Undergraduate Placement

An exciting new opportunity has become available to join our Business Intelligence team on a one-year Undergraduate Placement. At Barnsley, we’re on a journey to become data-led to shape a bright new future for our council and our communities. You’ll help us along this journey to make sure we have the right business intelligence and drive for improvement that we need to make a success of service’s that we support.

On the placement, you will play a critical role in discovering, preparing, and analysing data to support effective decision-making for across the council. You'll also gain hands-on experience working alongside our award-winning BI team on technologies such as Power BI, GIS, and data warehousing.

We’re looking for someone who can:

·       Help identify and prepare the necessary data for analysis.

·       Support the development and implementation of data quality checks and data validation processes.

·       Work closely with other members of the project team to ensure the delivery of high-quality work.

·       Have a keen eye for detail and commitment to delivering high quality outputs.

·       Be willing to adapt and work independently but still be a critical part of the team and work closely with your colleagues to ensure our outputs support innovation and transformation.

You will need to be currently completing a relevant undergraduate degree, along with experience in accurately recording data, reconciliation, simple analysis, and presentation. Please apply by submitting a CV and cover letter outlining how you meet the criteria for this role.

Please email JessicaHanney@barnsley.gov.uk to arrange informal chat if you would like to discuss any details of the role/essential criteria. 

A lot to look forward to:

Here at Barnsley, we live and work by four important values: honesty, teamwork, excellent service, and taking pride in what we do. As part of our team, you can be sure we’ll do all we can to support you in being truly excellent. You see, we prioritise learning and enabling you to achieve your potential. So we’ve created a development process that lets you grow in the way that suits you - whether that’s training to be a leader, or learning flexibly online. That’s one of the reasons why you’ll find your career here inspiring and rewarding.