Job Title: Data Analyst Team Lead Reporting To: Head of Examinations and Assessment Location: 123 St Stephens Green Dublin School (or department): Student, Academic & Regulatory Affairs (SARA) Contract type/duration: Permanent / Fulltime Closing date for applications: 23:45 pm Sunday 12th of April About the post: The Data Analyst Team Lead plays a pivotal role within the Examinations and Assessment function, supporting RCSI's commitment to delivering high-quality, data-driven academic operations.
This post leads on the analysis, validation and interpretation of complex examination datasets across multiple Schools, ensuring that assessment outcomes are accurate, timely, and aligned with professional and regulatory standards.
Working closely with academic colleagues, programme leads the role contributes to enhancing assessment quality, strengthening evidence-based decision-making, and driving continuous process improvement.
Success in this position means providing trusted analytical insight, overseeing robust results processes, and enabling the university to maintain excellence in part of a collaborative, learner-centred environment, the post-holder will be instrumental in supporting fair, transparent and defensible assessment outcomes for all RCSI students.
Job Responsibilities Providing support for the Examinations Department within the Student Academic and Regulatory Affairs (SARA) office, including: Oversee all exam analysis & results process for the examination & assessment team Creating and updating validation checks and highlighting data idiosyncrasies.
Contribute to result preparation and collation of examination results for multiple Schools including The School of Medicine, School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, School of Dentistry and the School of Physiotherapy etc.
Assisting in the end-to-end examination results management process including validation, data management, data migration to multiple system etc.
Assist in the publication of results to students periodically through the Academic year; Preparing, producing, updating and automating reports on question performance, examination performance, cohort performance etc.
Assisting in the development of quality and process improvement; Preparing graphical display of data for a range of reports throughout the year; Providing guidance on data management and statistics for RCSI staff Representing the Examinations team and wider SARA office when dealing with students.
And, any other relevant duties.
As a member of the Exams team, you will be expected to play a part in its general activities.
Knowledge & Experience - (Essential): A minimum of three years' relevant experience in analysing large-scale data sets or surveillance systems.
A commitment to quality and attention to detail.
Experience working in a 3rd level institution.
Capacity to take ownership of tasks and see these through to deliver on agreed objectives.
Proven experience of a variety of software packages (for example Microsoft Office), including a statistical package (for example Stata, SPSS, SAS, R).
Ability to express technical information clearly to a wide range of people through both written and verbal communication.
Ability to plan and prioritise work to ensure that all activities are completed within the required time scales.
Is pleasant, cooperative, and gets along well with others; keeps manager informed, reports problems promptly and seeks guidance when needed.
Has the ability to work as part of a team and to contribute to the effective working of the organisation.
Can adapt to fit with changing conditions, tasks, responsibilities, or people.
Takes actions to achieve favourable outcomes for the organisation, beyond minimum performance expectations, and seeks opportunities to improve work procedures.
Understands the importance of not disclosing confidential information.
Management experience Desirable Skills Qualifications: an MSc in medical statistics, or related discipline.
Knowledge of Data visualisation tools e.g. Power BI and/or Tableau SQL We are all too aware that imposter syndrome and the confidence gap can sometimes stop fantastic candidates putting themselves forward, so please do submit an application - we'd love to hear from you.
Application Process Please apply online through the RCSI careers portal on the closing date with your CV and cover letter.
Informal Enquiries: Informal enquiries are invited in the first instance through Florencia Raimondo, Human Resources Department (email: ).
All applications for this post must be made through the career's webpage Florencia can arrange for relevant queries on the academic aspects of the role to be addressed by the hiring manager.
Please note we do not accept CVs directly.
Eligibility to Work in Ireland Please note that we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.
Applicants must have unrestricted right to work in Ireland.