Senior Data Analyst

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Job Description

| Salary £43,421 - £48,474 per annum | Permanent, Full Time, 37 hours per week | County Hall, Preston |

Pay Award Pending

International Sponsorship - this role is not open to international sponsorship

We are currently recruiting:

Here at Lancashire County Council, we are helping to make Lancashire the best place to live, work, visit and prosper. Lancashire is the fourth largest local authority in England and strategic commissioner of education provision to over 170,000 children and young people in 628 schools across the county. Lancashire County Council exists to serve everyone who lives or works in Lancashire. We are committed to developing and celebrating our diverse communities, heritage and landscape to create a strong sense of place we can all be proud of. At the heart of our strategy for delivery are our four priorities: delivering better services, protecting our environment, supporting economic growth, and caring for the vulnerable.

Role & Responsibilities:

The post holder will hold a senior role within the School Planning Team and will provide specialist advice and guidance to the school place planning teams strategic plan and key operational objectives through continuous refinement of core data sets relevant to the infrastructure of school place planning needs.

You will be expected to maintain up to date knowledge of census data and other related data sets relevant to pupil place planning to support production of the county's pupil projection forecasts which are the tool to support officers in understanding the county's sufficiency position.

Your new journey in the School Place Planning Team will bring a diverse workload with challenges and opportunities at every turn. We need someone with substantial experience in analysing and synthesising data to produce meaningful reports in a manner that is accessible to all, including non-technical colleagues.

The successful candidate will be self-motivated together with a proven history of working with a range of IT systems and structures that have supported and delivered business accuracy and efficiency.

They will have:

• Exceptional IT skills and significant experience in managing the collection and analysis of data to inform decision making.
• Proven ability to meet deadlines and work collaboratively across a range of county council services, schools, and other partners.

Application Supporting Statement:

Please note that when completing your supporting statement, it's important that you have specifically demonstrated and evidenced that you meet each essential criteria from the person specification in line with the role responsibilities as detailed above. If you do not meet the criteria, but feel you possess relevant qualities, please demonstrate within your supporting statement.

Why join us:

Benefits:

• There's fabulous flexibility and the opportunity to create the work life balance you will love with our hybrid working model.
• We offer up to 32 days annual leave plus bank holidays, two additional days at Christmas and then an additional 20 days that can be purchased.
• We have benefit packages which has everything from discounted white goods to a hybrid car lease scheme, long service awards, Medicash, support groups, cycle to work schemes, free eye tests plus much more.
• Best of all we have a generous public sector pension (16.3% employer contributions) with shared AVC's that provides Income Tax relief and National Insurance (NICs) savings using a salary sacrifice arrangement and providing a flexible pension saving opportunities.
• We also have a range of personal/professional qualifications which will be available to you and career progression for the right person.

Development: You will receive support and development along the journey - there will be time for supportive reflection and supervision for yourself, opportunities for personal/professional qualifications, multidisciplinary initiatives, mentoring, but most of all the opportunity to make a difference, feel valued and achieve the job satisfaction you've always wanted.

Inclusivity: LCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county's residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds and faiths, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.

Please feel free to contact us for an initial informal and confidential chat:

Paula Durrant, School Planning Manager - Paula.Durrant@lancashire.gov.uk

Closing Date: 6th October 2024 Interviews: 16th October 2024

Please ensure you have uploaded and attached your supporting statement to evidence how you meet the criteria for the role. The panel may be unable to shortlist you for interview without this evidence.

In return Lancashire County Council offers a range of benefits, which can be found on LCC Vacancies website.

We reserve the right to close down a vacancy early, before the closing date, if we receive sufficient applications.

Job Description & Person Specification