Data Analyst

Bristol City Council; West of England; Sur place; GBP 41 000 - 43 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Data Analyst within Bristol City Council's central Data and Insight team will design, model and deliver analytics and insights to shape city priorities. You will gather requirements, engage with services, and ensure reporting is accessible and useful for decision-makers.

You will collaborate across services, handle data governance and reporting, and support statutory data returns to central Government and agencies.

Responsabilités

• Ensure the information and reporting needs of operational managers are met for partner agencies and contribute to hub requirements around data extracts, transformation and report delivery.
• Contribute to the design and improvement of collection and reporting methods, to efficiently deliver information products to drive service improvements.
• Deliver products consistently developed to agreed standards across services, gathering/interpreting data and submitting information to Government agencies.
• Investigate and report on data quality and analyse intelligence to inform strategic and operational decisions.
• Produce graphs, charts and other visual representations of intelligence and delivery methods/tools, including targeted risk modelling.
• Ensure information, insight and reporting meets allocated service needs and evolves for future policies and configurations.
• Continually innovate data practices with respect to data sharing and new sources.
• Build relationships with services across the council.

Description du poste

Job reference VAC008932 Date posted 08/10/2026 Application closing date 18/10/2026 Location City Hall College Green City Centre Bristol BS1 5TR Salary BG11: £41,177 - £43,149 Package Blank Contractual hours 37 Basis Full time Job category/type Digital and ICT Attachments Person Specification.pdf Job Description.pdf

As part of Bristol City Council's continued drive towards innovation in service delivery, we require a talented Data Analyst to deliver pioneering business intelligence for a number of council services through central Data and Insight (D&I) team. You will design, model and deliver analytics and insight that will shape the future direction of the organisation and city. You will ensure the leadership of the organisation can draw insights from data products to make evidence-based decisions impacting on the mayoral and corporate priorities. In this role you will work within the D&I team to gather and assess data related business requirements. You will engage with council services throughout the subsequent development process to ensure products meet customer need, are readily used, easily understood with intuitive navigation. This will extend to assisting with statutory data returns to central Government and other agencies. You will contribute to the design and improvement of collection and reporting methods to efficiently deliver data products to drive service improvements. You will support performance improvement in services covered by your hub, providing appropriate information/analysis products. You will continually innovate and improve data practices with respect to data governance, new data sources, analysis techniques and report delivery.

You will:

• Ensure the information and reporting needs of operational managers are met for partner agencies and contribute to the hubs requirements around data extracts, transformation, and report delivery.
• Contribute to the design and improvement of collection and reporting methods, to efficiently deliver information products to drive service improvements.
• Deliver products which are consistently developed to agreed standards across different services area and audiences, including:
• Gathering and standardising information
• Interpreting and analysing data
• Submitting information to Government agencies.
• Investigate and report on data quality.
• Analyse intelligence and give advice on strategic and operational matters.
• Produce graphs, charts, and other visual representations of intelligence.
• Delivery methods and tools, including targeted risk modelling.
• Ensure that information, insight, and reporting is understood, meets the needs of allocated service areas, and evolves to meet decisions about future policies and service configurations.
• To continually innovate and improve data practices with respect to data sharing, new data sources, analysis techniques, and report delivery mechanisms.
• Specialise in building relationships with services across the council.

You will have strong IT skills and have experience of handling and analysing data, working with databases, and presenting information in appropriate formats to a wide audience of internal colleagues; and will use your experience of stakeholder engagement to encourage collaboration, be curious about problem solving, and maintain a resolute attitude towards improving existing processes. Previous experience of Local Authority or partner agency processes would be advantageous but is not essential.

Unfortunately, we are unable to offer Sponsorship for this role.

Why Bristol City Council?

At Bristol City Council, we go that extra mile for our people; we offer a work environment which is fast moving and supportive, giving you the chance to use your skills and develop new ones within a high-profile organisation.

Join us and you will receive a generous rewards package including flexible working and flexi-time, membership of the Local Government Pension scheme, and a generous annual leave allowance. In addition, you will be working in a supportive environment where you will have the chance to make Bristol a better place and contribute to its future.

We're a Disability Confident employer

Which means we value recruiting and retaining disabled people. Any job applicants who consider themselves to be disabled and meet the essential criteria in the Person Specification are guaranteed an interview. We'll make reasonable adjustments throughout the interview process and provide continued workplace support throughout your career.

For further information please e-mail Chrystal Stevens: [e-mail]

Bristol City Council strives to have a workforce that reflects the communities it serves, we are therefore committed to ensuring diversity in our hiring process. We welcome, develop and promote people from all sections of the community. We particularly welcome applications from Black and racially minoritised candidates who are currently under-represented within this Service of Bristol City Council. Appointments will be made on merit. The personal information section (including your name) you'll complete as part of the application form will not be visible to hiring managers, but is used confidentially to make sure that everyone is treated fairly.