Senior Data & Performance Analyst (PO5)

Wax Recruitment Ltd; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Wax Recruitment Ltd is seeking a Senior Data & Performance Analyst to help deliver major public sector reforms in London. You will lead data analytics projects, drive insights, and guide junior analysts to ensure timely outputs for strategic programmes.

You will work across GDPR and reporting requirements, design data products for decision-making, and collaborate with partners to translate needs into analytics solutions. A hybrid UK role with a London base.

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level in a numerate field or equivalent experience.
• Postgraduate qualification in a substantially numerate or related field, such as mathematics, statistics, public health or social science, or equivalent significant work experience in a data related role.
• Experience working in local government, such as children's services, housing, adult social care, environment, public health and healthcare, academia, or a related field. Essential
• Proven experience and demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively with external organisations and stakeholders to achieve shared goals and outcomes.
• Experience in leading and managing projects, overseeing all phases from initiation to completion, ensuring successful delivery within scope, time, and budget constraints.
• Experience in line management, including overseeing team performance, providing guidance and support, and promoting professional development to achieve organisational objectives.
• Highly numerate with skills and experience of analysis, interpretation and presentation of quantitative data.
• Significant knowledge and experience working with diverse public sector data sources, along with a good understanding of the public sector and its data frameworks.
• Proficient in managing and manipulating large datasets, utilising tools such as spreadsheets, databases, and statistical analysis software (e.g., Excel, SQL, STATA, or equivalent), as well as and platforms like Python, R, and Power BI.
• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written), including the ability to develop and deliver complex statistical / epidemiological presentations (verbal and written) to a high standard in a range of settings and at a range of levels.
• Demonstrated ability to adapt and work effectively in a dynamic and evolving environment.
• Ability to supervise and provide guidance and to support the development of staff.

Responsibilities

• Analyse and synthesise data to drive strategic decision-making and performance improvement.
• Ensure compliance with GDPR, Health and Safety, Employee Code of Conduct and related requirements.
• Lead data analysis projects and provide strategic insights to support decision-making and transformation.
• Provide day-to-day direction and support to junior analysts to ensure timely delivery of outputs.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to gather requirements and translate into analytical products.
• Develop deep expertise in existing services and help design new service structures.
• Assist in designing changes to recording systems to meet new statutory reporting requirements.

Skills

Numerical analysis

Data interpretation and presentation

Communication skills

Team leadership & line management

Stakeholder collaboration

Staff supervision

Adaptability

Public sector data knowledge

Education

Degree level in numerate field

Postgraduate qualification in numerate or related field

Tools

Excel

SQL

STATA

Python

R

Power BI

Job description

Job title: Senior Data & Performance Analyst (PO5)

Job Category: IT

Location: 222 Upper Street, London, Islington, N1 1XR, London Borough of Islington

Basic DBS Required

1 day a week in the office, 4 days a week remote working

Overview of the role

The principle focus of this role is to help to deliver the Families First Partnership Programme (FFPP) reforms, Best Start Family Hubs and Healthy Babies.

As a Senior Data and Performance Analyst, you will have significant knowledge and experience in the skills, tools and techniques of Data Analytics and you will apply this to effectively support the organisation in delivering these strategic programmes. You will lead data analysis projects, apply advanced analytical techniques, and provide strategic insights to support strategic decision-making, service performance improvement and transformation. You will provide day-to-day direction and support to junior analysts to ensure timely delivery of analytical outputs. You will also collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to gather requirements and translate these into insightful data analytical products. You will develop deep expertise in the existing services being delivered and help to design the new service structures. You will help to design changes to recording systems and ensure the service can meet new statutory reporting requirements in collaboration with the related service areas.

Key responsibilities

Analysis and Synthesis of data

• Utilise advanced analytical tools and techniques to conduct in-depth data analysis and create insightful visualisations that drive both strategic decision-making and insights for performance improvement of Services. Demonstrate a deep understanding of service objectives to translate high-level business goals into measurable performance metrics that provide clear insights into service effectiveness and efficiency.

Compliance

Ensure adherence to legal, regulatory, and policy requirements under GDPR, Health and Safety, Employee Code of Conduct and in your area of expertise by identifying opportunities and risks, and escalating issues as necessary specification

Essential and desirable criteria

Essential: the basic requirements that must be met for someone to be considered for a particular job. These criteria are mandatory and cannot be negotiated. Essential criteria directly impact the core qualifications or skills necessary to perform the job effectively.

Desirable: the additional qualities, skills, or qualifications that would be advantageous for a candidate to possess but are not mandatory. Not meeting them does not automatically disqualify someone from consideration for the job. This also allows candidates who do not possess certain desirable criteria the opportunity to explain how their other knowledge, experience and skills relate to these and what they may be in the process of doing or willing to do to achieve these.

Knowledge, experience, and skills

1. 1 Educated to degree level in a numerate field or equivalent experience.
2. 2 Postgraduate qualification in a substantially numerate or related field, such as mathematics, statistics, public health or social science, or equivalent significant work experience in a data related role.
3. 3 Experience working in local government, such as children's services, housing, adult social care, environment, public health and healthcare, academia, or a related field. Essential
4. 4 Proven experience and demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively with external organisations and stakeholders to achieve shared goals and outcomes.
5. 5 Experience in leading and managing projects, overseeing all phases from initiation to completion, ensuring successful delivery within scope, time, and budget constraints.
6. 6 Experience in line management, including overseeing team performance, providing guidance and support, and promoting professional development to achieve organisational objectives.
7. 7 Highly numerate with skills and experience of analysis, interpretation and presentation of quantitative data.
8. 8 Significant knowledge and experience working with diverse public sector data sources, along with a good understanding of the public sector and its data frameworks.
9. 9 Proficient in managing and manipulating large datasets, utilising tools such as spreadsheets, databases, and statistical analysis software (e.g., Excel, SQL, STATA, or equivalent), as well as and platforms like Python, R, and Power BI.
10. 10 Excellent communication skills (verbal and written), including the ability to develop and deliver complex statistical / epidemiological presentations (verbal and written) to a high standard in a range of settings and at a range of levels.
11. 11 Demonstrated ability to adapt and work effectively in a dynamic and evolving environment.
12. 12 Ability to supervise and provide guidance and to support the development of staff

£30,142 - £32,346 per annum including Outer London Allowance