Job Description

Data and Intelligence Officer

Permanent

Grade 4 - 34,434 - 41,771 Consultation grade - subject to formal evaluation under the Pay Equity Review

Working 36.5 hours per week (hybrid working - able to attend key meetings across Birmingham when required)

Do you want to make a difference to over 200,000 children and young people and their families in Birmingham? We're embarking on a one-of-a-kind improvement journey that will affect families across the city. We're putting evidence and a data-driven approach at the heart of this improvement journey to make sure we understand our citizens backgrounds, needs and views and can work collaboratively with our partners to design and deliver services that allow children and young people to thrive.


We're looking for dynamic and creative analytical professionals to develop insightful and impactful evidence that will lead to better outcomes for our children and young people.

About the Role

In this role, you'll support the Children and Families Directorate and work closely with service teams, data and digital colleagues in developing intelligence, analysis and performance systems and products. You will play a key role in supporting the performance management framework for the Directorate using your knowledge and skills to develop insight and reporting tools.


The role offers opportunities to work on innovative projects and test out tools and technologies for supporting improved ways of working, supporting our modern data platform and cross-agency collaboration. Our data, intelligence and analysis underpin strategies and programmes to safeguard children and young people and improve their outcomes. As such, everything you do will be evidence-based, geared towards continuous improvement, and compliant with data protection legislation.

About You

An established professional with a degree-level qualification, you'll have substantial experience and an excellent knowledge of qualitative and quantitative data management, transformation and analysis. You'll have excellent technical skills, particularly in Power BI and SQL, coupled with an ability to develop these skills in others, contributing to the team's ethos of continuous learning and improvement.


You'll combine advanced analytical skills with a can-do approach to problem-solving, working with teams to find new data sources, improving processes and testing innovative approaches to create insightful intelligence.


You'll be an experienced, creative and passionate advocate for children and young people, with experience of building and maintaining effective working relationships with a wide range of colleagues, stakeholders, and external organisations.


This is a great opportunity to use your skills and experience to ensure timely and trusted evidence is central to improvements we are delivering for Birmingham families. To be part of this dynamic team please get in touch.

Please upload an up-to-date CV and Personal Statement via the attachments part of your application. The Personal Statement should outline how you meet the essential criteria for the role through your personal qualities, skills and experience and include your motivation for applying to the post. Note the Personal Statement should be no more than 1500 words. Unfortunately, we cannot consider any applications without a CV and Personal Statement attached

Birmingham City Council is an accredited Disability Confident Leader employer, and we are committed to employing, retaining and developing all of our people.


We want to ensure your recruitment journey with us is a positive and equitable one, so please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments, additional support, accessibility needs, or if there is any way in which we can support you through your application.


For any informal enquires please contact: Resourcing@Birmingham.gov.uk


We welcome applications from people with caring responsibilities and flexible working options will be considered.


A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be undertaken.


Proof of Right to work in the UK will be required for all applicants in accordance with UK Home Office requirements , before any employment offer can be confirmed.


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