Analyst – Sunley House, Papworth Everard, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
Our Benefits
We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension and mileage
- A comprehensive wellbeing package to cover all aspects of wellbeing, both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family
- Buy up to 4 weeks additional annual leave (pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme
- Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances
- Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings
- Access to development opportunities, apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth
- Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day
- Access to Peer Support Groups through our IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network
- Opportunities to nominate and receive Employee Recognition Awards
- An Our Cambs Rewards account, giving you access to in-store and online discounts as well as our Car Lease and Cycle to Work schemes
Take a look at our Employment Benefits Brochure attached to this advert to find out more.
About the role
We are looking to recruit an Analyst to join the Corporate Insight team within the Policy, Performance and Intelligence service to help deliver high-quality analysis, research and intelligence that supports decision-making across Cambridgeshire County Council.
The team provides specialist analytical support across a range of corporate functions, with particular responsibility for workforce insight, customer feedback reporting, consultation and engagement analysis, and the management of strategic intelligence resources. We work with services across the Council to help them better understand the needs, experiences and outcomes of residents, customers and employees.
The successful candidate will play an important role in transforming data into meaningful insight, helping colleagues use evidence to improve services and inform policy and strategy development. The role also supports the ongoing development and management of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Insight platform and the use of key corporate datasets, including ACORN segmentation data.
We are a family-friendly employer and will be happy to negotiate on working arrangements to achieve a good work / life balance. The role is available on a permanent basis with the option of flexibility on working hours.
Please refer to the person specification when completing your supporting statement, as applications will be shortlisted against the required experience, knowledge, and skills of the role.
For more information or an informal discussion, please contactJack Ossel, Performance & Intelligence Manager (Corporate Insight) Jack.Ossel@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
Please note: The application period for this role closes on 29thAugust 2026. Shortlisted candidates will be sent a timed analysis test to be carried out on the 3rdSeptember. The test will require the use of excel or similar package. For those that are successful we expect the interviews to take place weekcommencing7th September.
About you
Can you help data make a difference?
Are you ambitious, innovative, good with data and passionate with an enthusiasm for supporting evidence led decision making? If so, we may have the roleyouvebeen searching for!
We are looking for an individual with strong analytical skills, who has a sound understanding of a range of data sources and can practically apply those skills to embed new data solutions. You will have experience of analysing a range of data and producing outputs for wider use, , as well as excellent organisational skills.
Good communicationskills, both oral and written, are essential for this role, as the post holder willbe requiredto present complex and sometimes technical information inappropriate formsfor a wide range of internal and external audiences.
You will have relevant previous experience in a similar field. High level of competence with Power BI, data analysis, and specialist data analytical software are also desirable. The successful applicant will be well supported to further develop their subject knowledge and technical skillset.
About usCambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we believe benefits our employees, the organisation and our communities.https://youtu.be/DDE1nplZttYVisit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-careers…