Do you have strong analytical skills, a problem-solving approach to work and enjoy developing data and analytic products? Are you good at building working relationships and want your work to make a difference to Sheffield and its people?

We’re looking for a Senior Analyst to join the Corporate Performance and Insight team in Sheffield City Council. We’d be particularly keen to hear from you if you have solid data skills and experience and enjoy helping people access and understand data and analysis.

This is an exciting time – we’re currently on a data maturity journey improving how we deliver evidence and insights, providing reporting for the Council Plan Outcomes Framework, getting involved in delivery of a new Digital Strategy including a move to more cloud based data infrastructure, and providing analysis across a wide range of Council service areas.

About the team

The Corporate Performance and Insight service is located within Strategic Enabling Services, part of the essential wiring that supports Sheffield City Council to work well. We are a small, dynamic, motivated team of performance analysts, data scientists and GIS specialists. We collaborate and work with services and functions across the organisation. As a corporate hub, we are continually developing our expertise and have a key role in driving the Council’s data, analysis, performance management and improvement.

About the role

As a Senior Analyst, you will work with colleagues across the organisation using a wide range of datasets from Census 2021 and local level Office of National Statistics (ONS) data through to internal Council service delivery data, carrying out a range of data analysis and management, reporting and data product development tasks, particularly with the use of Power BI, Power Platform and other products in the Microsoft data stack.

You will have an important role to play in supporting the implementation and function of the council performance framework and maturing data infrastructure, working with council services to ensure key data and context components are in place and available for performance monitoring and improvement activity. You will be confident to play a leading role in the ongoing development of our team and function, develop networks and links within the Council and with partner organisations, undertaking analysis and communicating findings to support the priorities of the Council Plan. You’ll have the opportunity to work alongside experienced colleagues getting involved in data management and engineering and further developing your skills and knowledge.

If you meet most of the requirements for this job and are passionate, positive, and willing to learn, we’d love to hear from you.

We are anticipating interviews will take place during the week commencing Monday 6th July 2026.

About Sheffield

Sheffield - resourceful, inventive, welcoming, rooted in its history and ambitious for the future, a brilliant and diverse city of nearly 600,000 people. We have amazing environmental, cultural, sporting and heritage assets, with two world-class universities, a thriving Advanced Manufacturing Innovation District and we are proud of the fact that our outdoor city has been named as the greenest in the UK.

For informal enquiries please contact jenny.douglas@sheffield.gov.uk(Principal Performance and Research Analyst Corporate Performance and Insight team)

We are investing in our workforce and are promoting opportunities to our under-represented groups. We value equality, diversity and inclusion and are focused on increasing the diversity of our workforce, particularly the number of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Disabled and LGBTQ+ people, so that our teams reflect the communities in the city we serve. We are also supporting staff with unpaid caring responsibilities to work flexibly.

It is a great time to join us and we welcome your application.

Under the Guaranteed Interview scheme, applicants who are disabled, care leavers, or armed forces veterans will be guaranteed an interview if they meet the essential criteria and indicate their eligibility on the application form. Sometimes, if lots of people apply, we might not be able to interview everyone who qualifies for the Guarantee. In these cases, we’ll interview the candidates who best meet the essential criteria for the job.

Full-time employees work 37 hours for 52 weeks of the year and we offer a generous holiday entitlement. We are open to discussions about a wide range of flexible working opportunities which benefit you and the Council, including reduced hour contracts, working part time or as a job share.

If you are appointed to this role, your starting salary will be at the bottom of the grade. If you provide payslip evidence that your basic pay is greater than the bottom of the grade, we will consider starting you at the point of minimum advantage within the grade.

Equality of pay is extremely important to us. All roles at Sheffield City Council are going through an evaluation process which may result in changes to some pay arrangements from 2026. Find out more on our Sheff news page.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all individuals, ensuring a safe and supportive environment for everyone and where appropriate to the role the successful applicant will be required to undertake relevant safeguarding checks.