Hours: Full time, 37.5 per week, Monday – Friday.
Location: Hybrid remote working, with 3 days a week in our VHQ, Crawley based on operational requirements
Contract: Fixed Term Contract Secondment (12 months)
Closing Date: 22nd April 2025
At Virgin Atlantic Airways, we believe that everyone can take on the world, and it's our vision to become the most loved travel company. As we embark on this next exciting stage of our journey, we're harnessing our spirit of entrepreneurship and innovation to challenge the status quo.
Are you ready to elevate our operations with data-driven decisions? We are seeking a dynamic and detail-oriented Lead Analyst - Crew Logistics to join our team on a 12 months fixed term contract. You will design and deliver crew performance metrics and reporting, while leading the charge in automating data processes to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and responsiveness. In this role, you will own data projects from start to finish, ensuring robust, scalable, and insightful reporting that drives continuous improvement across Crew Logistics.
You will have the opportunity to collaborate and engage with our internal stakeholders such as Commercial, Training, Cabin and Flight Crew Management, and regularly present strategic insights to senior leaders to keep our crew flying high.
Some of your key responsibilities will be:
- Design and implement pilot and cabin crew performance metrics to provide insight into productivity, bid satisfaction, production quality, and overall establishment efficiency.
- Develop and communicate explanations, summaries and performance indicators for workforce planning requirement levels based on productivity, aircraft utilisation and flying hours, training demand and cost.
- Support development of performance metrics for trip pairing and leave optimisation, improving visibility of trends and enabling proactive decision-making.
- Collaborate with stakeholders across Operations and Commercial to influence and align long- and mid-term plans based on establishment needs and constraints.
- Manage, coach, and develop a team of analysts, with a focus on upskilling in Power BI and the Microsoft stack.
The skills and experience we are looking for you to bring are:
- Highly proficient in Power BI/ Tableau, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Proven experience as an Analyst with strong analytical and problems solving skills and the ability to provide insights.
- Demonstrable experience of engaging with and managing stakeholders at all levels.
- Proven experience of leading and motivating a team.
- Ideally, a background in Aviation (preferred).
At Virgin Atlantic, our leaders empower teams to thrive through collaboration, innovation, and excellence. Explore our Leadership Recipe and discover the 20 core ingredients that define what it means to lead with us, driving our mission to be the most loved travel company and achieve sustainable profit. Want to learn more? Click here
Our customers come from all walks of life and so do our colleagues. That’s why we’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer and actively encourage applications from all backgrounds. At Virgin Atlantic, we believe everyone can take on the world - no matter your age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disabilities, religion, or beliefs. We celebrate difference and everything that makes our colleagues unique by upholding an inclusive environment in which we can all thrive. So that everyone at Virgin Atlantic can be themselves and know they belong.
To make your journey with us accessible and individual to you, we encourage you to let us know if you’d like a little extra help with your application, or if you have any individual requirements at any stage along your recruitment journey. We are here to support you, so please reach out to our team, ([email protected]) feeling confident that we’ve got your individual considerations covered.