BI and Insight Analyst

Are you passionate about transforming data into meaningful insight that drives real-world decisions?
We are recruiting for a Business Insight & Intelligence Analyst to join a busy local authority team on a 3-month temporary contract. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in delivering intelligence, performance reporting and data-driven insight that helps improve services and outcomes across the council.

The Role

Working closely with service areas and senior stakeholders, you'll take the lead on developing intelligence products, performance reports, dashboards and visualisations that support evidence-based decision making.
You will:

• Gather, analyse and interpret complex data from multiple sources
• Develop data models and reporting solutions to improve service performance
• Create engaging dashboards, reports, maps, presentations and visualisations
• Work with council data including education, social care and wider public sector datasets
• Translate stakeholder requirements into meaningful intelligence products
• Support strategic projects and statutory data returns
• Provide robust analysis and insights to help shape planning, performance improvement and service delivery

What We're Looking For

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Experience producing reports, dashboards and data visualisations
• Ability to interpret complex datasets and communicate findings clearly
• Experience gathering requirements and working with stakeholders
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines
• Experience working with large datasets and multiple data sources
• A proactive approach and the ability to recommend practical solutions based on evidence