Data Analyst

Full Time, Fixed Term for 6 Months.

As part of Bristol City Council's continued drive towards innovation in service delivery, we require a talented Data Analyst to deliver pioneering business intelligence for our Corporate Finance service through our central Data and Insight(D&I) team.

You will design, model and deliver analytics and insight that will shape the future direction of the organisation and city. You will ensure the leadership of the organisation can draw insights from data products to make evidence-based decisions impacting on the mayoral and corporate priorities.

In this role you will work within the D&I team to gather and assess data related business requirements. To engage with council services throughout the subsequent development process to ensure products meet customer need, are readily used, easily understood with intuitive navigation. This will extend to assisting with statutory data returns to central Government and other agencies. To contribute to the design and improvement of collection and reporting methods to efficiently deliver data products to drive service improvements.

You will support performance improvement in services covered by your hub, providing appropriate information/analysis products. To continually innovate and improve data practices with respect to data governance, new data sources, analysis techniques and report delivery.

The role will support the development of the team's reporting capabilities utilising software packages such as the Microsoft Stack of products (SQL Server, SSMS, SSIS & SSRS), Power BI, Azure and Microsoft Office products. Knowledge of these software packages would be advantageous but not essential, knowledge of other data visualisation tools will also be considered.

There is potential to collate information across a wide range of partner agencies and deliver business intelligence outputs such as risk modelling, targeted analytics, pioneering new reporting tools and techniques, and the delivery of front-end reporting tools.

You will:

• Ensure the information and reporting needs of operational managers are met for partner agencies and contribute to the hubs requirements around data extracts, transformation, and report delivery.
• Contribute to the design and improvement of collection and reporting methods, to efficiently deliver information products to drive service improvements.
• Deliver products which are consistently developed to agreed standards across different services area and audiences, including:
• Gathering and standardising information
• Interpreting and analysing data
• Submitting information to Government agencies.
• Investigate and report on data quality.
• Analyse intelligence and give advice on strategic and operational matters.
• Produce graphs, charts, and other visual representations of intelligence.
• Delivery methods and tools, including targeted risk modelling.
• Ensure that information, insight, and reporting is understood, meets the needs of allocated service areas, and evolves to meet decisions about future policies and service configurations.
• To continually innovate and improve data practices with respect to data sharing, new data sources, analysis techniques, and report delivery mechanisms.
• Specialise in building relationships with services across the council.

You will have strong IT skills and have experience of handling and analysing data, working with databases, and presenting information in appropriate formats to a wide audience of internal colleagues; and will use your experience of stakeholder engagement to encourage collaboration, be curious about problem solving, and maintain a resolute attitude towards improving existing processes.

Previous experience of Local Authority or partner agency processes would be advantageous but is not essential.

Why Bristol City Council?

At Bristol City Council, we go that extra mile for our people; we offer a work environment which is fast moving and supportive, giving you the chance to use your skills and develop new ones within a high-profile organisation.

Join us and you will receive a generous rewards package including flexible working and flexi-time, membership of the Local Government Pension scheme, and a generous annual leave allowance. In addition, you will be working in a supportive environment where you will have the chance to make Bristol a better place and contribute to its future.

How do I apply?

If you share our values and are ready to be part of our exciting journey please select the apply button below.

To be shortlisted for interview you'll need to demonstrate how you meet each of the essential criteria in the Person Specification within the Further Information section of your application. On occasion we will receive high numbers of applications, we may then shortlist against the desirable criteria along with the essential criteria, so if you can, please demonstrate how you meet this in your application.

For permanent Bristol City Council employees, this post will be a secondment.

For employees who are currently on a fixed term contract with Bristol City Council, the secondment must not extend beyond the end of the fixed term period to ensure there is a substantive post to return to.

If you are currently a casual worker or a member of an employment agency (currently working with Bristol City Council) this post will be a fixed term contract.

We're a Disability Confident employer which means we value recruiting and retaining disabled people. Any job applicants who consider themselves to be disabled and meet the essential criteria in the Person Specification are guaranteed an interview. We'll make reasonable adjustments throughout the interview process and provide continued workplace support throughout your career.

Unfortunately, we are unable to offer Sponsorship for this role.

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Bristol City Council strives to have a workforce that reflects the communities it serves, we are therefore committed to ensuring diversity in our hiring process. We welcome, develop and promote people from all sections of the community. We particularly welcome applications from Black and racially minoritised candidates who are currently under-represented within this Service of Bristol City Council. Appointments will be made on merit.

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