Analytics Engineer

Contract Type: Permanent Salary: Grade I. Scale 35 - £46,142 to Scale 37 - £48,226 Hours Per Week: 36hours Base Location: Tameside One Assessment Date: 26th January 2026 The Role We are seeking an experienced Analytics Engineer to help establish a Data Engineering and BI Development function here at Tameside. The role will support our drive towards data‑driven decision making and enhanced public services. You will play a key role in designing, building, and maintaining scalable data pipelines within Microsoft’s cutting‑edge Fabric Data Analytics Platform, integrating disparate datasets, and enabling cross‑analytics and reporting for various local government functions via Power BI. The job role covers the full range of data relevant to Local Government, from Social Care case management systems, geospatial information and publicly available datasets and more. It will also play a key part in developing our wider data strategy and maximising the investments being made across our digital infrastructure. The role will sit within a newly established Data Integration Team as part of the council’s Business Intelligence Service, alongside our Systems and Analytics functions. Close links with our ICT and Information Governance teams will also be required. This is an exciting opportunity to join Tameside Council at the start of its journey to adopting a modern data infrastructure. As much of the work will be ‘green field’, you will be empowered to make significant progress and impact in a short space of time and build your skills and knowledge exponentially in the process. About You You will be an experienced Data professional, with a solid grounding in Data Engineering or BI Development or have worked as a Data Analyst with a knack for the technical side of the role. If you’ve got knowledge and experience of standardising and automating data flows and reports, building dashboards that turn complex data into actionable intelligence and using data‑centric coding languages like SQL and/or Python, that’s great. If you’ve done those things in a Local Government setting or in a modern PAAS or SAAS Data Platform, that’s even better. You will have good analytical and problem‑solving skills, strong technical knowledge, organisational skills and an ability to plan and deliver timely outcomes whilst dealing with multiple enquiries and tasks, excellent written and verbal communication skills, good numerical skills and ability to conduct data and systems analysis and be capable of building relationships with a wide variety of stakeholders. About Us Unfortunately, at this time we are not able to offer sponsorship. We are committed to developing a culture which respects individuals, appreciates difference and allows everyone regardless of background to reach their full potential. We are proud to be an accredited disability confident employer. Reasonable Adjustments will be considered in accordance with the Equality Act 2010 in relation to the Job Role Criteria. Our rewards and benefits package can be viewed here For further information about this role please contact the recruiting manager Dan Hodgson on 0161 342 3546 or dan.hodgson@tameside.gov.uk Supporting Documents ↗ Analytics Engineer job description and person specification Calculate your take home pay. Use this service to estimate how much Income Tax and National Insurance you should pay for the current tax year. Employment could affect your benefits, find out more here. Turn2us Benefits Calculator. #J-18808-Ljbffr