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Job Description
Do you want to use your experience in children's services to change the ways we do data work in this sector?
Data to Insight is a national collaborative service led by local authorities, with staff hosted by East Sussex County Council. Our mission is to help local authorities make better use of children's services data, and we do this by:
* developing and maintaining shared analysis tools and datasets
* helping best practice spread across local and regional boundaries
* convening partnerships to deliver specific collaborative data projects
* enabling learning to build skills and capacity for excellent data work
Working with Data to Insight means using your skills and experience to help our team improve services all over England, by empowering local experts and supporting national projects.
This Data to Insight Manager role is a new post created with external funding. We are looking for a competent data or performance professional who understands children's services, and who is ambitious to work with the sector across a broad range of partners, on a high-profile national project to design national support offer for local data work in Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND). Duties will split between delivering this project and supporting Data to Insight's core activities.
This is an amazing opportunity to gain experience of data practice across a wide range of local contexts, and to inform and influence national policy around children's services data work.
We're looking for candidates who can
* Manage technical projects to identify and share innovation in local data work
* Engage local and national stakeholders for true collaboration
* Draw on strong technical and policy understanding relating to children's social care performance and intelligence work
* Promote a culture of performance improvement, seeking value and quality for public services
* Explore the complex systems and services operating in the sector, with a willingness to try and change those systems and services where appropriate
To apply for the role click the apply now button. You will need to provide some personal details and upload your CV with a personal statement outlining how you meet the essential criteria in the attached Job Description. When writing your supporting statement be sure to address how you meet all the criteria in the person specification drawing on any relevant work/life experience, education or personal interests.
Please download the Job Description and Person Specification for more information.
Interviews will take place via Microsoft Teams, in the week following the application deadline. We will attempt to accommodate applicants when arranging interview times.
Working with Data to Insight means using your skills and experience to help our team improve services all over England, by empowering local experts and supporting national projects.
The role is initially funded for 12-15 months and may appeal therefore to an individual already working within any local authority children's services department either as a secondment opportunity or as a new post. Equally we would be pleased to consider applicants with experience from other LA departments, or other sectors.
As a predominantly home-based role, we encourage applicants regardless of their location within the UK but note that the role may require attending meetings and events in other regions.
We will consider applications for part time or flexible working. Please make clear in your application if you are applying on this basis.
We offer a diverse range of benefits to help and support you during your employment. More information can be found on our benefits page.
For an informal discussion or to find out more, please contact Alistair Herbert Alistair.Herbert@eastsussex.gov.uk
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Additional Information
Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is part-time or term-time only.
If you require sponsorship to work in the UK please let the hiring manager know this in your application so we can check eligibility for sponsorship for the role. For further information please go to Work in the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
If you require any reasonable adjustments, due to disability, to enable you to participate fully in the process please contact the hiring manager on the contact details above.
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