Junior Business Intelligence Analyst

inploi; Stockport; Hybrid; GBP 31,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

A local authority in Stockport is seeking a Junior Business Intelligence Analyst to produce business insights and support performance management for Adult Social Care. The ideal candidate possesses strong analytical skills, experience with SQL and MS Office, along with excellent communication abilities. This hybrid role involves routine reporting and dashboard maintenance, offering a supportive team environment. Commitment to employee development and a competitive salary of £31,537 to £33,699 are included.

Qualifications

• Interest and background in analytics.
• Ability to understand and interpret complex data.
• Experience with SQL and MS Office.

Responsibilities

• Produce routine reports and data insights.
• Build and maintain Tableau dashboards.
• Support operational activities and meet statutory return obligations.

Skills

MS Office proficiency including Excel

Data analytics

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Tools

SQL

Tableau

Job description

Overview

Junior Business Intelligence Analyst — Scale 6 (£31,537 - £33,699) • 37 hours • Temporary (20 months) • Hybrid: Stopford House and homeworking

Application Deadline: 22 February 2026
Please note that we may close this vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

Shortlisting Date: 23 February 2026
Interview Date: 9–13 March 2026
Interview Type: Virtual Interview via MS Teams and technical test

While we embrace the use of AI as an innovative tool to maximise our services at Stockport Council, we are looking for authenticity in applications we receive. We therefore ask you to think carefully if choosing to use AI when completing your application and ensure your application is written by you and reflects your skills, knowledge and enthusiasm.

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Your Role

We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic Junior Analyst to join Stockport Council’s award-winning (Digital Impact, LGA Awards 2022) Business Intelligence Team. The role is focused on Adult Social Care data and sits within the Business Intelligence team.

You will be responsible for supporting the service by producing routine business-as-usual reports, key data insights and analysis, building and maintaining Tableau dashboards to support performance management and operational activities, and helping the service meet their statutory return obligations.

About You

We are looking for candidates with an interest and background in analytics, able to understand and interpret complex data. You will be an experienced user of MS Office products including Excel and working with SQL. Experience with Tableau would be advantageous but is not essential.

You will have excellent communication and organisational skills, be able to work flexibly and as part of a team, with enthusiasm to learn and develop new skills.

Experience of working within or supporting Adult Social Care Services would be advantageous but is not essential.

About Us

Stockport Council’s Business Intelligence Team uses market-leading software to provide services with actionable insight. Our BI Analytics Team sits within Corporate Services, with teams supporting all Council Directorates.

We value our employees’ development and in this role you will have access to training to ensure you are given the skills required to continue to develop and thrive in this role.

At Stockport Council we are one ambitious team on a mission to create opportunities for everyone who lives, works and spends time in the borough. We’re keen to recruit people with the right values and behaviours that can help us ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do.

We are proud to be recognised under the Good Employment Charter as an organisation committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues. As members of the charter, we have been recognised as a great place to work for all colleagues and pledge to pay the real living wage, engage staff in key decisions and endorse fair and flexible working conditions.

Please contact Simon Walker on 0161 218 1203 for an informal discussion if you would like to find out more about the role.

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