Data Intelligence Adviser (Best Start in Life)

Portsmouth City Council; Portsmouth; Hybrid; GBP 38,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working (min 2 days in office)

Job summary

Portsmouth City Council is seeking a skilled Data Intelligence Adviser to support the Best Start in Life strategies and related health-programme data needs. The role focuses on leading data for services, building dashboards, and delivering regular intelligence reports to inform resource decisions.

Fixed term until March 2029, hybrid working with minimum 2 days in the office. Strong experience in data management, Power BI, and data-sharing governance is essential.

Qualifications

• Experience with database management, interrogation and data-quality improvement.
• Experience using reporting software, case management reporting tools or database interrogation tools.
• Advanced Excel skills with ability to manipulate, analyse and present complex information.
• Ability to explain complex data clearly through reports, presentations and discussions.
• Strong understanding of confidentiality, data protection, information security and safeguarding responsibilities.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to organise demanding workloads and meet deadlines, using initiative.
• Proactive, resilient and solution-focused approach.

Responsibilities

• Lead data and intelligence for designated services, understanding information needs and creating data solutions.
• Integrate information from multiple systems, identify trends in demand, activity, need and outcomes, and present findings clearly.
• Design and maintain high-quality data products to support informed resource decisions.
• Develop Best Start in Life dashboards and regular intelligence reports.
• Lead quarterly validation and submission of Best Start Family Hubs and Healthy Babies impact returns to government departments.
• Contribute to annual impact reporting and establish data-sharing agreements with partners and Information Governance colleagues.

Skills

Database management

Data-quality improvement

Advanced Excel

Power BI

Reporting software

Information governance

Communication

Workload management

Proactive resilience

Education

Relevant qualification or substantial equivalent experience in data/info management

Tools

Synergy

Capita ONE

Mosaic

LCS

Job description

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Job Reference pcc/TP/659/1824

Number of Positions:

1

Contract Type:

Fixed Term

Salary: Band 8, £37,562 - £40,443 per annum, pro rata. Fixed term contract until March 2029

Working Hours:

29.6

Location:

Civic Offices

Closing Date:

11/10/2026

Job Category:

Education

Region / Division:

UK Region

Directorate:

Job Introduction

We are looking for a skilled and proactive Data Intelligence Adviser to support the implementation and evaluation of Portsmouth’s Best Start in Life Strategy, Best Start Family Hubs and Healthy Babies Programme. Your work will help improve outcomes for children under five, increase the proportion of children achieving a Good Level of Development and support action to reduce health and developmental inequalities

This is a fixed term role until March 2029

About the role

You will take the lead on data and intelligence for designated services, developing a detailed understanding of their information needs and creating effective, sustainable data solutions.

You will bring together information from different systems, identify trends in demand, activity, need and outcomes, and present your findings clearly to a range of audiences. You will design and maintain high-quality data products that enable leaders to make informed decisions about resources and priorities.

A key part of the role will be supporting the development and maintenance of Early Years and Family Hubs datasets within the Insight Hub. You will develop Best Start in Life dashboards, produce regular intelligence reports and lead the quarterly validation and submission of Best Start Family Hubs and Healthy Babies impact returns to government departments.

You will also contribute to annual impact reporting and work with partners and Information Governance colleagues to establish appropriate data-sharing agreements and ensure information is handled safely and securely.

The role requires flexibility, as you will work across the Strategic Intelligence Service to respond to changing priorities and provide support and cover across different service areas when required.

The Ideal candidate

You will have a relevant qualification or substantial equivalent experience in data, statistics, information management or systems management.

You will also bring:

• Strong experience of database management, interrogation and data-quality improvement.
• Substantial experience using reporting software, case management reporting tools or database interrogation tools.
• Advanced Excel skills, with the ability to manipulate, analyse and present complex information.
• The ability to explain complex data clearly and engagingly through reports, presentations and discussions.
• A strong understanding of confidentiality, data protection, information security and safeguarding responsibilities.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
• The ability to organise a demanding workload, meet deadlines and work confidently on your own initiative.
• A proactive, resilient and solution-focused approach.

Experience of education or social care case management systems, such as Synergy, Capita ONE, Mosaic or LCS, would be an advantage. Experience of master data management systems and visualisation software such as Power BI, including dashboard design and connecting to data sources, would also be desirable.

Important:Please ensure that you download read the full job profile attached for the details and expectations of this role, paying particular attention the section 'Who is the person' you will need to refer to this when completing your Personal statement.

About Portsmouth City Council

Portsmouth City Council is a unique organisation, committed to making a difference, and is guided by core values that set who we are as people, what we stand for, and how we act.

We are committed to our values of respect, integrity, collaboration, inclusivity and being people-focussed. These values set out how we can contribute to the success of the council and our own success as individuals. Learn more about our values and behaviours .

Additional Information

Hybrid Working: We offer hybrid working with the expectation to attend the office a minimum of 2 days a week.

Contact Details for an Informal Discussion: If you have any questions, or would like an informal discussion about the role, please contact : Chris Hyde - [e-mail]

Interview details: Interviews will be held between 19th & 23rd October 2026

Application process

We anonymise applications during application & shortlisting to ensure only relevant information is considered.

We strongly encourage candidates to add all Career and Education History to their application, as CVs are not reviewed as part of the shortlisting process.

As part of your application, we ask that you complete a personal statement, this statement is crucial and is where you must demonstrate how you meet the requirements of the job against each of the points described in the 'Who is the Person' points on the Job Profile using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience.

We are committed to offering an interview to all those candidates that qualify under our corporate commitments and meet the minimum criteria, however, for roles that receive a large number of applications, we will select the candidates that best meet the minimum criteria.

You will need to demonstrate that you have the Right to Work in the UK. No post will be offered without it.

We are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.

Should you require any support in completing the application form please contact [e-mail] or call the recruitment team on 023 92 616 800.