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Southend-on-Sea City Council is a Unitary local authority, providing vital services to meet the needs of the local community. We work alongside our partners and local communities to deliver the Southend 2050 ambition and make lives better for the people of Southend. Southend itself is a vibrant place to live and work, offering coastal living alongside excellent and fast transport links into London.
Working for Southend-on-Sea City Council offers a challenging and rewarding career in local government within a collaborative and innovative environment. As a Unitary Authority we are responsible for all local government functions ranging from regulatory services, transport, public health and parks through to planning, social services, community safety and education, so we offer a wide range of career opportunities. The diversity of our economy and communities and investment in a number of exciting regeneration projects makes our Council a great place to work, learn and make a difference.
Your new role
Southend-on-Sea City Council are delighted to be recruiting for a Data Analyst to join their Finance Team on a full time and 12 months fixed term contract. In this role, you will be working in a friendly and innovative team, the role offers flexible work patterns and fantastic training opportunities in other programming tools.
As a Data Analyst, you will focus on building new and current performance reports in power bi. You will deliver reproducible analytics primarily using SQL and SSRS. You will conduct statistical analysis that drives performance, value for money and outcomes for our citizens including econometrics. You will work to support and develop the team’s self-service data access vision.
You will ensure that data is used ethically and within the appropriate legislative frameworks. You will work to improve data quality and find innovative solutions to achieve this. This role operates across a number of critical areas of the council, but it will have a primary focus on Social Care Finance.
This post will be predominantly working from home.
What you'll need to succeed
To be successful in this role, you need to be proficient in the use of SQL for extracting data and visualising it via SSRS. Experience in using SSIS for data integration and/or Power BI for data visualisation would also be essential. Previous experience of working in a similar role in a local authority will be highly advantageous but not essential. The motivation and capacity to gain data science skills with the support of the wider team is critical to ensuring your success in this post. This role will be ideal for an individual with a “can do” attitude who supports others and shows clear personal values in line with those of the organisation. You need to be able to work effectively with individuals, teams, clients, customers and staff.
This role will suit a data scientist or an experienced data analyst. A background in Mathematics / Statistics / Engineering or Science will be highly advantageous.
New graduates with any of the above degrees will be considered for this role.
Your application will not be considered if you do not have SQL and power bi experience.
What you'll get in return
If you join the Council, you will enjoy a range of benefits including flexible working (with a blended approach to office and home working), salary sacrifice schemes, 25 days holiday in a full-time contract (excluding bank holidays) and excellent training and development opportunities. A full list of benefits provided by Southend-on-Sea City Council can be found on the Jobs at the council web page under the "Why Work for us Tab".
