Analyst - Children's Social Care in Sheffield

We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic, skilled, highly motivated and reliable individual to join the Performance and Analysis Service (PAS) in Sheffield City Council. As an Analyst, you will need to have:

• An interest and enthusiasm for improving outcomes for children in Sheffield;
• Good communication skills;
• Strong IT and analytical skills - including an understanding of how information flows through databases and how to extract data and create automated reports;
• An ability to translate customer requirements into workable reporting tools;
• A basic understanding of the benefits/limitations of data and statistical analysis;
• An ability to analyse, interpret and present data;
• A flare for creativity and problem solving;
• An ability to work independently;
• Knowledge or experience of working with children's services data is desirable but not essential.

Location: hybrid working - 40% office-based in Sheffield, currently in Howden House.

The post will primarily be supporting teams and managers within the Children & Families Service through the provision of performance and management information relating to social care. You will be providing support on the completion of statutory returns, including the Children In Need (CIN) Census; Children Looked After (SSDA903) Return; Adoption Leadership Board quarterly returns; and Social Work Workforce Census, helping to ensure they are completed on behalf of the Children and Families Service in an accurate and timely fashion.

You will be involved in the development of new reports, which will enable managers delivering Social Care services to monitor performance using KPIs within the Social Care outcomes frameworks via Power BI. This post will require a high level of analytical skills and an ability to present and communicate complex information to a variety of different audiences.

This is an exciting opportunity to make a lasting positive impact on the lives of children in Sheffield. As an Analyst in PAS, you will be part of an experienced, supportive team that works together to provide high quality data and analysis services to our clients. PAS works closely in partnership with different service teams in children's services, with ICT and corporate teams in SCC, as well as with external bodies such as schools and Health services.

We are investing in our workforce and are promoting opportunities to our under-represented groups. We value equality, diversity and inclusion and are focused on increasing the diversity of our workforce, particularly the number of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Disabled and LGBTQ+ people, so that our teams reflect the communities in the city we serve. We are also supporting staff with unpaid caring responsibilities to work flexibly. It is a great time to join us and we welcome your application.

Under the Disability Confident Scheme, disabled applicants, who meet the essential criteria of this job, are guaranteed an interview. Full-time employees work 37 hours for 52 weeks of the year and we offer a generous holiday entitlement. We are open to discussions about a wide range of flexible working opportunities which benefit you and the Council, including reduced hour contracts, working part time or as a job share. If you are appointed to this role, your starting salary will be at the bottom of the grade. If you provide payslip evidence that your basic pay is greater than the bottom of the grade, we will consider starting you at the point of minimum advantage within the grade.