What is the job role?
We are looking for a Data Analyst to join the Performance and Insights Team and support Coventry City Council’s journey to become a data‑led organisation. Using evidence and insight, you will help drive decisions and deliver services to our residents in a city proud of its diversity and history of peace and reconciliation.
This role will strengthen our understanding of Coventry’s diverse communities, including those from migrant backgrounds, and support the work of the Migration Team. The team delivers a range of initiatives to welcome, resettle and integrate people seeking safety in the UK through protected routes, including:
1. Leading on refugee resettlement and responding to future humanitarian or resettlement events, including supporting Afghan and British Nationals arriving under the ARAP and ACRS schemes
2. Responsibility for the Homes for Ukraine Programme, which has seen strong public support across Coventry
3. Delivering the Hong Kong BN(O) Welcome Programme, helping arrivals successfully settle in the UK
As Data Analyst you will support the Senior Business Intelligence and Insights Analyst to enable the organisation to better understand the local, regional and national landscape through intelligence, data and evidence. Key aspects of the role include:
4. Requirements Gathering – engaging with colleagues and partners to understand needs
5. Collaboration with Technical Teams – working closely to deliver effective solutions
6. Dashboard Development – creating clear, accessible visualisations of data
7. Data Analysis & Insight Generation – turning complex datasets into actionable intelligence
You will be joining a busy, innovative and forward thinking team where flexibility, passion and curiosity are essential. This is an opportunity to make a real impact by supporting newly arriving communities and helping them integrate into Coventry.
Who are we looking for?
The successful candidate will have:
8. Understanding of different methodological approaches to research and data collection, with an appreciation of when to apply differing methodologies accordingly. Some experience in survey design and analysis.
9. Experience of working with stakeholders and maintaining effective working relationships with internal and external providers
10. Strong analytical skills, with the ability to deliver at pace where data and policy are continually evolving and manage deadlines/expectations.
11. Good written and verbal communication skills to clearly articulate data and evidence, tailoring to a range of audiences.
12. Desirable technical skills: Knowledge and application of Power BI, Python, R, SQL, Statistical Analysis
13. Experience of using: Power BI, MS excel to an advanced level.
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Guaranteed Interview Scheme - As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role and identify with one of the below criteria:
14. Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
15. Are currently in care or have previously been in care
16. If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition
For full details on the application process, please read the attached document labelled 'Coventry City Council Application Process'. If there is any evidence of a candidate using AI to complete their application, then the application will be rejected unless the candidate can provide a justification that the Council considers to be reasonable.
About Coventry
Coventry has a proud, innovative and creative spirit that throughout its history has seen communities come together to tackle problems and bring about real social change.
We are cutting-edge, challenging, youthful, vibrant and diverse.
At Coventry we are committed to excellence in everything we do. With around staff from a range of different backgrounds, our aim is to recruit and develop talented people who will focus on our customers, take responsibility, work together and find better ways of doing things.
To deliver the best services to our residents, we need the best people working for us to make a difference to our communities.