Business Intelligence Developer
JOB DESCRIPTION
Organisation: London Borough of Waltham Forest
Salary: PO6 £51,093 to £54,129
Contract Type: 12 Months Fixed Term (with potential to extend); Full-Time
Working hours per week: 36 hours per week
Application Deadline: 20th May 2024
Proposed Interview Date(s): w/c 3rd June 2024
Reference:1191
About Us:
Bursting with culture, energy, and opportunity, the London Borough of Waltham Forest is a fantastic and exciting place to work.
We are a highly ambitious borough. Driven by culture and the innate creativity of our residents, we have developed new and innovative ways to build our communities. Our Council is relentlessly resident-focused, insight-led, digitally driven and commercially minded; a Council focused on meeting the needs of our existing and future residents.
London Borough of Waltham Forest is one of the Mayor of London's Good Work Standard employers. This accreditation is a proof of our commitment to creating a healthy, fair and inclusive workplace. This includes fair pay and conditions, workplace well-being, skills and progression and diversity and recruitment.
About the role:
We are seeking a new Lead Analyst within the Data & Intelligence service to support the Council's private sector housing and property licensing (PSH&L) functions. This successful candidate will take a lead role in strengthening our use of data, data science and analytics to support our PSH&L service, which regulates conditions in the private rental sector and works with Landlords and residents on a range of housing challenges, from the Homes for Ukraine scheme to Waltham Forest's rapid Damp and Mould response.
Waltham Forest's PSH&L team has been leading local government in the use of property licensing powers to improve homes, including landmark setting national legal precedents in the effective use of enforcement mechanisms to improve poor housing conditions. We are now looking to invest in data and analytics solutions that will help us target our resources to the improve the poorest quality homes, find unlicensed properties and flex our agile 50 officer team as the changes and demands of residents living in the PRS change.
This will be a new role that will lead the design and delivery of new data analyst approaches, including strategic assessments, predictive modelling and performance analysis. This will ensure that senior leaders have access to robust and timely information to help them make decisions, target resources and manage risks. It will also ensure that residents, landlords and other stakeholders have a better insight into the impact of the PSH&L service.
>> Click here to download the Role Profile <<
Key Responsibilities:
Some of the key responsibilities for this role will be to:
Qualifications and Requirements:
We are looking for a candidate with:
Terms and conditions:
The below terms and conditions apply to this role:
Satisfactory employment references and CIFAS identity checks;
Satisfactory declaration of interest
How to Apply:
Interested candidates are invited to submit their applications online by pressing the 'Apply' button below. This includes a supporting statement that outlines to us how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
Equal Opportunity Employer:
Waltham Forest is a diverse borough where diversity is valued and is integral to both, service delivery and employment of its staff. The Council is proud of its rich mix of communities and as the largest employer in the area, it works hard to respond to the changing needs of its population. We use our statutory duties on race, gender and disability equality and best practice in respect of age, faith and sexual orientation to ensure equality of opportunity in the workplace. The Council is committed to meeting its 4 equality objectives: - Promoting equality of opportunity - Opposing all forms of discrimination, intolerance and disadvantage - Ensuring our workforce reflects the diverse communities of Waltham Forest at all levels. - Providing fair, appropriate, accessible and excellent Services to all. Respecting Diversity is a core Council value.
To support the above and reduce the risk of bias in its recruitment activities, the council is operating an anonymous shortlisting process, which hides personal information that can identify individuals until their application has been considered for shortlisting. The council also operates a scheme whereby, for jobs graded up to and including scale SO2, internal candidates are considered first. This includes those candidates who self-identify as having a disability for the purposes of the Disability Confident scheme. For more information, please refer to our recruitment and selection policy.
We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below or feel free to discuss this during your interview.
For more information on the benefits of working for the Council, please visit https://www.walthamforest.gov.uk/jobs-and-training/find-jobs-and-other-opportunities/working-us.
Contact Information:
If you have any questions about this vacancy or the application process, please contact Ed Maguire, Place Intelligence Manager at ed.maguire@walthamforest.gov.uk
If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post, please contact our Recruitment Team via email at recruitment@walthamforest.gov.uk.
The Council's preference is for online application. However, if you have a disability and are unable to complete an online application, please email recruitment@walthamforest.gov.uk so we can arrange an alternative application method.
Click here for further information on the Human Resources recruitment privacy notice.
Organisation: London Borough of Waltham Forest
Salary: PO6 £51,093 to £54,129
Contract Type: 12 Months Fixed Term (with potential to extend); Full-Time
Working hours per week: 36 hours per week
Application Deadline: 20th May 2024
Proposed Interview Date(s): w/c 3rd June 2024
Reference:1191
About Us:
Bursting with culture, energy, and opportunity, the London Borough of Waltham Forest is a fantastic and exciting place to work.
We are a highly ambitious borough. Driven by culture and the innate creativity of our residents, we have developed new and innovative ways to build our communities. Our Council is relentlessly resident-focused, insight-led, digitally driven and commercially minded; a Council focused on meeting the needs of our existing and future residents.
London Borough of Waltham Forest is one of the Mayor of London's Good Work Standard employers. This accreditation is a proof of our commitment to creating a healthy, fair and inclusive workplace. This includes fair pay and conditions, workplace well-being, skills and progression and diversity and recruitment.
