The Greater London Authority (GLA) is a unique city government for Greater London, supporting the directly elected Mayor and scrutinised by the elected London Assembly. The Mayor has responsibility for an annual investment of over £500m to provide genuinely affordable homes for Londoners, holds a portfolio of land across the GLA family that can come forward for housing delivery, and sets the strategic policy direction for housing in the city as a whole.

We are seeking a research and statistical analyst to join the Housing and Land Directorate to help develop the evidence base underpinning the Mayor’s housing policies. This is an exciting time to work on an issue of huge and growing importance for London and cities around the world.

The role will involve analysing complex data and monitoring London’s fast-changing housing market to provide high-quality briefings and reports to the Mayor and senior officers, contributing to major research projects on housing and related topics, and responding to questions from the London Assembly and the wider public. The results of this work will feature in the Mayor’s annual housing statistics report and influence the development of his London Housing Strategy and London Plan.

You will have highly developed analytical, critical thinking and problem solving skills and the ability to apply them to urban policy questions, and you will be able to communicate insights from complex and diverse sources of data clearly and engagingly to diverse audiences using both text and visuals.  Experience of using Microsoft Excel and statistical or mapping software for data analysis is essential, and knowledge of housing data sources and policy would be valuable.

For more information please read the Job Description and Person Specification.

London's diversity is its biggest asset and we strive to ensure our workforce reflects London's diversity at all levels. We welcome applications from everyone regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, faith or disability.  Please read our ‘diversity in recruitment’ blog for more information on the positive steps we are taking to ensure diversity in the GLA Housing and Land Directorate.

Applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates will be particularly welcomed as they are currently under-represented in this area of our organisation.

We are committed to being an inclusive employer and we are happy to consider flexible working arrangements. We would welcome applications from candidates who are seeking part time work as this role is open to job share. The Housing & Land Team blog shows some of the ways our staff can work flexibly.

In addition to a good salary package, we offer an attractive range of benefits including 30 days’ annual leave, interest free season ticket loan, interest free bicycle loan, childcare voucher scheme and a career average pension scheme.

If you have a questions about the role or the recruitment process, then please contact a member of the recruitment team via email on glajobs@london.gov.uk quoting reference GLA2022 or please contact the Housing Research and Analysis Manager via email on james.gleeson@london.gov.uk

Application closing date:  Sunday 18 November 2018 at 23:59 GMT.
Interviews will take place at:  At Union Street SE1 on a date to be confirmed.

Please note we do not accept CV’s for this role. All applications for this vacancy must be submitted via our online recruitment system. To apply and to view a copy of the Job Description and Person specification, please click the "Apply Now" button below.