Graduate Performance & Intelligence Officer

Knowsley Council is an award-winning Local Authority, named Local Authority of the Year in the Municipal Journal Awards 2024. Come join us and be part of our success.

Are you a graduate looking to start a career in Local Government? If so, we have a fantastic opportunity for you at Knowsley Council to join our Performance and Business Intelligence Team.

Knowsley has a well-established integrated Performance and Business Intelligence team which spans multiple services including Education and Social Care.

Working to support Children’s services, this post offers you the opportunity to use and develop further your analytical skills. The successful candidate will design, develop and implement management information solutions. Utilising reporting tools including Structured Query Language (SQL) and Power BI, the post holder will develop dashboards essential to an effective performance management framework, ensuring that key staff and senior managers have the information they need to drive forward service improvement. 

This is a pivotal role in which you will be at the forefront of developing and embedding the following: 

• ​An effective, intelligence driven function that supports the ongoing improvement and transformation in Knowsley.  

• ​Developing new and innovative business intelligence solutions utilising multiple data sources.  

• ​Working closely with managers across Children’s Services, providing support and challenge to drive forward service improvements and delivery of key priorities. 

This is an exciting vacancy, working for Knowsley Council, 2024 Local Authority of the Year in The Municipal Journal’s coveted annual awards. So, if you feel you have the experience and passion to take on this role we would like to hear from you. 

 

At Knowsley Council we will consider requests for flexible working.  For most roles, the following types of flexibility are usually possible: flexible hours, working from home, compressed hours, part-time.

We promote applications from all sections of the community, regardless of background, belief, or identity, recognising the value that diversity brings to our organisation. We particularly welcome applications from individuals from Black and Minority Ethnic backgrounds and candidates with disabilities as we acknowledge their underrepresentation in our workforce.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the specified date should we receive sufficient applicants.

At Knowsley we value our applicants and want them to feel well-informed and welcomed. If you have any questions about this specific job role or what it is like to work at Knowsley, please contact: (below)

John Johnson - john.johnson@knowsley.gov.uk

Liam Griffiths - liam.griffiths@knowsley.gov.uk

 

If you are interested in this vacancy, please upload your CV along with a supporting statement as one document in PDF or Word format. Your CV and supporting statement should be tailored to reflect the competencies within the person specification.

Please note if a CV and supporting statement does not reflect the person specification it is unlikely to be shortlisted.