Senior Research and Data Analyst – Partners in Care and Health, BCF Programme Support

Fixed term contract to 30 September 2025 (with possible extension)

About the role

We are looking for a Senior Research and Data Analyst for our Better Care Fund Programme Support Team (BCF team). This is a key role in the development and delivery of analysis, insight, and support to underpin and inform our improvement support offer to councils and their partners in the NHS and beyond (such as care providers, the voluntary sector and housing) in the high-profile, dynamic area of integrated health and care systems.

We are looking for a team player who can work at pace, write and communicate well, and have strong organisational, project management and quality assurance abilities. You will have exceptional data analysis and visualisation skills, attention to detail and experience of using analysis software such as Excel to create meaningful and accessible insights for councils and health and social care systems. Experience of developing and using data within a complex programme is expected, along with the capability to communicate insights effectively to a range of key stakeholders.

A key requirement of this role is demonstrable knowledge of data collections relevant to integrated working across health and social care. This will include data reported by councils, NHS trusts, and independent-sector organisations. It will include data about length of stay and discharge from hospital, Better Care Fund metrics and any other data that can be used to help local health and social care systems improve how they commission and deliver integrated, effective, and sustainable health and care services.

You will understand data governance and data management challenges in and across health and care partner organisations. You will be able to apply tools and techniques for effective analysis and visualisation of the available published data on health and care integration to draw out meaningful and accessible insights for relevant national and local stakeholders. You will be responsible for designing and providing analysis and tools for local systems and national use as part of the Programme’s improvement support offers.

This role will see you supporting improvement and change in local systems by providing the critical business insight for leaders and frontline staff. For example, preparing insight reports that use data to describe the opportunities and challenges a system is facing, supporting local performance teams to access the right data through to challenging system leaders on how they use their data to drive improvement.

About the Partners in Care and Health programme (PCH)

The Local Government Association and Association of Directors of Adult Social Services are Partners in Care and Health (PCH) working with well-respected organisations. PCH helps councils to improve the way they deliver adult social care and public health services and helps Government understand the challenges faced by the sector. The programme is a trusted network for developing and sharing best practice, developing tools and techniques, providing support and building connections. It is funded by Government and offered to councils without charge.

About the Local Government Association (LGA)

We are a politically led, cross-party organisation that works on behalf of councils to ensure local government has a strong, credible voice with national government. We aim to influence and set the political agenda on the issues that matter to councils, so they are able to deliver local solutions to national problems. To find out more information about what it’s like to work at the LGA, please visit and for information on Equality and Diversity at the LGA, please visit

About ADASS

The Association of Directors of Adult Services (ADASS) exists to represent and support its membership of DASSs and their management teams. ADASS is also a charity which gives a national voice for social care. ADASS and the LGA work together as partners to lead PCH.

To apply

If you would like to be considered for the role, please complete the offline application form which includes a supporting statement detailing how you meet the criteria of the role and email this before the closing date.

We are specifically assessing candidates against the following criteria:

• Demonstrable knowledge and understanding of data collections and analysis that can be used to help local health and social care systems improve how they commission and deliver integrated, effective, and sustainable health and care services.
• Highly developed written and oral communication skills, including the ability to speak confidently in public and to present data and complex ideas in a clear and comprehensible way.
• High level analytical skills including the ability to apply tools and techniques for data analysis and visualisation, interpret evidence and identify trends.
• Experience of project management, demonstrating the ability to meet targets in respect of deadlines and resources.
• Able to work at pace, deliver under pressure, prioritising work against competing demands to meet deadlines.
• Self-motivated and self-supporting team player, willing to work flexibly to meet changing priorities.

Closing date: 19 February 2025

Interview dates: Week commencing 03 March 2025

If you would like an informal chat about any of these roles, please contact Philippa Lynch on

You must have the right to work in the UK; the LGA is unfortunately unable to offer sponsorship visas. Evidence for the right to work in the UK will be requested at the interview stage.

At the LGA we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees where everyone is treated with dignity and respect. Our recruitment decisions are based on fair, open competition, with appointment on merit. We are a Disability Confident Leader and, as such, the LGA values diversity and encourages applications from all sections of the community.

Our benefits

• LGA annual leave entitlement is 29 days, rising to 31 days after three years’ service and to 33 days after five years’ service, plus all UK public holidays (pro rata for fixed term and part time contracts).
• Flexible & agile working – office-based staff are required to work in the LGA’s London office two days per week as a minimum, subject to business need and this may vary significantly between different roles and from week to week.
• Future development – face-to-face and virtual courses are scheduled in line with developmental goals
• The LGA offers 24/7 access to a free, confidential employee assistance programme managed by Health Assured. This service is also available for Dependants.
• Family friendly policies

For more of LGA’s benefits and working with us, please view our webpage

O ur values & behaviours

Our Values and Behaviours are there to give us an understanding of who we are as an organisation and who we want to be. They are a framework to help us understand:

• how we work with each other
• how we work with our members and stakeholders
• our expectations for ourselves and each other

Our values are:

Inclusive – We ensure that our work is inclusive of all voices.

Ambitious – We are ambitious for councils and their communities and are committed to striving for excellence in all that we do to support our colleagues, our membership and the sector to deliver the best possible outcomes.

Collaborative – We bring together the expertise and skills needed, working as one team.