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Salary £36298 - £41496 per annum l Permanent l Full time, 37 hours per week l Business Intelligence

This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic team at the heart of Lancashire County Council.

The Business Intelligence team plays a central role in supporting all services across the county council; we provide analyses to develop our understanding of the people who live in Lancashire and insight into Lancashire's economic and cultural landscape; we work closely with all services to develop business critical reports and performance analyses; we also support statutory and regulatory requirements. The team has experts in a broad range of business intelligence techniques, tools and technologies as well as having a deep understanding of the council's functions and services.

Lancashire is the fourth largest local authority in England and is a delightful mix of bustling towns and cities with a rich history of industry and creativity, sitting alongside peaceful, picturesque countryside and magnificent coastlines. Lancashire is a great place to live and work. The heart of Lancashire will further its status as one of the fastest growing and commercially dynamic locations in the UK over the next decade – thanks to the Preston, South Ribble and Lancashire City Deal.

This role will be working closely with digital services and primarily Adults and Children's Services but not exclusively.

Job title: Business Intelligence Analyst (Business Intelligence - Reporting team)

The Business Intelligence Analyst post is a dynamic position linking and improving the information provided by Business Intelligence with that used and needed by operational teams in varies services. It involves the gathering of reporting requirements, ensuring the council's core systems and related reporting systems can then deliver on these requirements, alongside the need to fulfil its statutory reporting needs.

The role is based within Business Intelligence and requires the ability to combine datasets and design reporting solutions and then query and interrogate data recording/reporting systems, with an in depth understanding of data analysis, data mining and relational modelling along with knowledge of operational practice with national reporting requirements.

You will:

• be responsible for providing technical expertise and guidance in the development and support of the enterprise-wide business intelligence and reporting suite.
• lead and manage the successful completion of the Council's statutory returns across Children's, Adults and other services within the council and ensure compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements.
• develop an in-depth knowledge of the wide range of social care and education datasets and sources, including their strengths and limitations, and their ability to meet analytical and statutory objectives
• develop tools and systems for the maintenance, cleansing, retrieval, and manipulation of data.
• ensure the delivery of set tasks on monthly, quarterly, and annually cycles to meet any service level agreements and compliance with statutory requirements.
• responsible for dealing with sensitive, confidential, and person-identifiable data in accordance with legislation and policies.
• be able to manage the work of team members and that of large projects and be a subject matter expert in terms of reporting, data analysis and reporting system
• provide practice-related analysis of management information and ensure any issues are actioned.
• lead on identifying particular areas for targeted support in relation to data quality, ensure core recording systems are design to ensure the correct capture of information and so that they enable easy extraction of information.
  

For an informal discussion about this post please contact Mark Lennighan, Senior Business Intelligence Manager, tel; 01772 534436, [email protected]

The post you are applying for is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013). If successful you will be required to apply to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) for a 'disclosure'. Further information can be found on the 'Our Recruitment Process' tab.

In return Lancashire County Council offers a range of benefits, which can be found on LCC Vacancies website.

We reserve the right to close down a vacancy early, before the closing date, if we receive sufficient applications.

We do hold an Immigration Sponsor Licence so can support International (Tier 2) Sponsorship for roles that are designated as a " Shortage Occupation " by the UK Government and are offered on a permanent basis of 37 hours. Should the role you are currently reviewing not meet the visa requirement criteria, then regretfully, your application will not be progressed"

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