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Are you passionate about data? Would you like to use your passion to have a positive direct impact on the lives of vulnerable adults and carers in Richmond and Wandsworth. Then come join us and use your skills to help transform lives for some of our residents.

We have an exciting new opportunity for a Senior Data Analyst in the Assurance and Innovation Division of the Adult Social Care and Public Health Directorate. You’ll work within a committed and passionate Adult’s Performance Team, and alongside a wide range of colleagues from operational services, IT, and commissioners, to help deliver performance monitoring and reporting, from our social care case management systems.   You will also use a wide range of other national and local data sources so that we have excellent visibility of our performance, and service user experience.

As the Senior Data Analyst, within the team, your skills will make a difference by helping us tell a story with our data, and insights, which will help us to know where we’re doing well but also where we need to improve service delivery to our residents.

You will be joining adult social care at a time when there are lots of exciting changes happening so this will be an ideal opportunity for you to be part of a new journey where you will have the opportunity to use your skills and to develop them further.

To be part our team you will need to:

• Enjoy working in a constantly changing and busy environment.
• You will be a self-starter who is also comfortable working individually as well as part of a team.
• You will have an inquisitive mindset, with a strong eye for detail.  
• You will be comfortable planning, leading, and delivering complex data solutions to improve performance and to deliver better services for our residents.
• You will have a strong quantitative analytical background and be able to draw out key messages from large datasets.
• You will be an excellent communicator, able to explain data concepts to non-technical audiences.
• You will have highly developed IT skills that includes using tools such as SQL, R or Python and PowerBI
• You will have good project management skills with experience of working collaboratively with colleagues across large organizations.

There are developmental opportunities within the team where you will have freedom to be creative by using your existing skills and by developing new ones in the use of data visualization tools and analysis techniques.

At Richmond and Wandsworth Councils, we care more about how you work and what you achieve, rather than where you work on any given day. The difference you can make to our local communities is what really matters most to us, service delivery must always come first. We have carefully considered agile ways of working to provide the best experience for residents, stakeholders and our staff. Our agile working strategy actively supports and encourages a dynamic work environment and daily working experience. Agile working helps put the needs of our staff at the centre of everything we do, so if specific flexible working arrangements helps you with this, feel free to let us know.

Your wellbeing and the flexible way in which you can work is and will remain a key priority for Richmond and Wandsworth Councils. We want you to thrive and feel empowered in your work!

We recognise the importance of a good balance between work and home life so we do everything we can to accommodate flexible working including, working from home. We also offer a generous holiday allowance of 40 paid days (pro rata) including bank holidays and a wide range of learning and development opportunities.

In addition, we offer a comprehensive range of staff benefits such as membership of the Local Government pension scheme, childcare vouchers, new technology scheme, interest-free loans on annual travel cards, discounts with many leisure activities, restaurants, shops and other establishments.

Indicative Recruitment Timeline

Closing Date:  5th November 2023

Shortlisting Date: 7th November 2023

Interview Date: 21st November 2023 (including an Excel test)     

For an informal discussion please contact Rana Choudhury, Deputy Performance Manager on 0208 8717312

Useful Information:

The closing date is given as a guide. We reserve the right to close this vacancy once a sufficient number of applications has been received. We strongly advise you to complete your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

Please note that the advertised date for interview is indicative and may change due to the current Covid-19 situation. If they do, we will let you know as soon as possible.

We particularly welcome applications from females who are currently underrepresented within our team.

Richmond and Wandsworth Councils are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences, recognising that employees from a variety of backgrounds bring important and positive contributions to the Councils and can improve the way we deliver services. We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer.

Important Information:

Richmond and Wandsworth Councils are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Richmond and Wandsworth Councils