London, UK
Data analyst
at Kennedy Woods Architecture
Kennedy Woods is hiring a data analyst to join its team in London.
Kennedy Woods is seeking a data analyst for a six-month contract to assist with several large-scale, built-environment.architecture projects.
About you:
- you are a data analyst with five years of experience, preferably with cities, planning and real estate
- you likely have expertise in sustainability, demographics, economics, technology and innovation, and/or investment and capital markets
- you’re an effective communicator. You are adept at engaging with diverse communities, translating industry language into plain English, and sharing impactful insights
- you enjoy working within a team, and are able to support others by sharing your insights to further their understanding
- you are highly organised, fastidious about detail and enjoy complex problem-solving
The job
Work closely with the directors to coordinate and run a six month research project.
Produce empirical and statistically rigorous data that leads to understanding people’s behaviours and attitudes, and generates actionable insights.
Interpret and analyse data from various sources, which might include:
- reading news from industry-specific and local outlets to gather data about business, economic, company, infrastructure, demographic and real estate market activity
- searching and pulling data from public records around local property, businesses, and land use.
- meeting and talking with external data analysts, brokers, tenants, owners, businesses, architects and economic development organisations
- gathering property data such as status, built and renovated dates, leasing company, architect, developer
- gathering local company data such as industry, headcount, revenue, location
- identify, analyse, and interpret trends or patterns in complex data sets
Deliver results on time and within budget
Skills:
- bachelor’s degree required
- one plus year experience in commercial real estate and/or planning
- strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, organize, analyse, and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy
- understanding of data architecture and data modelling
- understanding of Spatial/GIS Database platforms and techniques.
- strong Microsoft excel skills preferred
- strong project management skills
Experience
- experience with Master Data Management
- experience of Data Governance processes. E.g. Data Profiling, Data quality, reference data management. Experience with Elastic Search
About us
Kennedy Woods Architecture is an interdisciplinary creative studio that works across architecture, design, strategy and storytelling to deliver projects of social value. We work in a light-filled studio in the Bussey Building, two minutes from Peckham Rye overground station, in south London.
We believe a strong culture is the key to achieving fulfillment, producing great work and building lasting relationships. Ours is based upon the following values, which are at the heart of everything we do.
Empathy:
- put yourself in the other person’s shoes
- communicate simply and clearly
- be open, inclusive and approachable
Integrity:
- produce work of social value that solves real problems
- be optimistic, and inspire others to be courageous
- rigorously question assumptions throughout the design process
Tenacity:
- always strive to be ambitious, innovative and explorative
- bring engagement, energy and intensity
- be a Gyshido-san
Spark:
- create memorable experiences
- be optimistic, and inspire others to be courageous
We want to hear from you if:
- you share our values
- you believe in the social responsibility of design
- your interests are broader than just architecture
- you are interested in design thinking
- you’re fired-up by this job ad
What we can offer:
- payscale in line with industry standards
- good work/life balance with no work-late culture
- professional development plan and support
- join a thriving creative community in Peckham
How to apply
Please submit a CV, portfolio of recent work using the apply for job button below.
Instead of adapting a generic cover letter, please provide four 140 character responses to the following questions:
- who are you? What is your story?
- what’s your favourite aspect of your current or most recent job and why?
- what interests you most in the world? (except design/architecture!)
Please note, applicants volunteering to work unpaid will have their applications discarded immediately without consideration.