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VN2046
Location City
Leeds
Location Country
United Kingdom
Job Description
Job Title: Report DeveloperReports to: Reporting Manager
Department: Strategy, Policy & Insights
Location: Leeds
DEPARTMENT DESCRIPTION
The Strategy, Policy & Insight (Function) are trusted thought-leaders bringing expert strategy, policy, market & audience insight – challenging and advising the business to drive delivery of Channel 4’s strategy and remit.
The new centralised Audience Insights (Subfunction) purpose is to be independent thought leaders at the heart of Channel 4’s creative and commercial decision-making, bringing a single source of truth and big picture perspective, challenging and advising the business to ensure profitable business growth through the use of data.
Within the new centralised operating model where all audience and market insight in C4 is centralised into the Audience Insight team, each C-Suite Leader (CEO, Chief Content Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Revenue Officer, Chief Marketing Officer and the Exec Committee as a body) and their Senior Leaders have a dedicated Insight Business Partner (BP) who prioritizes and agrees their Insight requirements, aligned to the strategic C4 pillars.BP Analysts directly source available analysis and where additional, bespoke research or specialised analysis is required, the BP will commission this from the relevant Specialist Lead (to be delivered by their Insight Analysts) managing jointly the presentation back of recommendations to the C-Suite or Senior Leader.
JOB PURPOSE
Working under the direction of the Reporting Manager this role is a specialist in report development and production drawing relevant data from multiple in-house data sets managed by the Technology function, and producing best in class, high quality reports to meet the needs of C-Suite and Senior Leaders across C4 and providing them and their teams with accurate and timely reports on which they can make profitable business decisions.
KEY RESPONSIBILTIES- Taking direction from the Reporting Manager Lead (who has agreed reporting deliverables based on the business need with the Insights BP), the role understands the relevant data sets required to build the report, uses best-in-class reporting expertise to build a fully tested, automated online dashboard or report providing clear access to the required data, for C4 Senior Leaders to make informed business decisions.
- Typical reports (80% of the time) will be a regular daily/weekly/monthly/quarterly pattern of standardised format across a) Viewing performance against titles and genres b) product performance (if content was successfully delivered across linear and streaming platforms) and c) sales distribution performance (monitoring contractually committed service across 3rd party partner platforms eg Sky/ Amazon/ Google).
- For additional reports (20% of the time) the Reporting Manager will prioritise new deliverables for the Report Developer to create, within the consistent, best practice frameworks set by the Reporting Manager.
- The role will be use Tableau or Power BI or other future tools and ways to surface reports and to stay informed on new features, constantly seeking improvements in quality and accuracy of reports produced.
- The role will be responsible for quality assuring the reports produced, for ensuring every report has a named business sponsor, conducting on-going audits on usage of reports and for recommending to the Reporting Manager when reports can be removed from the catalogue.
- No people responsibility and no direct financial accountability.
- Proven experience in reporting with experience in complex and specialised reporting to a best-in-class standard.
- Advanced level skills in Tableau and Power BI.
- High level of experience and knowledge of SQL data access.
- Good communication skills which enable clear engagement with Insight BP’s when understanding business requirements for a new report and when engaging with business users (typically below senior leader) on usage and sponsorship of existing reports.
- Collaboration skills –proactive ability to build a collaborative environment within the insights function and with Technology (who own the data sets) and across the business to drive the best possible outcome.
Desirable:
- MS Office especially Excel & Powerpoint.
HYBRID WORKING
From September 2023, C4 has operated a 60/40 working pattern, equating to three office days per week. Having everyone in the office three days a week gives us more opportunity to build our high performing, inclusive culture; to collaborate and to learn and share with each other, as well as helping to coordinate a regular pattern of home and office working days.Employees then have the flexibility to decide where they spend the rest of the working week. All our offices are open five days a week.
Salary
Basic starting salary of £39,375.00 per annum, dependant on experience
Application questions to complete
Please remember to complete the additional application questions by uploading a Word or PDF attachment. These questions really help us get to know you better and we won’t be able to consider your application without them.- Please outline how you meet the ‘Essential Experience & Skills’ outlined in the Job Description (Max 500 words)
Benefits
There are a million reasons why it’s great to work at Channel 4, here are just a few of the perks for you;- Private medical insurance with NO EXCESS
- Free Virtual GP access for employees
- Free Female Health hormone test each year
- Free Tastecard membership
- Financial guidance 1-2-1’s available each quarter
- Free On Hand (as featured on Dragon’s Den) volunteering membership
- Discounted Gym memberships
- Pension
- Life Assurance
- Income Protection
- Holiday Buy/Sell
Applications Close Date
07 Oct 2024
Equal Opportunities
Channel 4’s purpose is to create change through entertainment; by representing unheard voices, challenging with purpose and delivering content which reflects the diversity of different communities across the UK.
We are only able to deliver on this remit by having a workforce rich in diversity of thought, background and lived experience. As an employer we encourage applications from candidates from all backgrounds and do not discriminate based on disability, age, gender reassignment, gender expression, criminal history, length of time spent unemployed, marriage or civil partnership status, national origin, pregnancy and maternity status, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.
Disability Confident Scheme:Channel 4 is a member of the Business Disability Forum (BDF) and has also maintained the highest level of the Department of Work and Pension's Disability Confident scheme - Level 3: Leader. Under the Disability Confident Scheme, we aim to offer an interview to all candidates who have a neurodiverse condition, impairment or long-term condition and who meet the essential criteria for an advertised job.
If you wish your application to be considered under the Disability Confident Scheme, please select yes when completing the application questions. For more information, please visit the Disability Confident Campaign website.
For our roles and schemes that receive a high volume of applications it may not be possible to provide an interview to all applicants who meet the essential criteria and in this situation we can only select applications that best meet the skills needed for the role.
Care Leaver Friendly Employer:Channel 4 is a Care Leaver Friendly Employer. By signing the Care Leaver Friendly Employer Charter and adopting its principles, we are supporting an immensely talented yet often under-served and under-represented community of young people/ adults.
We commit to offering an interview (and constructive feedback) to applicants who identify as care experienced and meet the essential criteria for the role as outlined on the job description. Applicants should indicate if they wish to apply under our Care Leaver Scheme by selecting the option on the application form.
Workplace Adjustments:We are committed to providing disabled applicants a level playing field when applying for a job and support whilst employed to perform to the best of their ability and develop their careers. If you have a neurodiverse condition, impairment or long-term condition and require any adjustments, additional support or alternative arrangements during the recruitment and wish to discuss this confidentially, please let us know via the following e-mail recruitment@channel4.co.uk