Data Coordinator

**Suffolk County Council**:

- **Address**:Beacon House, Landmark Business Park, Whitehouse Road, Ipswich, IP1 5PB - Hybrid
- ** Salary**:£28,598 per annum (pro rata if part-time)
- ** Hours**:37 hours per week (part-time working considered)
- ** Contract**:Permanent

**This post is open to current Suffolk County Council staff on redeployment only.**

As an** Assessment Coordinator**within CYP's Make A Change Team, you will play a meaningful role in continuously enhancing service quality to create sustainable, positive impacts for vulnerable children, youth and families.

**Reimagine the possibilities.**

**Your role and responsibilities**

You will:

- have the ability to communicate and use your excellent organisational skills to effectively ensure assessments and reports are within the timescale
- manage data proactively, flag deadlines, whilst supporting colleagues to meet targets
- respond to statutory requests for information within set timescales, involving trawling databases and preparing responses for the manager
- help to drive quality assurance by supporting the team with the case management system
- proactively develop systems which will support and compliment the social work team

**You will need**:

- good organisational skills and ability to manage deadlines effectively
- skilled communicator who can positively encourage team performance
- confidence in using data bases
- good customer service skills
- to be able to manage your workload effectively

**The team**

The Make A Change Team offers a countywide service for children and young people who are at risk of, or are victims of child exploitation. The team covers all areas of child exploitation, including concerns for child sexual exploitation, criminal and/or sexual gangs and groups, missing episodes, female genital mutilation, forced marriage, radicalisation and modern-day slavery.

The Positive Choices Team work with adults who have suffered the loss of a child through adoption or long-term alternative care. This team specifically works with parents to avoid repeat pregnancy and therefore trauma related to loss.

**Empowering Everyone**

**For more information**

For an informal discussion please contact **Anna Abbott** (she/her), **Practice Manager**, by calling **01473 263692.**

**How to apply**

**Step 1 -** Read the **Job and Person Profile (JPP) (Word).**

**Step 3 -**Upload a supporting statement answering the following questions below (no more than 400 words per question). You should use the **Supporting Statement template**.
- Describe a situation where you identified a gap or inefficiency in a system or process that impacted service delivery. What steps did you take to improve it, and how did it benefit your team or the people you support?
- Can you describe a time when you had to manage multiple deadlines across different systems or teams? How did you ensure everything was delivered on time?
- Tell us about a situation where you had to analyse a large dataset to inform decision-making or improve service delivery. What tools did you use and what was the outcome?
- Tell us about a time when you had to handle sensitive information. How did you ensure compliance with data protection and confidentiality standards?

**Closing date: 11:30pm, 28 October 2025**

This authority 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. DBS checks or police vetting will be required for relevant posts.

**As a modern and effective council, we**offer a wide variety of careers to suit people with a range of**skills, abilities and ambitions. We offer working options that**flex to reflect the way people work today and take the time to**understand and support your individual needs. We’re driven**to make a positive difference to the world around us and**encourage everyone with drive and focus to join us and build an influential and impactful career. Reimagine the possibilities.**

In return, you’ll enjoy:

- up to 29 days annual leave entitlement (pro rata), plus UK bank holidays and two paid volunteering days
- membership of a competitive Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
- travel, lifestyle, health and wellbeing benefits
- performance-related annual pay progression, in addition to an annual cost-of-living pay increase
- training and encouragement to expand your knowledge
- a variety of career development opportunities across our organisation
- diverse and active staff networks
- flexible working options, with the right to request flexible working from your first day

Plus lots more

If you want to know more about our benefits, values and equality commitments please visit our Suffolk County Council careers website (careers.Suffolk.gov.uk).