About the role:
We are seeking a new Lead Analyst within the Data & Intelligence service to support the Council's private sector housing and property licensing (PSH&L) functions. This successful candidate will take a lead role in strengthening our use of data, data science and analytics to support our PSH&L service, which regulates conditions in the private rental sector and works with Landlords and residents on a range of housing challenges, from the Homes for Ukraine scheme to Waltham Forest's rapid Damp and Mould response.
Waltham Forest's PSH&L team has been leading local government in the use of property licensing powers to improve homes, including landmark setting national legal precedents in the effective use of enforcement mechanisms to improve poor housing conditions. We are now looking to invest in data and analytics solutions that will help us target our resources to the improve the poorest quality homes, find unlicensed properties and flex our agile 50 officer team as the changes and demands of residents living in the PRS change.
This will be a new role that will lead the design and delivery of new data analyst approaches, including strategic assessments, predictive modelling and performance analysis. This will ensure that senior leaders have access to robust and timely information to help them make decisions, target resources and manage risks. It will also ensure that residents, landlords and other stakeholders have a better insight into the impact of the PSH&L service.
>> Click here to download the Role Profile <<
Key Responsibilities:
Some of the key responsibilities for this role will be to:
- Lead the Property Licensing Intelligence function, building relationships with service managers to embed new ways of working and insights in everyday processes.
- Ensure that the team have appropriate and effective access to data to use in new analytics products, working with existing data sets in MetaStreet and PowerBI, as well as future new systems that are implemented.
- Lead the use of data science techniques to design and deliver solutions which help to address identified priorities.
- Anticipate user needs and translate these into projects to deliver high-value data and analytics solutions.
- Ensure strong and collaborative relationships with senior stakeholder, partners and colleagues in order to deliver on our objectives.
Qualifications and Requirements:
We are looking for a candidate with:
- Strong experience of analysing qualitative and quantitative data to deliver strategic and tactical analytics solutions.
- Technical expertise in a range of business intelligence and analytics tools, such as Power BI, R, SQL and GIS.
- Excellent communication skills and experience of presenting analysis to senior leaders to inform decision-making and prioritisation.
- Tenacity and ambition to drive innovation and improvement in the use of data.
- Ability to influence and collaborate with senior leaders and stakeholders across the organisation and in partner agencies.
Terms and conditions:
The below terms and conditions apply to this role:
Satisfactory employment references and CIFAS identity checks;
Satisfactory declaration of interest
How to Apply:
Interested candidates are invited to submit their applications online by pressing the 'Apply' button below. This includes a supporting statement that outlines to us how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
Equal Opportunity Employer:
Waltham Forest is a diverse borough where diversity is valued and is integral to both, service delivery and employment of its staff. The Council is proud of its rich mix of communities and as the largest employer in the area, it works hard to respond to the changing needs of its population. We use our statutory duties on race, gender and disability equality and best practice in respect of age, faith and sexual orientation to ensure equality of opportunity in the workplace. The Council is committed to meeting its 4 equality objectives: - Promoting equality of opportunity - Opposing all forms of discrimination, intolerance and disadvantage - Ensuring our workforce reflects the diverse communities of Waltham Forest at all levels. - Providing fair, appropriate, accessible and excellent Services to all. Respecting Diversity is a core Council value.
To support the above and reduce the risk of bias in its recruitment activities, the council is operating an anonymous shortlisting process, which hides personal information that can identify individuals until their application has been considered for shortlisting. The council also operates a scheme whereby, for jobs graded up to and including scale SO2, internal candidates are considered first. This includes those candidates who self-identify as having a disability for the purposes of the Disability Confident scheme. For more information, please refer to our recruitment and selection policy.
We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below or feel free to discuss this during your interview.
For more information on the benefits of working for the Council, please visit https://www.walthamforest.gov.uk/jobs-and-training/find-jobs-and-other-opportunities/working-us.
Contact Information:
If you have any questions about this vacancy or the application process, please contact Ed Maguire, Place Intelligence Manager at ed.maguire@walthamforest.gov.uk
If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post, please contact our Recruitment Team via email at recruitment@walthamforest.gov.uk.
The Council's preference is for online application. However, if you have a disability and are unable to complete an online application, please email recruitment@walthamforest.gov.uk so we can arrange an alternative application method.
Click here for further information on the Human Resources recruitment privacy notice.
Equal Opportunities
Waltham Forest is a diverse borough where diversity is valued and is integral to both, service delivery and employment of its staff. The Council is proud of its rich mix of communities and as the largest employer in the area, it works hard to respond to the changing needs of its population. We use our statutory duties on race, gender and disability equality and best practice in respect of age, faith and sexual orientation to ensure equality of opportunity in the workplace. The Council is committed to meeting its 4 equality objectives: - Promoting equality of opportunity - Opposing all forms of discrimination, intolerance and disadvantage - Ensuring our workforce reflects the diverse communities of Waltham Forest at all levels. - Providing fair, appropriate, accessible and excellent Services to all. Respecting Diversity is a core Council value. To support the above and reduce the risk of bias in its recruitment activities, the council is operating an anonymous shortlisting process, which hides personal information that can identify individuals until their application has been considered for shortlisting. The council also operates a scheme whereby, for jobs graded up to and including scale SO2, internal candidates are considered first. This includes those candidates who self-identify as having a disability for the purposes of the Disability Confident scheme. For more information, please refer to our recruitment and selection policy