Senior Performance Analyst SEND

Description

We are recruiting a Senior Performance Analyst to manage the data collection storage and analysis of intelligence about Children with Special Educational Needs. This will be an exciting opportunity to lead our integration of this data and migration to new data capture software. You will work across teams of other professionals assessing and reviewing the children's needs and ensuring we have accurate information about the resources used to support our SEND children's Education.

Responsibility

To take the lead on performance, review and improve the delivery of projects within the Children and Families Division, providing the intelligence and analysis that challenges and supports services to improve outcomes.

Qualification – Essential

• GCSE Grade A-C (or equivalent) in English Language and Mathematics.
• Degree level or equivalent, e.g. NVQ level 4 &/or relevant experience
• Business Objects Infoview & Web Intelligence, GIS, Capita, DFE COLLECT portal, Synergy, Crystal reports (SQL), BI tools (preferably PowerBI)
• Advanced –Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, Outlook, social media and CRM.

Qualifications, Knowledge & Experience Requirements - Criteria-to be Tested at Shortlisting.

• Experience in performance management, analysis, data cleanliness and quality assurance.
•  Significant experience in applying a broad range of communication skills and techniques to convey information that is often technically difficult and complex. This must include reports, statistical data, face-to-face contact, presentations and e-mails.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to build purposeful relationships across services and support staff by using and maintaining the integrity of the data.
• Have strong experience with the SEN2 statutory data collection.
• Have confidence in questioning the quality and timeliness of data/intelligence and the evidence to drive sustainable improvement.
• Enhanced ability to deliver performance information, high-quality intelligence and analysis products which support service improvement.
• Experience using various software and systems relevant to children's services supporting data extraction, manipulation, analysis, presentation and submission.
• Extensive experience in IT systems/database setup to migrate data and set out data processes, as well as training for business processes and statutory returns around SEND information.
• Expert knowledge of reporting tools and visualisation software to extract and manipulate data and make data accessible to use.
• A passion for data with expert communication skills to translate data to insight for operational and leadership audiences at all levels.
• Strong self-motivation and innovation to identify and provide solutions for issues with managing and reporting on these data.
• Ability to analyse data using statistical techniques to support evidence-based decision-making for commissioning, service design and strategy development.
• Ability to produce information for external regulators, including inspections.
• Advanced analytical and numerical skills and a demonstrable ability to work with complex datasets.

Essential Compliance Requirements

• 2 Years of Reference.
• Enhanced DBS
• A pre-engagement screening is mandatory for this role. Please be prepared for this additional step in the application process.

Diamond Blaque Group- A leading public sector provider, is acting as an employment agency for this vacancy.

Our organisation is deeply committed to fostering an environment of equal opportunity and diversity in the workplace.