Foster4 Data and Intelligence Officer - Fixed Term 12 Months

Warrington; Warrington; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

26 days annual holiday (pro-rata to 31

Benefits package

Health & Wellbeing Programme

Job summary

Foster4 is seeking a Data and Intelligence Officer on a fixed-term 12-month contract based at Warrington Borough Council’s offices. You will build and maintain performance infrastructure, analyse recruitment funnels, map regional demographics, and track applicant journeys to shape regional strategies.

You will design real-time dashboards covering end-to-end recruitment, delivering clear data stories while ensuring data collection, sharing and storage comply with GDPR and statutory frameworks.

Qualifications

• Experience of working effectively in a busy and pressured environment using own initiative to prioritise work and meet deadlines. Please refer to Person Specification.

Responsibilities

• Build, manage, and leverage our performance infrastructure for recruitment.
• Analyse marketing funnels, map regional demographics, and track applicant journeys to shape regional strategies.
• Design and maintain real-time dashboards tracking the end-to-end recruitment journey and deliver data stories and reports while complying with GDPR.

Job description

Foster4 Data and Intelligence Officer - Fixed Term 12 Months

About us

Foster4 is a pioneering, foster carer recruitment service. Operating as a highly successful collaborative hub based within Warrington Borough Council’s offices, we proudly recruit and support foster carers on behalf of nine Cheshire and Merseyside local authorities, including Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton, St Helens, Warrington, and Wirral.

The role

Based at Warrington Borough Council’s offices, you will join a pioneering collaborative project that recruits and supports foster carers on behalf of nine Cheshire and Merseyside Local Authorities, Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton, St Helens, Warrington, and Wirral.

In this role, you will build, manage, and leverage our performance infrastructure. You will analyse marketing funnels, map regional demographics, and track applicant journeys to pinpoint exactly where we can find and support new foster families. Your insights will directly shape regional recruitment strategies.

You will design and maintain real-time performance dashboards tracking the end-to-end recruitment journey and deliver clear, actionable data stories and reports. Crucially, you will ensure all data collection, sharing, and storage align strictly with statutory frameworks and GDPR guidelines.

Applications are prioritised from current fostering service staff working within our nine Foster4 Local Authorities: Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton, St Helens, Warrington, and Wirral.

What's needed?

Experience of working effectively in a busy and pressured environment using own initiative to prioritise work and meet deadlines. Please refer to Person Specification.

As well as a competitive salary, working for us means you get:

• 26 days annual holiday - raising to 31 after 5 years of service (pro-rata)
• Access to our attractive and competitive benefits package
• Access to our Health & Wellbeing Programme

Key Dates & Further Information

The ability to converse at ease with customers and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post.

DBS clearance is required.

Sponsorship isnotavailable for this role; therefore, you must have the right to work in the UK to be eligible for appointment.

Warrington Borough Council is a Disability Confident employer