Data Analyst

others in best practice to design and deliver clear, impactful reports and visualisations. Their expertise ensures that complex data is transformed into insightful products that improve the accessibility and availability of timely, relevant data and reporting across the organisation.Working closely with stakeholders this role helps to translate business needs into specifications for analysts, engineers, and developers. Managing delivery across the team, you'll oversee progress, allocate resources, and ensure alignment with organisational priorities. Your role will lead communication around data projects, adapting to stakeholder needs, and mentoring junior analysts - supporting the full delivery lifecycle and contributing to the development of design principles and reporting standards.This role focuses on the delivery of data products for council functional areas - particularly managing and overseeing how these products will be delivered on time.Accountabilities

• Lead the development and design of high-quality impactful reports and visualisations that that improve data accessibility and usability to support decision-making and service improvement.
• Establish and manage processes for reviewing business requirements and translating them into clear technical specifications or tasks for delivery.
• Shape and improve data processes, standards, and reporting practices across the organisation to promote best practice in data preparation, analysis, and interpretation. Set up and maintain a data and reporting catalogue to document data processes, data definitions and guidance on using the reporting tools and data platform effectively.
• Develop and maintain delivery plans, timelines, and capacity forecasts for the data and reporting workplan. Monitor progress against plans, manage risks and issues, and provide regular status updates to stakeholders. Monitor usage of existing data products, identifying opportunities for improvement or training to maximise impact and accessibility.
• Provide guidance and support to Data Analysts and Junior Data Analysts, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and capability building.
• Collaborating with colleagues across Performance and Data Science to understand how their outputs can be built into data and reporting products. Work with Reporting Lead and Data Architect to ensure that outputs have been tested, met expected Quality Assurance standards and have been published once signed off.
• Share data products and insights in accessible formats to promote transparency and collaboration. Document and publish work clearly to support reuse, learning, and responsible data use.
• Stay current with emerging tools, techniques, and best practices and represent the organisation professionally by contributing to communities of practice and sharing knowledge.
• Act with curiosity and constructive challenge to lead communication of data and data projects with stakeholders, ensuring analytical outputs meet operational and strategic priorities.

• Educated to degree level in relevant field (e.g. Data Analytics, Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, Computer Science, or similar) or equivalent by experience.
• Membership or affiliation with organisations such as the Government Analysis Function, Royal Statistical Society (RSS), or British Computer Society (BCS) is beneficial.
• 5+ years of experience in a business intelligence, data analytics or data engineering type roles.
• Knowledge and hands-on experience in designing analytical products, BI tooling (PowerBI preferred, other tools such as Tableau or Looker will be considered) and writing and optimising SQL queries for data extraction and transformation.
• Experience of stakeholder engagement and building relationships, working in partnership with a wide range of stakeholders.
• Proven ability to lead projects and translate complex data into actionable insights with experience in project management tools and methodologies (Waterfall, Agile, Kanban, or similar).
• Experience of coordinating multidisciplinary teams, ensuring alignment and timely delivery and mentoring others.
• Experience of working in a complex and political environment.