BI Analyst

Please apply online via the link provided. Please note, we do not accept CVs submitted without a fully completed online application form.

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Barnsley Council is a place of possibilities, and we are proud to be a double award-winning Council of the Year (LGC and MJ 2023), recognised for bold thinking, innovation, and delivering real impact for our communities. Now, we’re inviting a talented and ambitious Business Intelligence Analyst to join our BI service.

Why Join Us?

This is an exciting opportunity to shape the future of data-led decision making in Barnsley.

We’ve been working hard as an organisation to ensure data is a recognised as a strategic asset and redefining how we use our data. To enable this, we’ve launched a new operating model for Business Intelligence. Our service is built on the principles of Enabling Barnsley-encouraging innovation, empowering services to self-serve, and allowing our BI experts to focus on high-impact work that delivers tangible benefits for our organisation and its communities.

We’re not just about reporting - we’re about predictive analytics, insight-driven continuous improvement and intelligence-led culture change. Our work has earned recognition from government departments and national bodies and we’re proud to be seen as a centre of excellence.

We’re excited to be moving to Microsoft Fabric in the coming months, unlocking new possibilities for single view and end to end analysis, automation and scalable insight delivery. Our team is already embracing Copilot and other AI driven tools, pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in local government intelligence.

The role will include:

• Providing support to colleagues working on strategic and operational performance management, identifying where performance insights can inform business decisions, and drive improvement.
• Working with teams of data developers and analysts to support the delivery of Business Intelligence solutions to provide customers with timely and robust data analysis and insight.
• Assist in the completion of statutory and the provision of data sets from multiple sources.
• Supporting in the production of high quality, user friendly reports and dashboards that display complex information, including predictive analysis to improve outcomes for local people and organisational effectiveness.
• Supporting with data cleansing and improving data quality to strengthen accountability across the organisation
• Enabling data to be accessed by colleagues through the development of ‘self-serve’ capabilities.

Requirements:

• You are a proactive and analytical individual with a passion for using data to drive improvement
• Substantial experience of undertaking analysis and interpreting data to provide identify and produce key findings
• Experience of identifying, analysing and interpreting trends and patterns in data to inform future service delivery.
• You possess excellent communication and story telling skills, and able to tailor messages and deliver these to diverse audiences
• Experience of developing and maintaining relationships, with strong interpersonal skills in order to communicate complex information clearly to a range of audiences.
• A level 6 qualification (or equivalent experience) in a relevant field

Deadline – Friday3rd October

Interviews – week commencing 20th October

For informal enquiries, please contact: Helen Richardson, Business Intelligence Manager at helenrichardson@barnsley.gov.uk