Performance & Benefits Analytics Lead

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

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