Grade: E scp 11 £25,979 to G (career grade) scp 27 £35,745, pay award pending
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 37 per week
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The Role
This is an exciting time to join our reshaped Business Intelligence Team, working across Children’s Services and the Adults, Communities and Integration Directorates. You will work with a portfolio of services to understand their business requirements, and to transform relevant data into intelligence using a variety of software and analytical tools. You will help provide an evidence base for decision making, monitoring, outcome measurement, projections and service improvement. Our new career grade approach will enable you to join the team according to your knowledge and experience, with a clear professional development pathway.
Apply with your CV and covering letter, please ensure your covering letter details how you meet the essential requirements of the role.
About You
You will have a passion for working with data and excellent communication skills, including the ability to prepare and present data to a range of audiences in a way that is accessible and easy to understand. You will be proactive, enthusiastic and flexible in your approach, working on your own initiative but with the support of fellow data professionals. You should have some experience of using research, statistical tools and software packages alongside your analytical skills to undertake analysis of data you will join the career grade according to the level of knowledge and experience you demonstrate. Your passion for data will inevitably bring new ideas to the team as we all learn and develop together.
About Us
This is your opportunity to join us at an exciting time as we have strong ambitions for the borough.
Bolton is a great place to work. We are a welcoming organisation that wants to contribute to a place where people feel active, connected and prosperous. We are passionate about improving the outcomes and experience of Bolton people. We want Bolton to be a vibrant place built on strong cohesive communities, successful businesses and healthy, engaged residents.
As an employer we want to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment, by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits, including discounts and exclusive gym membership prices and salary sacrifice schemes. In addition, we offer a generous annual leave allowance, flexible work opportunities, access to a Pension Scheme, as well as a range of employee wellbeing and support services.
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Within Greater Manchester, local authorities have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers, carers, and ex-military personnel. Please see greater.jobs for further information before you apply.
This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English as per the person specification.
This organisation has signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. That means we will recognise your continuous or ‘unbroken’ service in any Greater Manchester local authority or NHS organisation that has signed the commitment, Transport for Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service or Greater Manchester Combined Authority, giving you access to our service-related benefits. Please see the home page of greater.jobs for more information.
For more information about working for Bolton Council, please see greater.jobs; for advice and support with your application, contact recruitment@bolton.gov.uk
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