About us

Tower Hamlets is an exciting place to work. Many of our services are award-winning and in 2022 we were shortlisted for MJ’s Council of the Year. We have just moved into as our new Town Hall at the Grade II-listed former Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel, and we are well underway in delivering the ambitious vision of our new Mayor Lutfur Rahman.

We are already winning awards, but our ambition is much greater than being good. We want to become a recognised leader in excellent public service and help improve more lives at a faster rate than ever before. We will achieve that by bringing together our residents, partners and other stakeholders to solve problems and create more opportunities.

We have an exciting opportunity in our data, performance, research and insight function to strengthen our ability to make the best use of the data that we hold so that we make better decisions and target our resources more effectively. Our teams will play a central role in delivering change at pace across the entire council with a focus on digital innovation and partnership working to achieve the best outcomes we can for our residents and businesses.

Our operating model brings together roles across the council in professional job families. We would like you to join us on this exciting journey. Bring your skills and expertise to Tower Hamlets to drive our transformation and make a real difference to people's lives in one of the most exciting areas of London.

About the role

The Data Analytics, Business Intelligence and Performance Lead is part of the Corporate Strategy and Improvement Service leadership team with the Chief Executive's Office. The role sits alongside the Corporate Research Lead and the Corporate Strategy and Improvement Lead. It provides professional leadership, expertise and advocacy to the council in relation to data analysis, business intelligence, data science and performance analysis.

The successful candidate will lead on providing professional support and advice to the Mayor, Chief Executive, and Directors to inform data enabled decision making and to ensure corporate and partnership priorities are delivered efficiently and effectively. They will play a visible and impactful leadership role outside the organisation and with partners, with a shared focus on priority outcomes for communities and residents and continual learning and improvement for the council.

About you

You have substantial experience of leading a data analytics and data science function and shaping organisational data science and analytics capability and capacity, demonstrating an ability to drive the development of an organisational data culture and associated learning programmes. You can demonstrate expert experience of communicating the business benefits of data science, analytics and performance products, championing and governing these across the organisation and aligning data science and analytics priorities with wider organisational objectives. You have substantial experience of guiding and leading the development of systems, processes and standards for data science, analytics and performance management.

The posts are full time positions but would consider applications where candidates would want to work more flexibly i.e. part time.

It will be based at the new Town Hall in Whitechapel, the council offers flexible working arrangements including a mixture of in person and hybrid working.

Tower Hamlets vision for our borough is that: people are aspirational, independent and have equal access to opportunities; we are a borough that our residents are proud of and love to live in; and we are a dynamic, outcomes-based council using digital innovation and partnership working to respond to the changing needs of our borough. We want people who aspire to our TOWER values: Together; Open; Willing; Excellent; Respect.

Tower Hamlets has a zero-tolerance approach to, and works to eradicate, all forms of discrimination on the basis of race, sex, disability, age, religion or belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital status, status as a civil partner, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy and maternity and looks to employ a diverse workforce representative of those groups. We recognise that people can also be disadvantaged by their social and economic circumstances, so we will work to eliminate discrimination and disadvantage caused by social class.

We welcome applicants interested in flexible working arrangements and also applicants who live in the borough.

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