Data Officer Virtual School

The Education Information and Performance Team is responsible for the management of education information for Portsmouth City Council and its partners, including collecting statutory data, and providing analysis and interpretation of data about children and young people.

This role is part-time for 1 year working 18.5 hours per week, reporting to one of two Information Analysts in the Education Information & Performance team, and working closely with other colleagues. The role will provide specific support to track the educational achievement of Portsmouth's Looked After Children to support the work of the Virtual School.

Responsibilities will include:

• Provision of training and guidance to the Virtual School Head, deputy head and caseworkers on the effective use of systems and analytical tools.
• Updating the Education system to ensure data is correct and carry out any housekeeping as required.
• Production of monthly/termly/year-to-date reports for pupils with known risk factors and termly pupil tracking reports.
• Analysis and presentation of data for inclusion in the Virtual School Annual Report and reports for Termly Governing Body meetings.
• Support the collation, analysis and presentation of data in relation to pupil exclusions, reduced timetable, attendance and attainment at school.
• Update CCIS Core+ with the Destination data for all LAC and Care leavers, in order to support the submission of data to the Department for Education (DfE) in relation to young people's participation in education and employment.
• Creating the annual Activity Survey booklets, to provide analysis and presentation of young people's participation data for all Portsmouth school leavers.

Attendance requirements to the designated workplace for the role in line with the Hybrid Working: You will be required to work a minimum of 2 days in the office per week.

The post holder would be expected to be qualified to at least Level 3, ideally within a data related discipline, or have equivalent relevant experience.

Experience / skills:

• Advanced skills in using Excel to manipulate, analyse and present data and have the ability to analyse and interpret complex data.
• Good knowledge of information management and data analysis, interpretation and presentation.
• Knowledge and experience of database management, application and interrogation.
• Understand the importance of confidentiality, data security and data protection responsibilities.
• Good organisation and time management skills, able to meet deadlines, an effective team worker and a proactive and solution focused.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to help colleagues specify their requirements and negotiate timescales and priorities.
• Confident in working with a variety of professionals and managers in schools and other organisations.

Please see the Job profile for the full details and expectations of this role.

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Should you require any support in completing the application form please contact recruit@portsmouthcc.gov.uk or call the recruitment team on 023 92 616800.