to join our team.

Location: Hybrid / Main Base Taunton
Contract: Permanent
Working Pattern: Full time
Salary: £37,260 per annum

Responsibilities

• Support the development and management of the Microsoft Fabric Data Platform, working with colleagues and our Data Engineering Resource to ensure reliability and scalability.
• Develop, maintain, and optimise PowerBI reports, dashboards, and datasets for operational, strategic, and Trustee-level reporting.
• Carry out data analysis at descriptive, diagnostic, predictive, and (where possible) prescriptive levels using PowerBI, SQL, and statistical techniques.
• Work closely with stakeholders across all departments to gather requirements, shape reporting solutions, and provide actionable recommendations.
• Collaborate through Azure DevOps to plan and deliver realistic reporting and analytics projects.
• Contribute to improving data processes, modelling, and governance, staying current with emerging technologies and exploring opportunities to use AI and automation.
• Share knowledge and provide training, helping colleagues get the best out of BI tools while supporting a resilient analytics function.

What We Offer

• Impactful Work: Be part of a team making a difference for our patients, their families, and the wider community.
• Hybrid Working: Flexibility to work from home, with 3days per week in the Taunton office.
• Professional Development: Opportunities for ongoing learning and development, including exposure to advanced analytics tools and methods.

Requirements

• Proven experience in a data analyst role, with strong skills in PowerBI and Microsoft SQL
• A track record of producing clear, accurate reporting and delivering insights that inform decision-making.
• Ability to work confidently with large and complex datasets, including Clinical and other sensitive data.
• Strong communication skills, able to explain technical concepts to non-technical audiences and engage effectively with colleagues at all levels.
• A methodical, detail-oriented approach with a commitment to data quality, governance, and accuracy.
• A willingness to learn and develop, with an interest in advanced analytics and innovative Business Intelligence practices.

About Us

St. Margaret's Hospice is a respected charity in Somerset, dedicated to providing compassionate care and support to our community. We are patient-centred, compassionate, respectful, brave, self-aware, informed, and driven by our mission to make a difference.

What can we offer you?

Holiday entitlement

• 33 days holiday including bank holidays rising to 35 days after 1 year, and increasing with length of service (pro-rata if part-time)
• Recognise continuous service for clinical staff paid at band 5+ who join directly from the NHS or another hospice
• Ability to buy and sell annual leave

Pension scheme

• NHS employees eligible to continue with their NHS pension scheme*
• Non-NHS employees will receive 5.5% employer and 5% employee contribution.

Award-winning Employee Assistance Programme for you and your family offering:

• Vitality & wellbeing health portal for non-emergency care
• Unlimited access to 24/7 online GP Consultations for employees, their partners, and dependent children as well as Expert Case Management
• Confidential and free 24-hour Employee Assistance
• Counselling and support
• Legal, financial, and medical information and advice

And more…

• Life assurance cover– 2x salary
• Health Cash Plans- help with covering the cost of healthcare needs by providing cashback on a range of health benefits
• Blue Light Discount Card
• Enhanced maternity/paternity leave*
• Excellent learning and development opportunities
• Free on-site parking in Yeovil and Taunton
• Volunteering and fundraising opportunities

*Eligibility criteria applies

Next Steps

To apply for this role, please click the Apply Now button to complete an online application. Your answers will be reviewed as part of our shortlisting process.

If you want to get to know our team or have a chat before applying, we'd love to hear from you. Just reach out to Tim Netto at tim.netto@st-margarets-hospice.org.uk

For any questions about our recruitment process, please contact recruitment@st-margarets-hospice.org.uk

We welcome applications from a diverse range of backgrounds and experiences to enrich our team. You can always contact us for a chat if there's anything you want to talk about before you apply.

Visa sponsorship is not available for this role.

We are currently managing the recruitment process in-house and kindly ask that recruitment agencies refrain from contacting us with candidates for this role.

The Interview Process

As part of the selection process, we will assess your technical and analytical skills. You will be given an anonymised data set ahead of your interview and expected to create a Power BI report, along with providing some general analysis. This will form part of the presentation component of your interview.

If you have all the information you need, just click apply. We can't wait to hear from you!

Closing date: 30th September 2025

Interview date: 14th and 15th October 2025