Junior Data Analyst

Recruiter
Ito World
Location
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Salary
Up to £23,000 per annum
Posted
12 Feb 2019
Closes
12 Mar 2019
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time

Junior Data Analyst

Do you want the opportunity to work with world-leading organisations such as Google?

Welcome to Ito World. We enable the smarter movement of people by providing real-time transit data and visualisation for urban mobility, journey planning, and transport planning. Our clients trust Ito to provide a single, quality-assured transit feed at national or city-scale in a format and specification that works for them.

We work with the leading journey planners, mapping & navigation providers and mobility service providers across the globe.

We are looking for an inquisitive, tenacious, well-organised Junior Data Analyst to join our Transit Data team. You will report to the Data Operations Manager.

What you'll do: 

  • Explore and implement ways to improve and augment data to represent the reality or ‘ground truth’ of a city’s transit system
  • Identify and build relationships with transit professionals working in transit agencies and cities around the world
  • Assist in the resolution and response to customer support queries and requests
  • Use internal software to analyse and improve data
  • Identify opportunities to make improvements to Ito’s transit data quality tools and data management processes
  • Become “go to” data expert for all forms of public and shared transit in your portfolio of cities
  • Maintain an up-to date knowledge-base of the transit infrastructure and operators for each city and develop strategies to ensure that Ito has access to the most complete set of transit data
  • Work on exciting, bespoke projects with clients at the bleeding edge of new mobility technology
  • Aggregate all available transit data to help create a complete real-time model of the city’s transit infrastructure

Who you are

  • Diligent, analytically-minded and detail-oriented
  • You have excellent research and problem-solving skills using internet search tools
  • Comfortable with Spreadsheets and Databases
  • Ability to understand complex information and data, and communicate findings in an easy-to-understand format
  • Pro-active and willing to learn
  • Self-motivated and keen to a make a difference
  • Ability to derive insight from transit data and apply it to the real world
  • Well organised and able to deliver to tight deadlines
  • Enthusiastic approach and a can-do attitude
  • Persistent and demonstrate the tenacity and willingness to go the distance to get something done

What would be desirable

  • Passionate about cities, public transit, shared and micro-mobility
  • Multi-lingual speaker
  • Knowledge of open data and data licencing
  • Experience with mapping and GIS applications
  • Some knowledge of Statistics

What we offer

  • An innovative, tech-driven startup culture
  • Working with big clients, including Google, Microsoft, Facebook and City authorities across the world
  • Opportunities for personal development and career progression
  • 25 days’ holiday