Data Analyst

Job Title: Data Analyst
Starting Salary: £31,536 progressing to £34,433 per annum
Hours: 37
Location: Welwyn Garden City
Contract Type: Permanent
Directorate: Adult Care Services

Please note that if we receive a high volume of applications, we may close the vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date. We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible to ensure it is considered.

About the team

Hertfordshire Equipment Service (HES) team is a multidisciplinary group dedicated to delivering high-quality community equipment services across Hertfordshire

The Data Analyst role sits within the Business team and reports to the Senior Data Analyst. You will be expected to manipulate data to provide monthly internal and external reporting packs.

You will be working closely with managers and external partners, reviewing and manipulating data to assist in making decisions for implementing changes across the service and individual teams.

The role will also provide additional support to the business team to provide resilience across the team. The business team is structured to support all teams across HES ensuring compliance, procurement and adherence to Health and Safety policies and procedures

About the role

This role is a dual role providing reporting as the Data Analyst and also providing Business Support across all teams within HES

Data Analyst

• To analyse, manipulate and interpret operational and performance data using ELMS and other tools to support HES service delivery
• To provide monthly reporting to internal and external stakeholders
• To provide support on all Hertfordshire Equipment Service projects
• To monitor and process financial information, including budget information to be provided to senior management
• To track and report weekly KPIs

• To contribute to continuous service improvement across HES projects and operations
• To undertake service performance modelling / analyse activity to identify opportunities for service improvement and provide constructive feedback on key findings for implementation of improvements to aid service performance.

Business Support

• Being responsible for all Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) across HES
• Being responsible for Risk Assessments across HES
• Additional support for Month End reconciliation of purchases

About you

Essential

• Applicants must be proficient in Excel at Intermediate level
• Proven ability to extract and manipulate date
• Ability to present data to a wide audience including internal and external stakeholders
• Pro- active approach and the drive to ensure that work carried out is to the highest standard
• Experience using Microsoft packages is essential

Desirable

• Ability to develop solutions and promote a solution focused approach

We welcome applications from candidates who currently reside in the UK with established proof of right to work documentation. We are not able to offer sponsorship at this time for this role.

This job role is within the Corporate Services, level CORP8 job profile. Please locate this via:

Job profiles - Corporate services

To hear more about this opportunity please contact sue.smith1@hertfordshire.gov.uk for an informal discussion about the role.

Interview Date: week commencing 1 December

Benefits of working for us

How to apply

As part of your application, please upload your most recent CV. Ensure your CV is up to date with your employment history (including any employment gaps), and including any training/qualifications. We encourage you to include examples of where you have demonstrated the requirements/criteria in the advert / job profile to allow the panel to fully recognise your skills and abilities. You will have the opportunity to include a short covering paragraph within your application to give us a little more information about your skills, knowledge, and experiences.

Additional information

Disability Confident
We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and guarantee an interview to anyone disclosing a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post.

Safeguarding
This role has been identified as requiring a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check.

English Fluency
The ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post (for those whose language is a signed language the provision of a sign language interpreter who speaks English to the necessary standard of fluency will be required). Further information about the legal requirement can be found here.