information analyst Morpeth, England
Job description
Senior Workforce Information Analyst
Salary: £35,411 - £39,493
Location: County Hall, Morpeth
Closing date: 18th August 2023
Background:
Do you want to be part of a team who strives to be the best at data and insight? If so, this fulfilling role of Senior Workforce Information Analyst will be at the core of supporting Northumberland County Council to achieve a comprehensive overview of data and processes that can drive real actionable fulfilling insight for Northumberland County Council.
Our ambition to become truly data-driven will in part be fulfilled by this role by providing key information from a multitude of data sources which combine and provide insight that will enable Northumberland County Council to thrive and deliver cutting-edge data and insight to key stakeholders and projects that ultimately improve our outcomes for residents, businesses, and the Northumberland County.
Our 3 priorities currently span across 3 areas:
Tackle inequalities.
Achieve value for money.
Driving economic growth.
We will ensure we pass on a healthy, clean, and sustainable environment for future generations.
Each of our three priorities has a part to play in responding to the Climate Change Emergency.
Achieving our ambition will demand a focus on people, culture, as well as digital, data and technology.
It’s a great time to join Northumberland County Council, as we embark on an exciting and bold transformation journey – to do the best for our residents, customers, our staff and the county.
About the role:
The Senior Workforce Information Analyst will be responsible for leading the transformation primarily of our workforce data. The role is a three-year fixed term role that will ensure the continuous transformation of data that ensures integration with other sources and enriches our insight and actionable intelligence to inform key strategic initiatives and stakeholders in a wide variety of areas. You’ll be given the opportunity to mentor and influence direction on many initiatives that require data and supporting sustainable transformation.
You’ll be part of intuitive change initiative that will support our key priorities and driving evidence-based decision making with data at the heart of it. This will be achieved through informing several key workstreams that Northumberland County Council have identified as ‘BEST Working’ that drive the highest priorities corporately.
BEST aims to support seven these key workstreams:
- Best Services to Customers.
- Best Value for Money.
- Best in Class Commissioning.
- Best Use of Resources.
- Best Use of Assets.
- Best Use of Technology.
- Best Talent and Opportunities.
You’ll work within the Transformation and Resources section and work closely with our Human Resources / Organisational Development areas and BEST Project Delivery Team. You will utilise and engineer data to deliver a comprehensive variety of primarily workforce data at high-quality standards that open new opportunities by ensuring data interoperability and supporting a variety of engaging visualisations for Northumberland County Council.
Full details can be found in the attached job description and person specification.
About you:
You’re able to demonstrate your passion for data and understand key components of data, business intelligence, governance, insight and data analytics that will drive actionable insight to key areas of the organisation.
You are someone who cares about building great teams and who wants to see others succeed.
You are comfortable working with a team and individually to solve challenges that ultimately allow us to progress and enhance new and existing approaches and strategies. The work will improve how we work with data across the data lifecycle.
Your role will be a key part of developing areas of data that uphold new corporate data standards that contribute to our developing Business Intelligence and Data Strategy for Northumberland. This is an exciting role that presents a fantastic opportunity to work with colleagues that are consistently looking to ‘break new ground’ and transform Northumberland County Council's data capabilities to new and exciting levels.
Full detail is provided in the attached job description and person specification.
Why choose us?
You’ll be working with a truly passionate team that enjoys working with data and exciting new technologies and concepts. We love to understand how new technologies can impact our existing process and ‘out-of-the-box' thinking can lead to new areas of success. We have a range of potential benefits that will ensure you have a healthy life-to-work balance and thrive with initiatives such as staff network support groups that are available for you to join and take part in topical discussions and meet colleagues across Northumberland County Council.
We have some outstanding benefits to offer you, including:
- 26 days annual leave plus public/bank holidays, rising to 31 days after 5 years of service (pro rata for part-time employees).
- Automatic enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme.
- Flexi scheme – up to 2 days flexible leave available per month (pro rata for part-time employees).
- Local government discount schemes available to all employees with offers at local businesses along with various national brands.
- Commitment to work/life balance offering flexibility through various schemes including job sharing, home working, flexible working, term-time only, and compressed hours.
- Car leasing scheme.
Please visit https://careers.northumberland.gov.uk/ for more information regarding our benefits.
Further information:
Please note that this is a fixed term position until 2026 but applications on a secondment or part-time basis would be considered for the right applicant. For guidance on completing your application and for information about our Equality and Diversity principles, please check the Northumberland Council website.
We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We operate a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria. If you wish to notify us of your eligibility for this scheme, please email [email protected] or ring 01670 623930 with your name and the job title you have applied for and one of the recruitment team will ensure this is factored into the shortlisting process and kept anonymous. If you have a disability and would prefer to apply in a different format or would like us to make reasonable adjustments to enable you to attend an interview, please also let the team know. This information will be treated as confidential and will only be used to check that you meet the essential requirements of the post.
Although we advertise on North East Jobs, and other websites, your application process will be directed to our Tribepad system. Please note that all communication regarding your application for this post will be sent to the email address that you have registered on Tribepad, including your invite to interview if you are shortlisted. Please check your emails regularly, including Spam/Junk, after the closing dates for notifications.
