LGR Performance Data Analyst

Brighton & Hove City Council; Brighton; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Brighton & Hove City Council is seeking an analytic professional to support the Local Government Reorganisation (LGR) programme. You will develop reporting and insight products, turning operational, financial and performance data into clear evidence to inform decisions for senior officers, programme boards and workstream leads.

The role requires advanced Excel skills and experience with Power BI or similar tools, with the ability to present complex information in a concise, accessible way within

Qualifications

• Experience in performance, insight, data or analytical role within local government, the wider public sector or similarly complex organisations.
• Advanced Excel skills and Power BI or similar reporting tools experience.
• Ability to communicate complex information in a clear and accessible way to senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Develop reporting and insight products that support each stage of the programme from discovery through planning and implementation.
• Turn operational, financial and performance data into clear insight for senior officers, programme boards and workstream leads.
• Collaborate with LGR Programme Team, service areas and partner authorities to ensure timely, evidence-based reporting.
• Produce dashboards, briefs and data packs aligned to priorities, milestones and outcomes.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Power BI

Performance management

Tools

Power BI

Reporting tools

Job description

Do you enjoy turning complex data into clear and accessible insight? Can you create dashboards, reports and performance information that help people make confident decisions? Are you confident working with services, programme teams and senior stakeholders to identify gaps in knowledge, trends and risk? If so, you could play an important role in our Local Government Reorganisation (LGR) programme.

As we prepare for one of the most significant changes to local government in a generation, this is a unique opportunity to use your analytical skills to support the design, transition and implementation of the LGR programme. You will help ensure that key decisions are informed by reliable data, clear evidence and timely reporting.

You will develop and maintain performance frameworks, dashboards, briefings and data packs aligned to programme priorities, milestones and outcomes. Working with colleagues across the council and partner organisations - you will turn operational, financial and performance data into clear insight for senior officers, programme boards and workstream leads.

Contract type: This role is offered on a fixed-term contract or internal secondment basis until July 2028.

Interview date: TBC

About the role

At Brighton & Hove City Council, we are delivering an ambitious LGR proposal alongside our transformation programmes. We are looking for a skilled, organised and collaborative analyst who can provide the insight, reporting and evidence base needed to support effective programme delivery.

Working closely with the LGR Programme Team, service areas and partner authorities, you will develop reporting and insight products that support each stage of the programme, from discovery through to planning and implementation. Your work will help build a clear evidence base, showing what we know, what we don't, how delivery is progressing and where risks, issues or emerging trends need attention.

You will need advanced Excel skills and experience of Power BI or similar reporting tools, alongside a good understanding of performance management, benefits tracking and evidence-based decision-making. Experience in a performance, insight, data or analytical role within local government, the wider public sector or a similarly complex organisation would be highly valuable.

This is a varied and influential role in a fast-moving programme environment. You will need to work independently, respond quickly to changing priorities and communicate complex information in a clear and accessible way.

Encouraging a diverse workforce

Our city is known and loved for its diversity. Not only is the mixture of people, culture and skills vital to the economic and social development of the city, it's what makes Brighton & Hove such a great place to live, work and visit. We are committed to developing and retaining a workforce that is representative of the diverse communities we serve so we welcome applications from individuals from all backgrounds. In order to achieve our aims of proportionate representation, we particularly encourage applicants from a BME or White Other background as well as those who identify as disabled or trans.

Find out more about our commitment to being a fair and inclusive place to work where everyone can achieve their potential by reading about our fair and inclusive actions, our anti-racism strategy and the work we are doing to encourage a diverse workforce (brighton-hove.gov.uk).

Why work for us?

• be connected
• be confident
• be innovative and creative
• be diverse and inclusive
• be healthy and psychologically safe

For more information about our values and the benefits of working at the council, visit Why work for us which gives details of our wellbeing support, our benefits including leave and pensions as well as details of our training and development.

Additional information

Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is less than 37 hours or term-time only.

We are a workplace that supports flexibility and employee wellbeing in the way we work whilst providing the best service for our customers. Team and service working arrangements are designed to support both employee work life balance and team collaboration. These would be part of your individual working arrangements alongside any personal preference agreed with your manager in advance of joining. Your contractual location will be the designated council office for your team and travel to and from your contractual location would be at your own expense.