Cedar is currently recruiting for an Intelligence and Performance Officer to join a local authority based in the North West. The post holder will collaborate with the performance team and senior officers to identify performance issues across the children's services division.

Daily Rate: £320 - £400 per day Inside IR35

Hybrid: 2-3 days in office

Location: North West England

Duration: Interim

Responsibilities

• Lead on intelligence initiatives, scope, produce reports and create technical specification logs.
• Support compliance with national, regional and local policy developments by interpreting legislation and developing performance activity.
• Drive and develop an intelligence lead approach on the delivery and commissioning of services.
• Deliver against reporting requirements.
• Use data and analytics to support the delivery of the Councils improvement plan and SEND self-evaluation.
• Develop software solutions in Power BI and create reports in SQL with IT colleagues and service leads.
• Collaborate with the IT team on the development of data warehouse solution and data analytics to drive improvement and understanding of key issues across the organisation.
• Complete research and analysis and prepare briefing notes.
• Work independently as a self-starter to efficiently deliver and develop work programmes whilst prioritising tasks and delivering on key objectives.

Requirements

• Previously experience working in a similar role in a local authority
• Intermediate / expert on the following software/systems:

• Microsoft Office
• SQL Server/Oracle
• Power BI/SSRS
• Data Architecture and Warehouse Solutions