Hybrid with 1 day per week on-site in Greater Manchester
Join a high-performing team within the Children & Young People’s Directorate, where data and intelligence are central to shaping strategic decision-making, service delivery, and organisational priorities. As a Senior Intelligence Analyst, you will play a pivotal role in transforming complex data into actionable insight, influencing policy, strategy, and operational improvement across Children’s Services.
Working closely with senior stakeholders, you will act as a trusted advisor, ensuring that intelligence and evidence underpin key decisions and drive better outcomes for children and families.
Key Responsibilities
Lead the analysis and interpretation of complex datasets, providing high-quality insight to inform strategic decision-making, identify emerging trends, and highlight areas of risk and opportunity across Children’s Services.
Design and deliver advanced reporting outputs, including dashboards, forecasts, briefings, and presentations, tailored to a wide range of stakeholders, from operational teams to senior leadership.
Champion data-driven decision-making, developing tools, frameworks, and guidance that embed evidence-based practice across the organisation.
Oversee the effective use of Business Intelligence systems, ensuring data is accurately captured, validated, analysed, and presented to a high standard, supporting key performance and statutory reporting requirements.
Build and maintain strong stakeholder relationships, acting as a key point of expertise and providing strategic advice on data, intelligence, and insight to both internal teams and external partners.
Ensure compliance with statutory data returns and regulatory requirements, providing robust, audit-ready evidence to support inspections, peer reviews, and external scrutiny.
Support continuous service improvement, proactively identifying opportunities to enhance data quality, reporting processes, and analytical capabilities across the Directorate.
Required Skills & Qualifications:
Proven experience in data analysis, with the ability to interpret and derive meaningful insights from children’s or adult social care datasets to support decision-making and service improvement.
Practical experience with social care case management systems, ideally Mosaic; experience with Liquidlogic (LCS/EHM) or CareFirst will also be considered.
Advanced analytical and technical skills, including proficiency in SQL and Excel, alongside experience using data visualisation tools (e.g. Power BI, Tableau) and/or GIS systems to present complex data clearly.
Strong stakeholder engagement skills, with a demonstrable ability to build effective working relationships across all organisational levels and communicate insights through a variety of formats (reports, dashboards, briefings, presentations).
Sound knowledge of statutory reporting requirements and data collections, with an understanding of key policy areas impacting Children’s Services and wider local government.
Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to translate complex data into clear, concise, and actionable insights for both technical and non-technical audiences.