Business Intelligence Analyst (NIHR)


Location
Salary
£39,959 to £48,117 a year
Profession
Data analyst
Grade
Band 6
Deadline
15 Sep 2026
Contract Type
Fixed-Term
Posted Date
01 Sep 2026
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Job summary

We are seeking a dynamic, self-motivated and passionate person with experience of working in a progressive Business Intelligence environment. Do you have experience leading the delivery of BI solutions for organisations with multiple stakeholders? Delivering quality assured evidence based insights to inform business decisions? Can you provide technical support and data warehouse maintenance? Do you have experience producing self reporting dashboards in data visualisation environments such as Qlik or Tableau? The role will develop informatics delivery, ensuring user requirements are met with accurate and well-presented outputs supporting the NIHR missions to improve the health and wealth of the nation through research.

Main duties of the job

Our business intelligence tasks can range in scale from small ad-hoc data requests to long-term, cross-team projects. As part of a small and friendly team your role will allow you to work with the full end-to-end business intelligence delivery process. From meeting stakeholders and understanding requirements, through data modelling and the ETL process, to data visualisation and generating insight - youll get to experience it all! Main duties will include working with relational databases with MS SQL server and ETL tools such as SSIS. You will also perform analysis of data loads and implement data warehouse design theory and data modelling techniques. Producing reports and data visualisation in Qlik or Tableau using a variety of data sources. Our current data warehouse is on-premise, but there may be the opportunity in the future to move to a hybrid or cloud based approach. Therefore, any experience of Microsoft Azure or Amazon AWS may also be beneficial. Through our data scientists, we are exploring and implementing artificial intelligence and machine learning solutions. An enthusiasm for the field of data science, and a desire to collaborate, and support these projects will also be beneficial. Please see the attached job description for further information about this vacancy.

About us

The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is committed to delivering the highest quality and safest treatment and care to every patient, every time. Our vision is to provide the highest quality specialist and integrated care. We will do this through delivery of our multi-year goals and strategic priorities, which you can read about on this page. Central to it all is The Leeds Way our values and behaviours that are at the heart of everything we do.

Details

  • Date posted: 01 September 2026
  • Pay scheme: Agenda for change
  • Band: Band 6
  • Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year
  • Contract: Fixed term
  • Duration: 5 months
  • Working pattern: Part-time
  • Reference number: 001992
  • Job locations: NIHR Academy, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS1 2TW, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

For questions about this job, contact:

Elaine Ferguson Business Intelligence Lead elaine.ferguson@nihr.ac.uk Shortlisting Date: tbc Interview Date: tbc

Job Summary

This is a fixed term contract role until 31 March 2027.

We are seeking a dynamic, self-motivated and passionate person with experience of working in a progressive Business Intelligence environment.

Do you have experience leading the delivery of BI solutions for organisations with multiple stakeholders? Delivering quality assured evidence based insights to inform business decisions?

Can you provide technical support and data warehouse maintenance? Do you have experience producing self reporting dashboards in data visualisation environments such as Qlik or Tableau?

The role will develop informatics delivery, ensuring user requirements are met with accurate and well-presented outputs supporting the NIHR missions to improve the health and wealth of the nation through research.

Why you should join our Team

The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) has a mission to improve the health and wealth of the nation through research. The NIHR plays a pivotal role in attracting, training and supporting the best researchers and complements the additional NIHR investment in world-class research facilities and a skilled research workforce.

This role is hosted by the Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust (LTHT) and delivers the work of the NIHR, leading on policy, strategy and delivery in respect of academic training in England and working closely with other NIHR centres and the Science Research and Evidence (SRE) Directorate at the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC).

What you will bring to the role

Our business intelligence tasks can range in scale from small ad-hoc data requests to long-term, cross-team projects. As part of a small and friendly team your role will allow you to work with the full end-to-end business intelligence delivery process. From meeting stakeholders and understanding requirements, through data modelling and the ETL process, to data visualisation and generating insight - you’ll get to experience it all!

Main duties will include working with relational databases with MS SQL server and ETL tools such as SSIS. You will also perform analysis of data loads and implement data warehouse design theory and data modelling techniques. Producing reports and data visualisation in Qlik or Tableau using a variety of data sources. Our current data warehouse is on-premise, but there may be the opportunity in the future to move to a hybrid or cloud based approach. Therefore, any experience of Microsoft Azure or Amazon AWS may also be beneficial.

Through our data scientists, we are exploring and implementing artificial intelligence and machine learning solutions. An enthusiasm for the field of data science, and a desire to collaborate, and support these projects will also be beneficial.

Please see the attached job description for further information about this vacancy.

About Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust

Our Trust values

The Leeds Way is working together to support each other and deliver the best possible care to patients.

We are….

Responsible Open and Honest One Team Kind

Our Trust priorities

Our purpose: Excellent, safe and sustainable care for every patient every time

Our priorities:

People Improvement and Innovation Partnerships Outcomes

To comply with UK Government regulations on Skilled Worker sponsorship, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust is unable to provide sponsorship to applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria or the salary threshold concessions set out under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please take this into consideration before submitting your application. Full guidance on these concessions, including details of who may qualify, can be found here.

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high number of suitable applications.

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