Senior Analyst

Milton Keynes City Council; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Milton Keynes City Council is recruiting a Senior Analyst to join our Adults and Children's Performance and Insights team. You will turn complex social care data into clear, actionable insights and help services understand performance and trends.

Working with Adult Social Care and Children's Services, you will contribute to high-quality reporting, statutory returns, and evidence-based service development, while supporting managers and senior leaders in decision-making.

Qualifications

• Turn complex social care datasets into meaningful insights.
• Support evidence-based decision-making and statutory accountability.
• Produce high-quality reporting and performance insights.

Responsibilities

• Provide accurate, timely intelligence to managers and senior leaders.
• Contribute to high-quality reporting and statutory returns.
• Support service development with evidence-based insights.

Job description

We're recruiting a Senior Analyst to join our Adults and Children's Performance and Insights team.

Do you have a talent for turning complex social care datasets into meaningful and engaging insights? Join Milton Keynes City Council and help us tell the story behind our data. Your work will help services understand performance, identify trends, and make informed decisions that improve outcomes for children, young people, families, and adults across our communities.

The Adults and Children's Performance and Insights team plays a vital role in helping Milton Keynes City Council understand how services are performing, supporting evidence-based decision-making, service improvement, and statutory accountability. Working closely with Adult Social Care and Children's Services, the team transforms complex information into clear and meaningful insight that supports better services and better outcomes for local people.

As a Senior Analyst, you'll play a key role in providing accurate, timely intelligence that helps managers and senior leaders make informed decisions. Working in a collaborative and supportive environment, you'll contribute to high-quality reporting, statutory returns, business intelligence, and evidence-based service development.

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This role may be suitable for home working, following an assessment. Home-based roles require a minimum of one day per week working from the office or site. Interviews for this role will be held on 10th September 2026.

At Milton Keynes City Council, we aim to make a difference every day. We're dedicated, respectful and collaborative. We act as one council, and we work hard to create cleaner, safer and healthier communities while tackling inequalities and supporting people to thrive.

We take pride in our supportive work culture and try to go that extra mile when it comes to investing in our colleagues.

Find out more about working with us here: www.mkcounciljobs.org.uk