Performance and Benefits Analyst

Hampshire and the Solent Combined County Authority; Southampton; Hybrid; GBP 38,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Competitive salary

Local Government Pension Scheme

Job summary

Hampshire and the Solent Combined Authority is seeking a skilled performance analyst to strengthen the organisation’s performance, benefits realisation and evaluation capabilities. You will work to make evidence-based decisions, demonstrate outcomes and value for money, and support assurance and scrutiny across programmes.

The role focuses on developing measurement frameworks, producing decision‑ready dashboards, and providing analytical challenge to ensure credible evidence supports delivery

Qualifications

• Experience in performance analysis, benefits management, evaluation, assurance, programme or project monitoring, data analysis or a closely related field.
• Understanding of performance management and benefits realisation, including defining measures, establishing baselines, tracking delivery, assessing evidence and supporting evaluation.
• Strong analytical and numerical skills, with the ability to interpret complex information, identify trends, test assumptions and draw out implications for decision‑makers.
• Ability to produce clear, accurate and decision‑ready reporting products, including dashboards, narrative summaries, performance commentary, exception reports and briefings.

Responsibilities

• Help develop HSCCA’s performance, benefits and evaluation approach, establishing clear and consistent methods for defining measures, setting baselines, tracking progress, evidencing benefits and understanding impact.
• Develop and maintain meaningful performance measures, indicators, benefit profiles and evidence requirements that are proportionate, clearly defined and linked to intended outputs, outcomes and impacts.
• Produce clear, accurate and decision‑ready performance and benefits intelligence for governance, oversight and management, including dashboards, summaries, exception reporting, narrative analysis and supporting evidence.
• Interpret performance and benefits information to identify trends, risks, dependencies, underperformance, opportunities and implications, helping decision‑makers understand what the evidence means and what action may be needed.
• Provide constructive analytical challenge where measures, assumptions, evidence or reporting are incomplete, inconsistent or unclear, helping colleagues strengthen the quality and credibility of performance and benefits information.
• Develop practical templates, tools, guidance and ways of working that help embed performance management, benefits realisation, evaluation and evidence led decision‑making across the organisation.

Skills

Performance analysis

Benefits management

Evaluation

Assurance

Data analysis

Governance

Public sector experience

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Tools

Dashboards

Excel

Narrative reporting

Job description

The Role

Sitting within HSCCA’s wider delivery, assurance and governance model, the role will strengthen performance and benefits information while remaining distinct from programme delivery. It will help decision‑makers assess whether delivery is achieving value, whether benefits are credible and whether the evidence is robust enough to support assurance, scrutiny and improvement.

In a highly accountable public sector environment, the role will help build the practical performance, benefits and evaluation capability HSCCA needs to make transparent, evidence-based decisions and demonstrate outcomes, impact and value for money.

What you’ll be doing?

In this role, you’ll play a crucial part in ensuring our teams have the tools, knowledge, and processes they need to deliver a high-quality service. You will:

• Help develop HSCCA’s performance, benefits and evaluation approach, establishing clear and consistent methods for defining measures, setting baselines, tracking progress, evidencing benefits and understanding impact.
• Develop and maintain meaningful performance measures, indicators, benefit profiles and evidence requirements that are proportionate, clearly defined and linked to intended outputs, outcomes and impacts.
• Produce clear, accurate and decision‑ready performance and benefits intelligence for governance, oversight and management, including dashboards, summaries, exception reporting, narrative analysis and supporting evidence.
• Interpret performance and benefits information to identify trends, risks, dependencies, underperformance, opportunities and implications, helping decision‑makers understand what the evidence means and what action may be needed.
• Provide constructive analytical challenge where measures, assumptions, evidence or reporting are incomplete, inconsistent or unclear, helping colleagues strengthen the quality and credibility of performance and benefits information.
• Develop practical templates, tools, guidance and ways of working that help embed performance management, benefits realisation, evaluation and evidence led decision‑making across the organisation.

What we’re looking for?

We’re looking for someone with:

• Experience in performance analysis, benefits management, evaluation, assurance, programme or project monitoring, data analysis or a closely related field.
• Understanding of performance management and benefits realisation, including defining measures, establishing baselines, tracking delivery, assessing evidence and supporting evaluation.
• Strong analytical and numerical skills, with the ability to interpret complex information, identify trends, test assumptions and draw out implications for decision‑makers.
• Ability to produce clear, accurate and decision‑ready reporting products, including dashboards, narrative summaries, performance commentary, exception reports and briefings.
• Good understanding of governance, assurance, accountability and value for money expectations in a public sector or similarly regulated environment.
• Desirable: Familiarity with HM Treasury Green Book principles, Magenta Book evaluation principles, local assurance frameworks, public sector audit expectations or portfolio, programme and project management good practice.
• Desirable: Experience working with finance, policy, programme delivery, appraisal, assurance or intelligence teams to develop integrated performance and benefits reporting.

Why join the HSCCA?

We are building the HSCCA on the basis that how we work is as important as what we deliver. We want people who bring enthusiasm, drive, and authenticity - who are proactive, open to challenge, and motivated by progress rather than process. We value collaborative leadership: the ability to bring people together across organisational boundaries, respect the expertise of others, and create shared direction without needing to own everything.

We act in line with the Nolan Principles. We use public money responsibly, make evidence‑based decisions, and hold ourselves to high standards of integrity, inclusion, and accessibility. We expect feedback to be given and received constructively, challenge to be welcomed, and relationships to be built on openness, trust, and mutual respect.

This is a complex, fast-moving environment. We need people who are energised by that.

What the HSCCA will offer in return?

Our reward package includes:

• A flexible working environment, with hybrid working arrangements as standard (minimum 2 days per week in our office)
• A competitive salary and benefits package
• Investment in your professional development and leadership growth
• The chance to work alongside a leadership team that is committed to building an organisation where people thrive
• Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme

The HSCCA is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and accessible workplace where everyone feels valued and able to thrive. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and lived experiences, particularly those from groups that are currently underrepresented in our workforce. This includes people from ethnic minority communities, disabled people, neurodivergent people, LGBTQ+ people, parents and carers, and individuals from lower socio‑economic backgrounds. We are committed to removing barriers to employment and encourage candidates to let us know about any reasonable adjustments they may need at any stage of the recruitment process.

Selection process

Your application will progress through the following stages:

• Application Review

Your CV and supporting documents will be reviewed by Reed Recruitment against the essential criteria outlined in the Skills & Experience section of this advert.

Please ensure your CV clearly demonstrates how you meet the required criteria in order to be considered.

• Telephone Interview

If shortlisted, you will be invited to an initial telephone interview.

• Face-to-face Interview

If shortlisted, you will be invited to a face-to-face interview. During this stage, you will be assessed against the Skills & Experience criteria and your overall suitability for the position.

This is the final stage of the selection process and will determine the outcome of your application.

• Feedback

Feedback will be provided following the final face-to-face interview stage.

Please note that feedback is only available to candidates who attend the final stage interview stage. Successful candidates will then be considered for an offer.

Further information

As a Disability Confident Committed employer, we run a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants. If you meet the essential criteria listed in the job description for this position and would like to be considered under this scheme, please state this in your application.

All data collected is anonymous and has zero bearing on your application. If there is anything we can do to accommodate your specific situation, please let the recruitment team know.

We are committed to fair and inclusive recruitment. As part of this, we use anonymous shortlisting to ensure candidates are assessed solely on their skills, experience, and suitability for the role.