Hours per week: 37hours
Interview date: Wednesday 1 October 2025 & Thursday 2 October 2025
Are you a data enthusiast ready to make an impact in Children's Services? Join our team and use your data skills to make a real impact in Children's Services.
Join our Performance and Information team as an Insight Analyst responsible for collating, reporting, and analysing management information within Education and Skills.
The role will lead a new mandatory national and local school attendance data requirements and the development and maintenance of the technical infrastructure required for the secure, efficient, and timely handling of vast volumes of attendance data from all schools. This will include the development, ownership, and delivery of attendance tracking reports and multi-cohort analytics to inform tactical operations, strategic decision-making, and performance scrutiny.
As an Insight Analyst, you will be expected to lead on internal and external stakeholder engagement, including managing expectations, delivery of insights, and data driven recommendations. The role will include a wide cross-section of internal council departments (Targeted Education, School Effectiveness, Social Care and Family Help) and external partners (Schools, Alternative Education Provisions, Health Service providers and more).
Your key responsibilities will include:
Leading on capturing and retrieving essential data for local and statutory requirement, ensuring accuracy and clarity.
Scope, design, and create reports using software like Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services and Power BI, enabling us to meet statutory obligations and local performance oversight needs.
To excel in this role, you should possess:
An HNC or NVQ Level 4 qualification in statistical analysis or information management, or relevant experience.
Skills in assessing data integrity, matching, analysis, and strong skills in stakeholder engagement.
Advanced Excel skills.
Strong understanding and practical use of SQL and Power BI would be an advantage
Knowledge of Childrens Services and the Public Sector would be beneficial but not mandatory.
Employee Benefits
26 days annual leave, rising to 31 after 5 years of continuous service, plus bank holidays.
Car share scheme
Occupational health
Flexible working - Flexi-time, compressed/part-time hours, and job shares (where possible).
Family-friendly policies
Local government pension scheme
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