My new role with the GLA mainly consists of analysing data which relates to London’s population, with a particular emphasis on attempting to measure London’s population and model and communicating my analysis using a mixture of written reports and data visualisation techniques. My analysis is designed to help educate the general public and to influence decision-makers working in both central and local government as well as charities and the private sector.
What I find really interesting about my new role south africa rcs data is the study in contrasts between working for a very large organisation in the public sector and working for a small charity. Whereas at IF I am one of only two in-house data analysts, at the GLA I am working as part of a very large team of analysts within the GLA Intelligence Unit which includes economists, qualitative researchers, data scientists, and experts in statistical modelling and geographical information systems (GIS), which provides lots of excellent opportunities for me to learn new skills. So far, I have been really enjoying the time I spend working there, and I have already learnt how to use several new data visualisation tools which I have also been able to use in the work which I do with IF, which shows that one of the advantages of having two jobs is that it creates lots of opportunities to cross-pollinate ideas between them.
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Christian Reynolds
Christian has just started a new position at the Centre for Food Policy, City University of London. We look forward to hearing how it goes.
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