About the role
We are looking to recruit to an expanding team to help the Council harness the potential of data, using evidence and best practice to support and inform the development of policy, strategy, plans and budgets, and in turn deliver the Corporate Strategy for Cambridgeshire County Council.
The Council has a number of major change projects underway, delivering improvements to service delivery across our education and children's social care functions. Working alongside team colleagues and service leads, the post holder will lead on the extraction, transformation and analysis of relevant datasets to help services monitor the impact of these change projects.
We are seeking candidates with proven technical knowledge and intellectual curiosity to confidently explore complex datasets and can demonstrate a solution-focused approach to problem solving.
Key areas of responsibility will include the development of Power Bi dashboards, the provision of robust, timely and accurate analysis using locally gathered and nationally available management, performance and benchmarking datasets.
The Analyst role is pivotal in providing senior leaders with insight including forecasting and the impact of policy to support effective decision-making, often at short notice, therefore, the ability to synthesise datasets, problem solve and generate insight which is otherwise unavailable whilst working under pressure to meet tight deadlines is crucial to this position.
The post holder will need to be confident in presenting approaches and analysis to a nontechnical audience. There will be a need for this post holder to be able to interpret requirements, plan the best approach to synthesis and analyse data, before then producing the results in an appropriate reporting style which thinks strategically about the purpose, audience and how the insight produced can best be used.
This role is an exciting opportunity to further your analytical career and help data make a difference!
The demand for our services has never been greater! With budgets of millions of pounds that impact on thousands of vulnerable people every year, services rely upon the analysis, information and advice provided by our team to make informed decisions – so you’ll really have a chance to make a difference.
The roles sit within Cambridgeshire County Council’s newly formed Policy, Performance & Intelligence Service. A team of 50 individuals who provide data, analysis, insight and policy expertise to support the operational management and strategic planning of services.
We are a family-friendly employer and will be happy to negotiate on working arrangements to achieve a good work / life balance. Both roles are available on fixed-term basis with the option of flexibility on working hours.
Your supporting statement is your opportunity to demonstrate your suitability to the position you are applying for, so please indicate how your skills, knowledge, and experience align with the job description and person specification.
Please include any relevant examples of analysing complex or multiple datasets, the steps you took to ensure quality, and the tools or software you used and what you achieved.
We acknowledge that AI can be a useful tool to support your writing, however, please note that your application should represent your skills and personal experiences accurately and authentically.
Please note: The application period for this role closes at 23:59 on the 17th May. We expect interviews to take place on the week commencing 25 May in person at Sunley House, Papworth.
Shortlisted candidates will be expected to complete a data analysis task as part of the interview process. Details will be given on the day.
For more information or an informal discussion about either position, please contact Andy Mailer, Performance & Intelligence Manager (Childrens, Education and Families) at Andrew.Mailer@Cambridgeshire.gov.uk
What will you be doing?
This is an exciting role supporting the Children, Education and Families (CEF) directorate through the provision of data, insight, and analysis.
You will be responsible for:
- Dashboard creation using Power Bi
- Data provision in support of statutory inspections
- National and regional benchmarking
- Statutory data return compilation and submission
- Data analysis to support FOI requests
- Ad hoc data provision and analysis for a range of teams within the Children & Families directorate
- Work with other experts within the team as well as colleagues from the wider service to support directorate change programmes
About you
Can you help data make a difference?
Are you ambitious, innovative, good with data and passionate with an enthusiasm for supporting evidence led decision making. If so, we may have the role you’ve been searching for!
We are looking for individuals with strong technical skills, with a sound understanding of a range of data sources and a hunger and curiosity to get behind the numbers and understand how they can be applied to service improvement.
Good communication skills, both oral and written, are essential as you will be given the opportunity to work closely with service leads and present complex, and sometimes technical information, to a range of internal and external audiences.
Experience in a similar field is preferable. High level of competence with Power BI, data analysis, and specialist data analytical software are also desirable. Successful applicants will be well supported to further develop their subject knowledge and technical skillsets.
Our benefits
We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension and mileage…
- A comprehensive wellbeing package to cover all aspects of wellbeing, both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family
- Buy up to 4 weeks additional annual leave (pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme
- Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances
- Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings
- Access to development opportunities, apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth
- Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day
- Access to Peer Support Groups through our IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network
- Opportunities to nominate and receive Employee Recognition Awards
- An Our Cambs Rewards account, giving you access to in-store and online discounts as well as our Car Lease and Cycle to Work schemes
Take a look at our Employment Benefits Brochure attached to this advert to find out more.
About us
Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.
Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do.
We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we firmly believe benefits our colleagues, the organisation and our communities. If you don’t meet every single requirement in the job role but think this could be you, please don’t be put off. We are committed to building a workplace that is compassionate and inclusive as well as diverse, so if you think you could be a good candidate for this role please consider applying and speak to the recruiting manager if you have any questions.
Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with our employee network 'IDEAL' and self-organised peer support groups help us to foster an inclusive, supportive and safe working environment where people feel valued, respected, and empowered. We collect relevant diversity data for monitoring as part of the recruitment process to understand the diversity of our applicants and monitor any trends throughout the recruitment processes so that we can take meaningful action.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. We fully support providing reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, as well as when you join us, and we encourage candidates to contact the Hiring Manager, whose details can be found in the advert, to discuss any adjustment needs. Through a Guaranteed Interview Scheme, we will offer an interview to all applicants who disclose a disability and meet the essential criteria for a job vacancy. On your application form you can indicate you are disabled. Some examples of reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process could include additional time to complete an assessment or printing a document on pastel coloured paper with larger font size and line spacing. We would value talking about what might be possible to enable you to join us and thrive, so if there is something that would help you to do your best during your journey with us, please get in touch.
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