Senior Data Analyst

Company: Bristol City Council
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Location: Bristol
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Job descriptionFull Time, PermanentAs part of Bristol City Council’s continued drive towards innovation in service delivery, we require a talented Senior Data Analyst to deliver pioneering business intelligence for a number of council services through central Data and Insight(D&I) team.

To design, model and deliver analytics and insight that will shape the future direction of the organisation and city. To ensure the leadership of the organisation can draw insights from data products to make evidence-based decisions impacting on the mayoral and corporate priorities.

In this role you will work within the D&I team to gather and assess data related business requirements. To engage with council services throughout the subsequent development process to ensure products meet customer need, are readily used, easily understood with intuitive navigation. This will extend to assisting with statutory data returns to central Government and other agencies. To contribute to the design and improvement of collection and reporting methods to efficiently deliver data products to drive service improvements.

You will support performance improvement in services covered by your hub, providing appropriate information/analysis products. To continually innovate and improve data practices with respect to data governance, new data sources, analysis techniques and report delivery.

The role will support the development of the team’s reporting capabilities utilising software packages such as the Microsoft Stack of products (SQL Server, SSMS, SSIS & SSRS), Power BI, Azure and Microsoft Office products. Knowledge of these software packages would be advantageous but not essential, knowledge of other data visualisation tools will also be considered.

There is potential to collate information across a wide range of partner agencies and deliver business intelligence outputs such as risk modelling, targeted analytics, pioneering new reporting tools and techniques, and the delivery of front-end reporting tools.

  • Ensure the information and reporting needs of operational managers are met for partner agencies and contribute to the Insight Bristol requirements around data extracts, transformation, and report delivery.
  • Manage and develop the technical skills of a hub of analysts
  • Lead a hub of Data Analysts providing analytics for services across the council, supporting the work of Think Family Database
  • Contribute to the design and improvement of collection and reporting methods, to efficiently deliver information products to drive service improvements.
  • Deliver products which are consistently developed to agreed standards across different services area and audiences, including:
  • Gathering and standardising information.
  • Interpreting and analysing data.
  • Submitting information to Government agencies.
  • Investigate and report on data quality.
  • Analyse intelligence and give advice on strategic and operational matters.
  • Produce graphs, charts, and other visual representations of intelligence.
  • Delivery methods and tools, including targeted risk modelling.
  • Ensure that information, insight, and reporting is understood, meets the needs of allocated service areas, and evolves to meet decisions about future policies and service configurations.
  • To continually innovate and improve data practices with respect to data sharing, new data sources, analysis techniques, and report delivery mechanisms.
  • Specialise in building relationships with services across the council, along with setting expectations and workload priorities for the hub of Data Analysts.

You will have strong IT skills and have experience of handling and analysing data, working with databases, and presenting information in appropriate formats to a wide audience of internal colleagues; and will use your experience of stakeholder engagement to encourage collaboration, be curious about problem solving, and maintain a resolute attitude towards improving existing processes. Previous experience of Local Authority or partner agency processes would be advantageous but is not essential.

Join us and you will receive a generous rewards package including flexible working and flexi-time, membership of the Local Government Pension scheme, and a generous annual leave allowance. In addition, you will be working in a supportive environment where you will have the chance to make Bristol a better place and contribute to its future.

We are a Disability Confident employer which means we value recruiting and retaining disabled people. Any job applicants who consider themselves to be disabled and meet the essential criteria in the Person Specification are guaranteed an interview. We’ll make reasonable adjustments throughout the interview process and provide continued workplace support throughout your career.

Bristol City Council strives to have a workforce that reflects the communities it serves, we are therefore committed to ensuring diversity in our hiring process. We welcome, develop and promote people from all sections of the community. We particularly welcome applications from Black and racially minoritised candidates who are currently under-represented within this Service of Bristol City Council. Appointments will be made on merit.

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Posted: April 21st, 2026