# Data Analyst - Intelligence and Improvement

**Company**: Achieving for Children
**Location**: London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: entry
**Job type**: Full time
**Salary**: GBP 41,133 - 43,680 per year
**Category**: Data Science
**Industry**: Other

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## Description

Achieving for Children's Business Services Directorate is seeking a highly motivated and enthusiastic Data Analyst to join our Intelligence and Improvement Team. This role supports Kingston and Richmond services, specifically social care, education, and health services for children and young people.

The successful candidate will primarily deliver information and intelligence on service performance and effectiveness through the collection, validation, analysis, interpretation, and dissemination of data. You will work collaboratively with Performance Leads to support intelligence and improvement projects, provide crucial data support, and assist with analytical tasks.

Key responsibilities include:

- Supporting service managers in establishing and maintaining performance management systems

- Contributing to statutory returns and internal performance frameworks

- Ensuring data quality and timely reporting to support the organisation's commissioning programme and strategic initiatives

The ideal candidate will have:

- Education to degree level or equivalent (desirable)

- Maths and English GCSE or equivalent

- Knowledge of children's services data recording and statutory reporting frameworks (desirable)

- Proficiency in social care and/or education management systems (Liquid Logic preferred)

- Advanced Microsoft Excel proficiency

- Experience in building reports and data visualization (e.g., Business Objects, SQL, Power Query, Python, Power BI)

- Strong relationship-building skills for collaborative reporting

- Ability to contribute to strategic thinking, problem-solving, and service improvement

- Ability to work effectively in a team and independently

- Strong attention to detail and problem resolution skills

- Desire to develop technical data skills and analytical capabilities

- High level of numeracy and accuracy

We offer a range of benefits, including:

- 29 days annual leave, increasing to 33 days after 2 years and 35 days after 4 years with an additional day off in your birthday month

- Tailored induction sessions

- Local Government salary and pension scheme (LGPS or Teachers Pension)

- Flexible working options

- Comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme

- Range of staff benefits and discounts

- Excellent learning and development offer to support your career pathway

## Skills

### Required
- Microsoft Excel
- data analysis
- data visualization
- report building
- SQL
- Power Query
- Python
- Power BI
- Liquid Logic

### Nice to have
- knowledge of children's services data recording and statutory reporting frameworks

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