Description Analyst | 8689 | Temporary Contract/Secondment Opportunity – 18 Month contract | 37 hours per week | £37,280 to £39,152 per annum (Scale I) | County Hall, Norwich Insight & Analytics are recruiting an Analyst to work in a closely embedded way with Children’s Services for an 18-month period. Analyst – Virtual School / Early Years | 18 Month Secondment An exciting opportunity is available within the Children's Services (Education & Inclusion) team to fill a secondment Analyst post, jointly supporting two key areas of Children’s Services: Norfolk Virtual School for Children in Care, Previously in Care, Children with a Social Worker and Kinship The virtual school has a statutory role to provide advice, support and guidance to promote the educational achievement of Children in care and Previously in care. More recently this has been expanded to include a non-statutory strategic role for Children with a Social Worker and Children in Kinship Care. This role will support the virtual school by maintaining and developing an existing suite of PowerBI reports. The role also provides the opportunity to perform key analysis of educational outcomes. This is in support of enabling the Virtual School to describe, understand and communicate their key indicators over time though routine communications such as the annual report or internal team planning. Early Years The Early Years service has a statutory role to secure sufficient childcare in Norfolk for parents/carers. The Analyst will support the Sufficiency lead to understand and extract the most value from their data. Alongside advising on data collection to support this work. The aim of this analysis is to inform action planning for the service which will aid decision making in the deployment of resources to meet their statutory duty. This area is a high priority for the service due to recent expansions of the availability of funded childcare places for eligible parents or carers. For both aspects of the role, the teams are at an exciting point in their development, providing lots of opportunity for shaping new analysis with a foundation of existing reporting in place. The job will include a variety of tasks, and the post holder will need to effectively manage and prioritise their own workload, working very closely with the services and other colleagues within I&A. Power BI dashboard development will be a key part of the role, using a mixture of data sources including DfE publications, locally held datasets and data models. This is an ideal opportunity for an Assistant Analyst with drive to develop their skills and business knowledge, or for a candidate from outside I&A to harness their passion for Children’s Services in a more technical way. Experience of Children's Services and working with Pupil data specifically would be an advantage. For more information or an informal chat about the role, please contact Martin Mander – Business Insight Manager: martin.mander@norfolk.gov.uk | 01603 223913 These are some benefits you can enjoy by working for Norfolk County Council: Competitive salary Generous holiday entitlement Health and Wellbeing services including fast-track physiotherapy and a free counselling service Flexible working opportunities including flexi-time, part time, remote and hybrid working – dependent on your job role and business need. Financial benefits such as: ‘ Norfolk Rewards’ our employee discounts programme which helps you save money on almost anything, from everyday groceries and clothes, to holidays, new technology, gym membership, trips to the cinema and days out. A Blue Light card for Fire Service and Social Care Workers Relocation expenses (where applicable) An advance of your expenses if you travel for work Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution, life assurance, death in service payments and dependants’ pensions Tax efficient ways of getting extra pension and new bikes Access to our tax efficient car lease scheme for greener travel enabling you to lease a brand new, ultra-low emission vehicle (subject to eligibility) A payment if you refer someone you know to a hard to fill job We want our people to be inspired and motivated to work well together, make the most of our workspaces, enjoy a healthy work-life balance, and deliver excellent services to Norfolk and its people. Flexibility is built into the way we work, with hybrid working a key feature for many roles. Our technology platform and equipment are first class, enabling you to connect and collaborate remotely. We ask that you have in place good Broadband connectivity. Before you apply, we recommend reading the full Job description and person specification to help you demonstrate how you meet the criteria. You can also find information on our Terms and Conditions here. Already a Norfolk County Council employee? See and apply for all internal and external vacancies via myOracle using your @norfolk.gov.uk or @nccal.ac.uk email. Redeployment closing date: 18th September 2025 at 23:59 All other applicants closing date: 25th September 2025 at 23:59