Spatial Data Analyst Apprentice (Level 4)
£32,000 plus excellent benefits (Work Level 6A) 
Apprenticeship duration: 18 months within a permanent, full-time role
Manchester city centre – hybrid working with minimum one day a month required in the office

We’re looking for a Spatial Data Analyst to join our Strategy, Insight and Programmes team within Property. You’ll join the team in a full-time, permanent role completing your Data Analyst apprenticeship across 18-months in role.

During this time, you’ll allocate around 20% of your working week to studying, learning, and spending time with your course tutor. For the rest of the week, you’ll be in-role, contributing to the team right from the word ‘go’. Although we’ll provide you with time to learn at work, you’ll need to have the necessary commitment and dedication to successfully balance your work and your studies.

As a Spatial Data Analyst, you’ll play a key part in maintaining and analysing data to understand the best locations for our stores and funeral homes, making sure we’re bringing the Co-op to where our member-owners need us. You'll look after large data sets, combining internal and external sources, including demographics, to underpin strategic decisions for the existing and future Co-op estate. If you’re passionate about developing your data skills this is an exciting chance to build a rewarding career with us.

What you’ll do:

•    Dedicate 20% of your working week to your learning, study, and tutorials
•    Attend sessions with your personal skills coach throughout the duration of the programme
•    Use data from various internal and external sources to provide insight and inform decision-making 
•    Maintain, refresh and develop tools used within the Property Strategy, Insight and Programmes team, including data dashboards and forecasting models
•    Help drive innovation and efficiencies by continuously improving tools, data and processes
•    Manage and maintain datasets, making sure that the team uses the most up-to-date and appropriate data.
•    Complete your apprenticeship over the course of 18 months years, gaining a Data Analyst qualification at the end of the programme

This role would suit people who have

•    Some experience within a data and reporting role or a background in geography or mathematics
•    Achieved grades A*-C or 9-4 equivalent in GCSE Maths and English 
•    Excellent Microsoft Excel skills with the ability to use advanced formulas and pivot tables
•    An analytical mindset and a keen eye for detail
•    A passion and commitment for building your career as a Data Analyst

Why Co-op?

Here you’ll do work that matters. We’re a commercial organisation with a purpose beyond profit, you’ll have an opportunity to help us build a stronger Co-op and stronger communities. You’ll also get a package that includes:

•    competitive salary
•    coaching, training and support to help you develop
•    wellbeing benefits to support your physical and mental health
•    pension with up to 10% employer contributions
•    monthly incentive scheme
•    28 days holiday plus bank holidays (rising to 32 in line with service)
•    discounts on Co-op products and services
•    Wagestream - a money management app that gives you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn it

At Co-op, we’re proud to do things a different way. As one of the world’s largest co-operatives, owned by millions of members, community is at the heart of what we do. Since our Co-op was founded in 1844, we’ve had a clear social purpose, and everything we do as a business helps to build a fairer world for our members, customers, colleagues, and communities.

Building an inclusive workplace

We’re actively building diverse teams and we welcome applications from everyone. We want to build inclusive work environments, where our colleagues have equal opportunities to reach their full potential. We celebrate our differences, and recognise the importance of our teams reflecting the communities they serve.

If you have a disability, we can make reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process according to your needs. We're also part of the Disability Confident scheme, meaning we'll always offer an interview to disabled candidates who apply through the scheme if they meet the minimum criteria for a job.

We'll ask whether you’d like to be considered under the Disability Confident scheme when you apply.

If we invite you to take part in the recruitment process for any of our jobs, we’ll ask you if you need any reasonable adjustments to enable you to participate.

You can find out more about our recruitment process at jobs.coop.co.uk/apply-process

As part of your application, you'll need to complete an online assessment. This assessment typically takes between 45-60 minutes. If you're a current Co-op colleague, this does not need to be completed.