Data Manager

MI Manager • Contract: Temporary (3-6 months) • Location: Hybrid (2 days London) • Salary: £46.66 per hour (Umbrella) • Direct Reports: 2 FTE (MI Analyst and MI Assistant) We are seeking an MI Manager for a temporary assignment to provide essential continuity of service during a period of planned leave. The primary objective is to manage the team’s output, ensure data integrity, and maintain performance reporting across the organisation, followed by a professional handover of responsibilities. Day-to-day of the role: • Ensures effective data systems, supports business and external users with reports for operational and strategic decisions, and continuously improves reporting and dashboards. • The position is hybrid across 36 hours per week (Monday to Friday) and requires attendance at the Authority’s offices, sites, and contractors’ locations as needed. • Ensure compliance with health and safety policies, manage risks, promote a safety-first culture, monitor standards, and report incidents promptly. • Includes professional conduct, team management, conducting appraisals, leading IT system projects, collaborating with senior leadership, and driving MI use in decision-making. • Oversees daily operations of data systems, manages workloads, governs access rights, validates data, produces reports for management and finance, completes statutory returns, and develops Power BI functions and automated reporting. • Responsible for sourcing and managing service providers for data systems, ensuring contract compliance, handling technical issues, planning software upgrades, and providing training. • Supports business managers and external users in report development, leads reporting improvements and insights, manages a central hub for data submission and MI provision, collaborates with finance on data and financial modeling, and identifies opportunities for improvements and savings. Required Skills & Qualifications: • Qualifications from GCSE to degree level. • Advanced Excel and VBA skills, expertise in databases, SQL, DAX. • Strong project management skills. • High attention to detail and a knack for innovation. • Experience in local government is desirable. To apply for this MI Manager position, please submit your CV.