Information Analyst
Flexible – any Care Inspectorate office
£38,931 – £43,014
Temporary for 12 months
About us
We are the national regulator and scrutiny body responsible for providing assurance and protection for people who experience care services, their families, carers and the wider public, as well as supporting delivery partners to improve the quality of care for people in Scotland. Our vision is that people across Scotland experience high quality care that meets their needs, rights and choices.
We are a scrutiny body that supports improvement. We inspect individual care services and we also work with other scrutiny bodies to inspect the social care and social work services people are experiencing in their local areas.
Our desire is to achieve an effective and balanced way of working, that enables us to meet organisational needs and achieve a work-life balance that promotes wellbeing and collaboration opportunities. We are moving towards an expectation that all staff will work collaboratively, within and across teams, in person, for approximately 40% of their working week.
About the role
This is a national fixed term contract role. This national role, is an opportunity to use your analytical and data skills and experience to make a real difference for people using care services across Scotland. This will include analysing data from numerous internal and external sources to produce insightful intelligence. You will support the Intelligence team in delivering key analytical support to our Safe Staffing Programme, working closely with a multi-disciplinary team of Care Inspectorate colleagues and those from external agencies.
You will be confident manipulating and interrogating large volumes of raw qualitative and quantitative data, using a variety of software and analytical techniques, and have an eye for detail when it comes to data quality.
About you
You should be educated to degree level (SCQF Level 9) in a subject which includes a significant numerical component, you will ideally have a background in business intelligence, data science, data analysis, operational research, intelligence analysis or data analysis.
You will be familiar with Microsoft applications, business intelligence software (Power BI, Tableau etc.) and proficient in a relevant programming language (SAS, SQL, Python or R etc.). You will be expected to work closely with colleagues across the Care Inspectorate and other external organisations such as the Scottish Government, so must have excellent interpersonal skills and be capable of conveying complex findings clearly both verbally and in writing.
The ideal candidate will have excellent analytical skills, enabling you to manage and analyse large amounts of data and present complex information in a meaningful way.
Starting Salary
Please bear in mind that new entrants start on the grade minimum for the role. However, we have a generous benefits package which you will find on our website.
To apply
You’ll find more information in the job profile and person specification.
If you would like more information or an informal chat about the role please contact Recruitment Team at Recruitment@careinspectorate.gov.scot, please include a contact telephone number and times that would be best to reach you in your email.
If you believe that your skills, experience and motivation make you a suitable candidate for this post, please complete the online application form by 08:00 on Monday 30 June 2025. If we receive a sufficient number of applications, we may close a week prior.
Interviews and assessments will take place no earlier than Tuesday 8 July 2025.
