Senior Insight Improvement Officer

Location / Working Pattern

Location: City Hall, Bristol

Basis: Full time, Role will be 12 month fixed term from start date 

Hybrid working, expectation of 2 days a week in office to work alongside service and project teams.

About the Role

Children and Education Directorate – Strategic Improvement and Collaboration

As the Senior Insight & Improvement Officer, you will provide strategic leadership for insight, performance and benefits monitoring across a portfolio of transformation and improvement programmes within Children and Education.

Leading a small team of analysts, you will work closely with senior leaders, programme managers and finance colleagues to ensure robust performance information, benefits tracking and analytical insight support key decisions. You will play a central role in helping the organisation understand whether change programmes are delivering the desired outcomes for children, young people and families.

This is an opportunity to shape how insight is used to drive improvement at both a service and programme level, influencing strategic decisions across a diverse portfolio of work.

 

Key Responsibilities

 

• Lead and support a team to deliver data, reporting and insight across services
• Provide analysis and evidence to support strategic and operational decisions
• Manage and prioritise work across multiple projects and service areas
• Oversee delivery of statutory and non-statutory reporting requirements
• Work with services to scope and deliver data and insight solutions
• Support transformation programmes through performance reporting and insight
• Ensure strong data governance, including compliance with GDPR requirements
• Present insight and recommendations to senior leaders and governance forums
• Lead the development of performance and benefits-monitoring approaches across improvement programmes
• Oversee programme performance reporting, dashboards and management information for senior leaders and governance forums
• Act as a strategic advisor on data, performance and insight, providing challenge and recommendations to support decision making
• Lead and develop a team of Insight & Improvement Officers, ensuring high-quality delivery across multiple programmes

 

What We’re Looking For

 

• Degree-level qualification in a relevant subject or equivalent experience
• Experience working with services to scope and deliver reporting requirements
• Experience in data analysis, reporting and business intelligence
• Experience leading or supporting technical staff and sharing knowledge
• Ability to manage competing priorities and meet deadlines
• Experience using project management approaches to deliver work
• Knowledge of data protection and information governance (including GDPR)
• Understanding of equality, diversity and inclusion

Additional Information

 

• Line management responsibility for Insight & Improvement Officers
• Role includes strategic planning, reporting and programme support
• Stakeholders include: Programme Leads, Senior Project Managers, Heads of Service, senior operational leaders, Finance colleagues, Strategic Improvement and Collaboration colleagues and corporate Data & Insight teams.
• This is a unique opportunity to establish and lead the insight approach across a portfolio of significant transformation programmes. The role combines people leadership, strategic influence and analytical expertise, with clear visibility across Children and Education leadership teams.

Please note that this role is subject to a Basic DBS Check.

 

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’ll receive a generous rewards package including flexible working and flexitime, membership of the Local Government Pension scheme, and a generous annual leave allowance. In addition, you’ll be working in a supportive environment where you’ll 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.

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.

Interviews are expected to take place week commencing 13th July

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. Appointments will be made on merit. 

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