At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead BI projects, analyse complex data, and create impactful visualisations.
- Company: Join Barnsley Council, a forward-thinking organisation focused on data-driven decisions.
- Benefits: Hybrid working, competitive salary, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Inclusive recruitment process; all backgrounds welcome to apply.
- Why this job: Make a real difference by shaping data-led strategies and improving performance.
- Qualifications: Experience in data visualisation and strong communication skills required.
The predicted salary is between 42839 - 46142 £ per year.
Position Reference: 50142603
Directorate: Core Services | Service: Business Intelligence
Salary: £42,839 – £46,142
Working Arrangements: Hybrid
Hours per week: 37
Contract type: Fixed Term until 07/09/2027 (12‑month maternity cover, commence 7 September 2026)
Closing date: 17/07/2026 at 23:59
About the Post
Senior Business Intelligence Analyst – 12‑month maternity cover contract. The role will commence 7 September 2026. The position is based in Barnsley Council and involves shaping data‑led decision making, leading BI projects, developing visualisations and supporting strategic and operational performance management.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead projects with data developers and analysts to extract, integrate and analyse complex data from multiple systems using advanced SQL.
- Provide advice to senior leaders on strategic and operational performance management, identifying performance insights to inform business decisions and drive improvement.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to understand requirements, deliver complex work, gather insights and support new mechanisms to assess impact and measure performance.
- Develop and present data visualisations and dashboards using Power BI, SSRS, Visual Studio and Excel.
- Produce high‑quality, user‑friendly reports and dashboards that display complex information, statutory data and actionable recommendations.
- Ensure performance management information is timely, robust and used to improve data quality, share insights and strengthen accountability.
- Enable self‑serve capabilities for staff to access data.
Qualifications and Experience
- Proactive and analytical with a passion for using data to drive improvement.
- Substantial experience with data visualisation tools and specialist BI solutions to provide information to technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
- Significant experience conducting data quality assessment, cleansing and profiling from multiple sources, integrating and transforming data.
- Excellent communication and storytelling skills, able to tailor messages and deliver to diverse audiences.
- Experience presenting information verbally at meetings, undertaking formal presentations and using modern technologies and digital tools to enhance performance.
- Strong interpersonal skills, able to build effective relationships across the organisation.
- A Level 6 qualification (or equivalent experience) in a relevant field.
Requirements
- Basic Criminal Record Check required.
- Applicants who have lived abroad for 6 months or more in the past 3 years must provide a reasonable account.
- Applicants must have valid visa or other legal documents; Barnsley Council does not sponsor visas.
Key Dates
- Deadline – Friday 17 July 2026
- Interviews – week commencing 27 July 2026
Contact
For informal enquiries, please contact: Helen Richardson, Business Intelligence Manager at helenrichardson@barnsley.gov.uk
Additional Information
CVs are not accepted for this role. We are committed to an inclusive recruitment process and welcome applicants with past convictions. All candidates will be considered fairly.
Senior BI Analyst in Barnsley employer: Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
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