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The starting salary for both the Data Analyst and Sourcing Systems Officer roles is £29,291 per annum, based on a 36-hour working week.

As part of our greener future strategies and our commitment to creating a healthy work-life balance, we welcome a conversation with you regarding our remote working options. Remote working to us is a balance of spending time in our communities, our offices and working remotely from home or wherever works best.

Internal candidates:- For internal candidates interested in a secondment opportunity, you must discuss with your Line Manager before submitting your application.

Please note this is a first-come-first-served advert, and if all positions are filled before the advertised closing date, it will close early and without notice.

The hiring team intend to hold interviews on an ad hoc basis as applications are submitted and those that subsequently meet the shortlisting criteria for the role. Interview dates will be confirmed on an individual basis.

About the Team

The Commissioning Performance, Monitoring and Brokerage Systems team sits within the Adult Social Care’s Contract and Commissioning Support Service. The Contract and Commissioning Support Service provides robust contract management, performance and monitoring, digital systems development, and support to Commissioners of Adult Social Care. A countywide team, it provides a strategic perspective to some of Adult Social Care’s biggest grants and contracts and works closely with the Procurement team and area-based commissioners to ensure the directorate is achieving, through its commissioned services, the best value-for-money outcomes possible for its residents.

The roles

Data Analyst - 12-month FTC/secondment

We are looking for a highly motivated and conscientious individual to join our busy and friendly team in the Contract and Commissioning Support Service. This is an opportunity to develop your data analysis, presentation, and reporting skills. The role holder will be responsible for key areas of work across ASC Commissioning and will be tasked with producing creative reports, provide smart solutions, and overall data analysis to support smart, intelligent commissioning across the county.

The right candidate will have strong communication skills, excellent IT skills and experience of large datasets, as well as experience of collecting and using data to support decision making. Tableau Software experience is critical; Tableau Skills will be assessed as part of the recruitment process through a test. We are looking for a creative individual who is not afraid to think outside of the box! The successful candidate will need to be a team player, solutions based, use their own initiative and be comfortable in managing priorities/workflow.

For more information please find attached to the bottom of this advert a full job profile.

Sourcing Systems Officer x2 (one permanent & one FTC/secondment to end 31/08/2023)

We are looking for two highly motivated and conscientious individuals to join our busy and friendly team. This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic, solutions-based team in order to develop your IT and technical skills, data/digital analysis and provide innovative and creative solutions.

The position will be required to manage the back end electronic referral and sourcing systems which us used to source services of care for our residents.

Typical work you will be responsible for in this role includes, but is not limited to:

• Ensuring that systems are running smoothly and contribute to new developments
• Assist with queries relating to the systems and user access in a timely manner
• Coordinate and complete systems testing, collaborating with our IT development team
• Producing and updating the user guides and internal documentation
• Train users on new processes and systems development

The right candidate will have strong communication skills, excellent IT skills and must be highly organised with a real interest in systems, systems development, and continuous improvement of all our systems. You will need to take responsibility, use initiative and be comfortable in managing your own priorities within the set procedures and processes.

To be considered for this role you must have experience and knowledge in the following areas: knowledge of digital best practices, writing documentation, testing, knowledge of software development life cycle and agile methodology, troubleshooting and problem solving.

At Surrey, our values and behaviours are just as important as our skills and abilities. They shape who we are as an organisation. Find out more about the values we follow.

For more information please find the full job description below and refer to this before submitting your application. We also invite you to read our Life at Surrey handbook to see insights of the culture at Surrey and how as a valued employee, you can help shape our Council.

This job advert closes at 23:59 on Friday 31st March 2023.

Please note this is a first-come-first-served advert, and if all positions are filled before the advertised closing date, it will close early and without notice.

The hiring team intend to hold interviews on an ad hoc basis as applications are submitted and those that subsequently meet the shortlisting criteria for the role. Interview dates will be confirmed on an individual basis.

The Data Analyst vacancy is a 12-month fixed term contract or internal secondment opportunity.

One of the Sourcing Systems Officer vacancies is a fixed term contract or internal secondment opportunity that will end 31st August 2023. The other is a permanent opportunity.

Internal applicants – please ensure you have discussed this secondment opportunity with your current Line Manager and have their agreement before you submit your application.

Contact Details

For an informal discussion about the Data Analyst vacancy post please contact Oliver Crouch (Contract Monitoring & Performance Manager) by email [email protected].

For an informal discussion about the two Sourcing Systems Officer vacancies please contact Adela Mocanu (Administration & Systems Lead) by email [email protected].

We look forward to receiving your application which must include a separate personal statement (no longer than two sides of A4 please).

Please click on the apply online button below to submit.

Benefits

From flexible working to job sharing (where possible) we are committed to providing a healthy work life balance. A laptop and mobile will be supplied if applicable to your role. You will benefit from 26 days annual leave, rising to 28 days after 2 years' service, a generous local government salary related pension, as well as the option to join our car lease scheme. For more information about the wide variety of benefits you can take advantage of please visit MyBenefits for Surrey County Council staff.

Our Commitment

Surrey County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We want to be an inclusive and diverse employer of first choice reflecting the community we serve and particularly welcome applications from all under represented groups.