Senior Performance Analyst in Sheffield

Application Deadline: 9 June 2026

Department: Data and Intelligence

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Sheffield Head Office

Reporting To: Chris Blackburn

Compensation: £39,153 - £41,772 / year

Hours: 37 hours

Contract: Permanent

Salary: Grade 8 - £39,153 - £41,772

This is a hybrid role with a minimum of 3 days per week in the office.

This is a great opportunity to join the Corporate Planning and Performance team, helping to shape how SYMCA understands, tracks, and improves its performance. You will play a key role in enabling data-driven decision-making across the organisation.

Applications must be accompanied by a cover letter to detail how you meet the criteria as detailed within the role profile. Please note, all applications should be made directly via our careers portal.

We anticipate that interviews will take place on the week commencing 22 June, in-person.

As a Senior Performance Analyst, you will lead the development and maintenance of corporate performance dashboards and reporting, ensuring high-quality information is available to senior leaders and governance boards. You will design, build, and improve reporting tools and analytical processes, supporting the organisation’s outcomes framework and strengthening how performance is measured and understood. This includes coordinating data collection across teams, developing data quality controls, and ensuring reports are accurate and delivered on time. You will analyse complex data to generate meaningful insights and support strategic decision-making, while continuously identifying opportunities to enhance reporting through new tools and approaches. You will also work collaboratively with colleagues across the organisation to support effective use of performance data and build analytical capability.

You are an experienced analyst with strong technical and data skills, confident working with complex datasets to produce clear and impactful insights. You are comfortable designing and developing dashboards and reporting tools that support decision-making at a senior level. You have excellent attention to detail and are committed to ensuring data accuracy and quality. You are highly organised and able to manage multiple priorities and deadlines effectively. You are a strong communicator, able to present technical information in a clear and accessible way to a range of audiences. You enjoy working collaboratively, supporting others to understand and use data, and are proactive in identifying opportunities to improve performance reporting and analysis.

All colleagues have access to a Local Government Pension Scheme and the chance to be part of an organisation where you can really make a difference. Located in Sheffield City Centre, we are well-placed for transport links and encourage employees to take advantage of the active travel facilities. Work/life balance is extremely important to us here at SYMCA with our recognised family-friendly policies, genuine work flexibility, recognition, and shared success.

• Holiday Entitlement – From 28 to 36 days annual leave entitlement (depending on length of service) plus bank holidays. Pro-rata for part-time colleagues.
• Annual Leave Purchase Scheme – The ability to purchase up to a further 15 days per year in addition to your normal annual leave.
• Hybrid working – Our offices are a space where we come together and collaborate. Most of our roles are offered on a hybrid basis with the exception of some support roles being onsite full time. Please note, unless specified within the job advert, we cannot accommodate remote working contracts.
• Flexible Hours Scheme – Most roles within SYMCA work under the Flexi-Scheme which allows office-based employees flexibility and discretion over their working hours. Under the scheme employees can accrue a defined amount of credit or debit of working hours, and to take time-off in the form of Flexi-Leave or banked Annual Leave.
• Rewarding You - Reducing everyday expenses through discounts, benefits, financial advice, wellbeing solutions and more with Reward Gateway and Cycle-to-Work schemes.
• Training on the job - Support with upskilling skills through on-the-job training and qualifications.
• Professional Membership Fees – Where membership to Professional bodies is applicable to your role, SYMCA will reimburse your membership fees where applicable and following approval by Line Management.

Our workforce is made up of a diverse community, where we all belong and feel part of something bigger. We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief.

All employees are eligible to request Flexible Working arrangements from day one of employment as such all requests will be considered subject to operation requirements.

Where candidates share disabilities within the application process, if they demonstrate that they meet all essential criteria from the Role Profile within their application, they will automatically be invited to interview.

If you require any reasonable adjustments throughout the process, please contact recruitment@southyorkshire-ca.gov.uk or include within your application form detailing the adjustment and how it will assist in managing any barriers.