Winter Data Internship

Sheffield or London | 2 days per week in the office, 3 days working remotely 8-week placement (November - January with break for Christmas) ABOUT THE ROLE On a day-to-day basis, you will: - Work on well-scoped analysis and data tasks, with guidance and peer review from the team. - Use SQL to explore data, answer questions and build simple, reusable datasets. - Help create or improve dashboards that allow teams to monitor key metrics and performance. - Check data quality, investigate unexpected results and clearly document your assumptions. - Speak with stakeholders to understand their questions and help translate them into structured analysis. - Use appropriate charts and written summaries to communicate findings to technical and non-technical audiences. - Contribute to an individual or team project that demonstrates what you have learned and creates value for the business. - Take part in team ceremonies, knowledge-sharing sessions and regular one-to-one coaching. - Use AI tools thoughtfully to support tasks such as learning, exploring approaches, drafting code or documentation, while checking outputs and protecting confidential data. ABOUT YOU We would like you to be: - Interested in data analysis and in using data to understand and solve real business problems. - Comfortable working with numbers and able to break a question into logical steps. - Familiar with SQL, spreadsheets, Python or another analytical tool through study, work experience or personal projects. - Able to explain your thinking and communicate clearly with people who may not have a technical background. - Curious about how businesses work, willing to ask questions and keen to investigate why something has happened. - Careful with detail, particularly when checking data and deciding whether a result can be trusted. - Open to feedback, collaboration and learning new tools and ways of working. - Familiar with AI tools and able to use them responsibly to support your work, rather than accepting their output without question. It would also be useful if you have: - Completed a university, college, apprenticeship, bootcamp or self-directed project involving data. - Created a dashboard, report or analysis and can describe the question, tools, approach and outcome. - Used an AI tool in a personal, academic or external project and can explain what it helped you do, how you checked its output and what you learned. - Some familiarity with databases, data visualisation, statistics or cloud-based data tools. You do not need to meet every point or have experience with our exact technology stack. We are more interested in your potential, curiosity and ability to learn than in a long list of tools. ABOUT THE DATA FUNCTION The Data function supports teams across the whole business, including Finance, Marketing, Sales, Referencing, Insurance, Product and Account Management. We turn business questions into trusted analysis, dashboards and data products that help teams understand performance, improve processes and decide what to do next. Our modern data stack includes BigQuery, dbt, Python, Airflow and Metabase, running in Google Cloud Platform. You are not expected to know all of these before joining. The placement is designed to give you structured, hands-on experience, supported by analysts and engineers who will help you learn how we work.   HOW DO WE WORK? The Data team works collaboratively with people across Goodlord. We start by understanding the business problem, clarify what success looks like, explore and validate the relevant data, and then communicate our findings in a useful way. Depending on the problem, this might mean an analysis, a dashboard, a data model or an improvement to an existing process. You will work on well-scoped tasks and a defined internship project, with regular check-ins, feedback and opportunities to pair with experienced members of the team. You will also take part in team meetings and share what you have learned.   WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE - In your first two weeks, you understand the role of the Data function, can navigate our core tools with support and have started contributing to a well-scoped task. - By the middle of the placement, you can explore and validate data, explain your approach and incorporate feedback from the team and stakeholders. - By the end of the placement, you have delivered and presented a useful piece of analysis, dashboard or data improvement, clearly communicating what you found, the limitations and the recommended next steps. WHAT TO TELL US IN YOUR APPLICATION We would love to hear about a data, coding, research or AI-assisted project you have worked on. This can come from your studies, employment, volunteering or something you built independently. Tell us: - What problem or question you were trying to address. - Which tools or technologies you used and why. - How you checked the quality or accuracy of your work. - What the outcome was and what you would improve next time. - If you used AI, how you used it, how you validated its output and where your own judgement was important. WHAT HAVE OUR INTERNS SAID? “I genuinely did quite enjoy the internship and I’ve been able to learn so much these two months. Before I started the internship, I was expecting it to be much more challenging and stressful, but it has been a very enjoyable experience with many challenges and opportunities to learn.” “I got all the support required. I was asking other people on the team for help a lot and always got help from them. Props to everyone in the squad.” ABOUT US At Goodlord, our brand is built on one simple belief: renting should be effortless. We exist to strip away the bottlenecks, clear the admin, and give agents, landlords and tenants a smarter, simpler way forward. As more tenants with higher digital expectations entered the market, we were confident that we could provide a solution that works for everybody. Like all scale-ups, it has been a bit of a rollercoaster journey. We are now stronger than ever, with around 3,500 letting agents using the platform, exciting and varied product lines, and over 300 Goodlordians supporting the mission. Our values guide our decisions, the way we work, our culture and the people we ask to join the team. We work hard, have fun and support each other. We are not afraid to make mistakes - we would never learn if we did not - and we are always looking to challenge ourselves. Our collaborations are based on honesty, friendship and respect. It is an exciting time at Goodlord. If you are inspired by what we are doing, are up for a challenge and share our values, we would love to hear from you. WHY YOU'LL LOVE BEING A GOODLORDIAN Aside from the role, the people, our culture and our mission, we have some other things that make Goodlord a pretty awesome place to be. Here’s a few favourites amongst Goodlordians (check out our careers page for more info). - Grow with Goodlord: your development is important to us, that’s why we are Great Place to Work - certified https://www.greatplacetowork.co.uk/certified-company/1558877. Have a goal in mind? Share it with us so we can use some of our annual development fund to support it. We guarantee you’ll learn loads and develop both personally and professionally! - Your well-being matters: bi-weekly coaching with Sanctus to provide Goodlordians with a safe place to talk and support your mental health - 25 days holiday (plus UK Bank holidays) plus 1 day per full holiday year up to 32 days: We believe regular breaks are essential for well-being and we encourage (some may say expect!) all Goodlordians to take full advantage of their annual leave entitlement. - Supporting your family: we offer Goodlordians of all genders a generous 3 months of fully-paid time off to look after their new arrivals - Our team: we’re an energetic, sociable, and talented bunch who are super passionate about what we do and determined to make a difference. We’re all in it together, we learn from each other, we’re genuine and we don’t have time for politics WHAT’S NEXT? If you’re ready to help us on our mission to be the gold standard platform for renting, then click apply (2-3 minutes)! A full job spec is available on request. Goodlord wants applicants from all backgrounds and walks of life; we are an equal opportunity employer committed to creating an inclusive environment. Creating a space where everyone feels included is central to who we are. Because we're an open book and we learn from each other, we actively champion diverse perspectives and unique life experiences. If there is anything you need to participate fully in the interview process, we'd love to hear about that too - please include it in your application. ** Please note, as we are regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority, all Goodlordians are required to pass a thorough referencing check via Experian before joining the team. We will only ask for references at the point of making an offer. No agencies please - we have tried and trusted partners we would turn to should we require support.