Senior Business Intelligence Analyst

Senior Business Intelligence Analyst Employer Trafford Council Address Trafford Town Hall, Talbot Road, Stretford, Manchester, Lancashire, M32 0TH Salary Band 9 - £44,075 £47,181 Working Pattern Hybrid - Trafford Town Hall & Home Working Working hours 36.25 Hours per week Contract type Fixed Term 12 months About the Role We are recruiting to an analyst position within the Insights and Intelligence Service at Trafford Council. The work of our data analysis is vital to helping us improve services for the lives of residents living in Trafford. This particular role will be supporting Adult Social Care with the Improving Lives Everyday Programme to transform services and improve outcomes for our residents. The Insights and Intelligence Team is on an exciting journey to transform the Councils data, we are developing an Microsoft Azure Data Lake and migrating to Power BI reporting across the business. We are seeking individuals who are keen to develop skills and knowledge to make a difference for the people of Trafford. About you Key duties for this role include: Analyse data and use this analysis to create compelling evidence-based data stories to share with stakeholders that will lead to informed business decision and drive decisions-making Reporting across Council services but particularly for Adult’s Social Care. Provide high level technical expertise to support the overall development, design and maintenance of the council’s data. Develop business intelligence reports and dashboards - including interactive business intelligence reports and strategic management reports. You will have: Experience of analysing and interpreting large, complex data sets Experience of pulling together data sources from a variety of different systems and engaging with a variety of stakeholders to gain domain understanding Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to present analysis clearly, through visualisations, written reports, or oral presentations Experience of data manipulation using a variety of software tools such as Power BI and experience with programming languages such as SQL and R. Experience of working as part of a team and liaising with internal departments and external bodies A passion for data and aptitude in supporting processes to improve data quality Ability to quickly analyse problems and find appropriate and timely solutions Ability to work as a team and on own initiative, determine priorities and meet important deadlines over the short, medium and long term CONTACT DETAILS For an informal chat about the role, please contact Sarah Haugeberg at Sarah.Haugeberg@trafford.gov.uk About us Trafford Council and its partners in the public, private and third sectors are embarking on a Vision which sees us working together to close inequality gaps and maximise Trafford’s huge potential. Our vision: Trafford where all our residents, businesses and communities prosper Trafford really is a great place to work. We’re keen to recruit someone with the right values and behaviours that can help us ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do. We recognise that having a diverse workforce is essential to bringing fresh ideas and perspectives to our Council, so we particularly welcome applications from minority, marginalised and diverse groups, and we in turn promise a fair and unbiased recruitment process. Trafford’s Insight and Intelligence Service aims to build data analytics and insights to empower service users to make data-driven decisions with maximum efficiency. Access to good quality data enables reliable insights to form the basis of decision-making and strategy that meets users’ needs even as they change over time. Eective data sharing across Traord should result in delivering eicient, responsive services; meeting the changing needs of citizens and support delivery of our corporate priorities. The Trafford Data Lab is our key part of the Insights and Intelligence Service. The Trafford Data Lab supports decision-making in Trafford by revealing patterns in data through visualisation. We are committed to publishing open data and using open-source tools to encourage a transparent and reproducible analytical workflow. About the benefits You will be welcomed into a friendly environment where your personal and professional development will be encouraged. You will have the opportunity to work and grow in a people-centered and values-based organisation that promotes a positive permission culture. Your opinions matter so you will have the opportunity to shape how we do things here at Trafford. To learn more about Trafford as a place to work visit and to view more about our awards and benefits please visit: Trafford - Benefits | www.inploi.com (greater.jobs) OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment - greater.jobs | www.inploi.com For this opportunity, you must be able to prove you have the right to work in the UK - if in doubt please visit the following link Employers' right to work checklist - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). Please note we are not a licensed sponsor and we won't be able to support with your work visa. Privacy Notice - The Council needs to hold and process information about employees, workers and other individuals as appropriate, for various reasons. With the General Data Protection Regulations coming into force we have in place a new privacy notice for staff, contractors, volunteers, trainees, those on work experience and job applicants. To find out more, please click here: Recruitment & Employment Privacy Notice (trafford.gov.uk)