Job Detail

Are you curious and confident in analyzing data, have a combined business and technical understanding and interest, and do you want to proactively drive business forward with Business Intelligence? Furthermore, do you want to work with the world’s biggest Language Company in the world? 

Then please read on! We are looking for a Data Analyst to be based in our headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland. 

The role              

• As Data Analyst for EF ILC, you will be part of the BI team where you will work with the full value chain; from integration of data, to structuring and blending data,  as well as publishing data, and pro-actively help business analyze.

• You will be assigned and lead multiple analytical projects and manage delivery to a broad group of stakeholders


• You will build data models and validate hypothesis with various tools. You will set requirements and help technical team with implementation.


• Applying an agile mind-set, you will deep dive into understanding data, logics, queries, and at the same time focusing on what matters.


• You will collect feedback from users, stakeholders, technical team and independently draw actionable insights, and present these within BI team and the company on a continuous basis.

Your profile

• You have a very strong logical and deductive reasoning


• You have an outstanding attention to details


• You are eager to get to results and with an agile mind-set to push forward


• You have clear presentation and communication skills


• You are curious, a team-player, well-organised and a multi-tasker

Our requirements

• You are expected to have a very strong analytical background.


• You have +4 years of experience in comparable role working with data


• You have experience working with both business and technical departments


• Educated to a degree standard, ideally in a mathematical, economic or scientific related discipline


• Experience of analysing large data volumes using such tools as SQL


• Exposure to visualization tools such as Qlik Sense, Tableau, R, Power BI, or comparable tools


• Ideally you will have experience in analyzing digital marketing data in particular


• Ideally experience of applied statistics, or capability and interest to learn quickly

About US

EF Education First is a global education company focusing on language, academic, cultural exchange, and educational travel programs. We are 46,500 staff, faculty and teachers, working in over 580 offices and schools across 52 countries, and having a global presence in 116 countries. While we continue to grow, we strive to stay small so as to ensure agility, smart thinking and a fun place to work. For the past 53 years, EF has grown to include a range of programs that give students of all ages the freedom and confidence to explore the world through language, travel and education.

EF is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.  References will be followed up and will ask specifically whether there is any reason that the applicant should not be engaged in situations where they have responsibility for, or substantial access to, persons under 18.  Upon interview all gaps in CVs must be explained satisfactorily and proof of identity and, where applicable, qualifications will be required.  Appropriate suitability checks will be required prior to confirmation of appointment.