Senior Data Analyst – Equal Pay Specialist

About the role

We are looking for a Senior Data Analyst who will act as an Equal Pay Specialist, leading the technical delivery of an Equal Pay Audit for a public‑sector client. The role is temporary (10‑15 days) and fully remote, focusing on robust statistical analysis of workforce and pay data to uncover and explain pay differentials.

Key responsibilities

• Lead pay modelling and statistical analysis, including mean, median and weighted pay comparisons across employee groups.
• Analyse pay outcomes by protected characteristics such as gender, ethnicity and disability.
• Identify statistically significant pay gaps, trends and risk areas, and assess whether differences are explainable or indicate equal‑pay risk.
• Support the development of equal‑work groupings and analytical frameworks.
• Collaborate with the Project Lead and subject‑matter experts to interpret findings in an organisational context.
• Contribute to data validation, cleansing, risk assessment outputs and final reporting.
• Produce auditable analytical outputs with clear documentation of assumptions, limitations and confidence levels.

Required profile

• Proven experience delivering Equal Pay Audits in the UK public sector or similarly complex environments.
• Strong knowledge of the Equality Act 2010 (Equal Pay provisions) and EHRC audit methodology.
• Advanced experience analysing large workforce datasets and pay modelling.
• Ability to work within a governance‑heavy, audit‑focused environment.
• Excellent communication skills for presenting statistical findings to senior stakeholders.

Required skills

• Advanced Excel modelling
• SQL
• R
• Python