GIS Data Analyst

Nottingham City Council; East Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 34,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

Nottingham City Council is seeking a skilled GIS Analyst to join the Housing Services team. You will collect and analyse spatial data, create maps and web-based GIS solutions to support service planning and informed decisions across the Council.

Using GIS and Power BI, you will contribute to data quality, manage datasets, and produce insights for colleagues and stakeholders. The role offers hybrid working and a pro rata salary for part-time arrangements.

Qualifications

• Collect, cleanse and manage spatial data ensuring data accuracy.
• Analyse data from a range of sources to support housing services delivery.
• Produce accurate maps, web apps and GIS products to support operational teams.
• Ensure that data regulations and procedures for digital data are observed.
• Produce reports using Business Objects and Power BI to help inform decision making.

Responsibilities

• Provide location-based spatial analysis to support service planning.
• Manage digital spatial datasets and promote GIS use across the organisation.
• Create maps, visualisations, reports and web-based solutions for stakeholders.
• Collaborate with Housing Services and Corporate GIS Team to maintain data quality.

Skills

Spatial data management

Data analysis

GIS mapping

Reporting & visualization

Tools

Power BI

Business Objects

Job description

Role: Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Analyst

Contract Type: Permanent

Working Hours: 18.5 hours per week – working pattern to be agreed with the successful candidate.

Worker Type: Hybrid Worker

Salary: Grade F – starting salary of £33,673 per annum(level 1), rising to £36,581 per annum (level 4), pro rata for part time is £16,836.50 (level 1) to £18,290.50 (level 4) per annum

Location:Loxley House, NG2 3NG

We’ve got an exciting opportunity available for a talented individual to join our workforce as a GIS Analyst - perhaps this is the opportunity you’ve been looking for? Read on to find out more…

Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay, great leave entitlement, and access to a generous pension scheme. We strive to create an innovative, inclusive, and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best.

In return, we are looking for people like you - people who are innovative, driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham. So, if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city, we want to hear from you.

* You can read more about the different benefits offered to colleagues working for Nottingham City Council here.

About the Role

We are looking for a skilled and curious GIS Analyst to join Nottingham City Council’s Housing Services team. This is an exciting opportunity to use geographic information, data analysis and digital mapping to help shape housing services and support informed decision-making across the Council.

The role will support a range of workstreams across Housing Services, whether that be providing location based spatial analysis in support of service planning, or by managing digital spatial datasets. If you have a passion for data and information and want to use your analytical and GIS skills to bring it to life and help make a difference to housing in Nottingham, then this role is for you.

In this role, you will collect, manage and analyse a range of spatial and non-spatial data relating to housing land, property assets and service delivery. Using GIS, Power BI and other analytical tools, you will create maps, visualisations, reports and web-based solutions that turn complex information into clear insights for colleagues and stakeholders.

Working closely with Housing Services teams, the Corporate GIS Team and other Council departments, you will help ensure data quality, maintain digital spatial datasets, and promote the effective use of GIS across the organisation. You will also contribute to service improvement, support evidence-based planning, and stay up to date with developments in housing policy, legislation and GIS technology.

We welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences who share our commitment to equality and inclusion. If you enjoy using data to solve problems and make a positive difference to communities, we would love to hear from you.

About You

The ideal candidate will have the skills to:

• Collect, cleanse and manage spatial data, particularly relating to housing land and property assets, ensuring data accuracy and integrity.
• Manipulate, model, analyse and interpret data from a range of sources to support the delivery of key priorities and services for Housing Services.
• Produce accurate paper and digital maps, web applications and related GIS products and services as needed to support operational teams responsible for the Council’s housing and associated housing land.
• Ensure that regulations and procedures relating to the creation, storage, processing and sharing of digital data are observed, collaborating with the Corporate GIS Team as required.
• Produce reports and research information from housing related data sources, using tools such as Business Objects and Power BI to help Housing Services analyse information geographically to help inform decision making.

You can find the full job description for this post here.

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Closing Date: 15 November 2026 (11:59pm)

Interview date: w/c 30th November 2026 – Please note, this is subject to change.

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