United Kingdom onlyPower BI Developer
Are you a Power BI Developer looking for a new challenge?
Do you have great experience across data reporting, visualisation, modelling and management, helping companies gain key insights from their data?
Would you be interested in helping with the running of crucial platforms that help the government keep Livestock safe and healthy?
If so, we’d love to hear from you!
At Livestock Information Ltd, our mission is to be an outstanding service provider of livestock data, empowering government, industry, and farmers to effectively manage disease and infection control, whilst enhancing productivity and innovation in agriculture. To achieve this, we need great people, who share in our values.
We are now looking for a Power BI Developer to join us fully remotely in the UK, on a 12 month fixed term contract. As our Power BI Developer, you will work with Product Owners to understand stakeholder reporting requirements, ensuring these requirements are implemented from both a functional and non-functional (i.e. performance) perspective. We typically work to a two-week Sprint cycle; using Azure DevOps to maintain relevant Epics, Themes, Features, User Stories and Tasks.
Responsibilities
- Designing & Developing BI Reports & Dashboards: Understanding stakeholder requirements, data model design, developing visualisations that provide actionable insights.
- Data Management: Managing data sets, ensuring they are clean, accurate & ready for analysis; designing and implementing data extraction, transformation and loading (ETL) processes.
- Data Modelling: Understand data modelling concepts and be able to create effective data models to support reporting needs.
- Data Visualisation: Good understanding of data visualisation principles and best practices to present data in an easily understandable manner.
- Stakeholder Collaboration: Working with Product Owners, Business Analysts, Project Managers, Data Scientists, Data Engineers, Functional and Non-Functional Testers to understand their needs, ensuring solutions delivered meet them.
- Ensuring Data Accuracy: Ensuring the accuracy and reliability of data presented in dashboards and reports by validating data and implementing quality checks.
- End User Training: Training end users on how to use reports and dashboards effectively, including how to interpret data and make data-driven decisions.
- Troubleshooting & Maintenance: Troubleshoot data related issues and maintain Power BI infrastructure to ensure it is up to date and running smoothly.
- Data Security: Implementing appropriate access controls and data protection measures.
- Staying updated with latest features, updates and best practices ensuring they are leveraged effectively in an appropriate manner.
Requirements
- A Bachelor's degree in a STEM subject.
- Great experience as a BA within a software delivery environment, ideally working with Product teams.
- Excellent experience with data & systems analysis using Excel and either Power BI or Tableau
- Ability to produce requirements definition and functional specifications based on as-is and to-be processes.
- Experience working in cross-functional teams: Engineering, Scrum, Program, DevOps etc
- Strong Stakeholder engagement experience
- Experience in business process (modelling and tools).
- Fantastic communication and organisation skills
- Experience with modern technology stacks & markup languages
- Experience with project management
- Competency in Microsoft applications & experience using Engineering Tools (Azure DevOps)
- Comfortable working in a fast-changing development environment.
- Experience in the farming/agriculture sector would be advantageous but isn’t essential.
Benefits
The salary for this role is £50,000-£60,000.
As an LI employee, you will be entitled to our company benefits which include:
- Remote-first working set up
- 33 days annual leave, inclusive of Bank Holidays
- 4 x annual salary Life Assurance
- Market leading pension through Legal & General
- Enhanced Parental leave
- Excellent learning, training and, career development opportunities and funding
- 24/7 access to our Employee Assistance Programme
- An inclusive culture where everyone is respected and valued
Application and Interview Process
To apply for this role, you will need to submit a CV and answer some pre-screening questions.
The interview and assessment process for this role will involve a telephone interview with our Talent Team, followed by a first stage and a final stage interview. Telephone and first stage interviews will be conducted remotely, with final stages likely being conducted face to face.
If we need to make a reasonable adjustment so that you can complete your application, please contact us as soon as possible by emailing [email protected] before the closing date to discuss your needs.
Apply before 4:00pm on 23rd May 2024. Any applications submitted after the cut off will not be considered.
Diversity statement
At Livestock Information, we value diversity and believe that every individual brings different strengths. We understand that not everyone may possess every single skill outlined in this job description, but if you believe you have a solid skill set that enables you to excel in this position then we really encourage you to apply.
Disclaimer
Livestock Information Ltd. cannot sponsor work visas at this time. You must have the right to work in the UK without sponsorship and be based in the UK.
Livestock Information Ltd. Does not discriminate based on race, sex, colour, religion, age, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other reason prohibited by law in provision of employment opportunities and benefits.
Livestock Information Ltd. Does not accept unsolicited CVs from any source other than directly from a candidate. Any unsolicited CV’s not originating directly from a candidate and sent to Livestock Information Ltd or any Livestock Information Ltd employees, including unsolicited CVs sent to a Livestock Information Ltd mailing address or email address, are rejected. Livestock Information Ltd will NOT pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited CV. Livestock Information Ltd considers any candidate for whom the recruiter has submitted an unsolicited CV referred by the company free of any fees.
