Senior Performance Analyst Children's Social Care x 2
* Employer: Wokingham Borough Council
* Salary: £36,363 - £39,862 per annum, plus benefits
* Location: Shute End, Wokingham
* Contract: Permanent
* Working Pattern: Full Time
* Hours: 37 hours per week.
* DBS Check: Enhanced
* Closing Date: 17/05/2026 at 23:59
* Reference: 710043 & 713391
Wokingham Borough Council is seeking two highly skilled Children’s Performance Analysts to join our Children’s Services Performance & Intelligence team. These permanent roles provide a key opportunity to shape high‑quality data, insight, and statutory reporting across Children’s Social Care at a time of continued improvement and focus on excellence.
About the Role
You will take responsibility for delivering and quality‑assuring core Children’s Social Care performance activity, ensuring the service meets national deadlines, Ofsted expectations, and internal reporting requirements. This role requires strong technical capability, analytical rigour, and the confidence to work autonomously.
Key Responsibilities
* Lead delivery of statutory Children’s Social Care returns including the Children in Need (CIN) Census and 903 Looked After Children return, ensuring data preparation, validation, troubleshooting and final submission are completed to a high standard.
* Produce monthly Children’s Social Care KPIs, dashboards, and management information for senior leaders and operational teams.
* Develop and maintain Power BI dashboards, operational trackers, and strategic scorecards to support both frontline practice and leadership oversight.
* Support key thematic areas such as CSC Reform, Adoption, Fostering, Early Help, Child Protection, CIN and CLA, creating performance frameworks and visualising these in accessible reports.
* Work proactively with operational and system teams to improve data recording, strengthen data quality, and enhance performance monitoring across Mosaic and related systems.
* Support preparation for Ofsted inspections, including producing datasets, summaries, and analytical evidence.
* Contribute to improving automation, transitioning manual processes into system‑based or data warehouse‑driven reporting.
* Provide expert advice, written analysis, and briefings to managers and senior leaders.
About You
We are looking for enthusiastic, detail‑driven analysts with a strong understanding of Children’s Social Care, high ability to analyse data and deliver insight to the organisation and a commitment to improving outcomes for children through high‑quality intelligence.
You will bring
* Ability to analyse complex data, communicate findings clearly, and produce accessible reports for technical and non‑technical audiences.
* Experience working collaboratively with operational teams to improve data quality and system use.
* Ability to work independently, prioritise competing deadlines, and remain accurate under pressure.
* Extensive experience producing or supporting Children’s Social Care statutory returns (CIN, 903, etc.).
* Strong technical skills in Power BI, advanced Excel and SQL with confidence maintaining and troubleshooting dashboards.
* Understanding of Children’s Social Care workflows including Early Help, Child Protection, CIN, CLA and Section 47 processes.
* Experience supporting an Ofsted inspection or operating in an Ofsted‑focused environment (desirable).
What We Offer
* Two permanent, full‑time positions (37 hours per week)
* Competitive salary aligned to Wokingham Borough Council’s updated Pay & Reward framework
* Opportunities for development within a high‑performing, supportive team
* A chance to influence meaningful outcomes for vulnerable children and families
Interview date: TBC
Alternatively, for an informal discussion please contact: Jo Feeney, Children's Service Analyst Lead at jo.feeney@wokingham.gov.uk
Please be aware that we will be reviewing the applications we receive on a daily basis, and we reserve the right to close the advert early if suitable candidates are identified.
If your application is shortlisted for an interview, you will be required to provide proof of your right to work in the UK at that stage. Additionally, successful candidates must present proof upon receiving a job offer.
Please note that all offers are conditional and subject to the satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks.
Wokingham Borough Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff, other workers and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates for this role will be subject to Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks along with other relevant employment checks.
Due to the high volume of applications we receive, we regret that we are unable to respond to every applicant individually.
If you do not hear from us within 4 weeks of the application closing date, please assume that your application has not been successful on this occasion.
We appreciate your interest in joining Wokingham Borough Council and thank you for taking the time to apply.
Wokingham is an equal opportunities employer.
How to apply
Please apply online via the link provided. Please note we do not accept CVs submitted without a fully completed online application form.
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