Senior Intelligence Analyst | Arden and GEM Commissioning Support Unit

NHS Arden and GEM Commissioning Support Unit; Leicester; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare support organization in Leicester is seeking an experienced analytical professional to join its Advanced Analytics Unit. The role involves gathering and interpreting data, developing dashboards in Power BI, and providing insights to inform decision making. The ideal candidate will have excellent SQL skills and a passion for utilizing data to enhance organizational effectiveness. Benefits include a competitive salary, annual leave, and development opportunities.

Benefits

Competitive salary with annual pay reviews

Generous annual leave starting at 27 days

Membership of the NHS Pension Scheme

Flexible working policies

Qualifications

• Excellent SQL skills with understanding of NHS data.
• Technical expertise in analytics and data visualisation.
• Ability to communicate complex findings effectively.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain dashboards using Power BI.
• Gather, analyse, and interpret complex information from various sources.
• Work with stakeholders to scoping and leading projects.

Skills

SQL skills

Data visualisation

Analytical expertise

Building dashboards in Power BI

Job description

The post-holder will work as part of the Advanced Analytics Unit to provide evidence, tools, analysis and insights in support of national and regional projects. The post-holder will bring, and be supported to further develop, technical analytical expertise and work with decision makers to achieve real impact.

They will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team across the Advanced Analytics Unit. The post-holder will bring technical expertise across disciplines such as analytics and data visualisation and will champion data-driven decision making. They will undertake analysis to address complex business problems, working with stakeholders and senior leads in the team to scope and lead new projects and communicate complex findings. The post-holder will be passionate about using data to inform decision making and possess excellent technical expertise. The post-holder will have excellent SQL skills and a good understanding of NHS data in order to link data and respond to ad-hoc requests. The post-holder will have good data visualisation skills and be confident in building and maintaining dashboards in Power BI, and collating metrics for dashboards.

We are a multi award-winning organisation that has achieved the prestigiousInvestors in People Gold Awardfor ‘We invest in people’ and ‘We invest in wellbeing’ and are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. We believe that every team member should have the opportunity to contribute and share their ideas.

We reward the hard work and commitment of our people with the following benefits:
• A competitive salary with annual pay reviews
• A generous annual leave entitlement starting at 27 days
• Membership of the NHS Pension Scheme
• Flexible working and family friendly policies, including enhanced parental leave and pay
• A wide range of in-house and external learning and development opportunities
• Access to salary sacrifice and discount schemes
• Access to employee assistance and occupational health services.
• Gather, analyse and interpret complex information, including both quantitative and qualitative, from a wide range of sources taking account of confidentiality and the limitations of the data used.
• Link data from multiple sources using SQL
• Develop and maintain dashboards using Power BI
• Scope and collate dashboard metrics and respond to ad-hoc data analysis requests
• Use your knowledge of NHS data to recommend approaches and deliver insight and intelligence to customers
• Work with a broad spectrum of data from a wide range of sources presenting complex and sophisticated information in a meaningful way to increase organisational knowledge and enable evidence-based decisions.
• Working with senior team members, select and apply the most appropriate analytical technique
• Maximise the information held within existing datasets
• Develop excellent relationships and support effective communication between all relevant stakeholders, both internal and external.
• Support senior team members to scope and structure problems, taking account of the wider business context and differing perspectives of stakeholders
• Present findings of investigation and analysis and recommendations in a clear and intelligible form as presentations or written reports, suitable for a wide range of lay and professional audiences.
• Give and assist in presentations to audiences of stakeholder staff to aid the audience with understanding of analysis findings.
• Participate in relevant meetings, providing information, advice and support where requested.
• Ensure high quality information presentation is maintained through sharing knowledge, skills and best practice with colleagues
• Effectively manage multiple projects simultaneously and prioritise workload appropriately, escalating conflicting priorities.


This advert closes on Tuesday 22 Jul 2025