Business Intelligence Business Partner

Overview

Are you a passionate and committed leader who recognises the power of data? Buckinghamshire Council is seeking a motivated, enthusiastic, and experienced leader to join our Business Intelligence (BI) team. This crucial role is focussed on supporting the Planning, Growth & Sustainability (PGS) and Communities Directorates to be evidence-led and performance-focussed by leading a team of BI professionals to deliver high quality business intelligence products.

This exciting and varied role is available as a permanent position in our centralised Business Intelligence team.

Salary Range (based on full time hours): Annual salary up to £76,581

About us

Buckinghamshire Council is a relatively new organisation that combines the strengths and expertise of the previous five councils in the county to create positive change for local people, communities, and businesses. We are firmly focused on the future and have made a clear commitment to serve residents better and to provide stronger representation for Buckinghamshire, both locally and nationally. 

The BI team are a highly collaborative and supportive function, striving for excellence in our field and focusing on improving services, and outcomes for our residents.

This role provides an excellent opportunity to join a well-respected and nationally recognised, high-performing team within the Council, where you have the chance to help shape Buckinghamshire for years to come.

About the role

As a Business Intelligence Business Partner, you will lead the delivery of our comprehensive business intelligence work plan, ensuring high performance and innovative solutions. You will lead and inspire your team to undertake continued professional development and develop innovative solutions to make best use of our data. You will be responsible for developing and maintaining pipelines of business intelligence work, delivering strategic reporting, and driving continuous improvement initiatives.

You will take a lead role, working with senior managers in the PGS and Communities services, to deliver a focussed BI work programme which benefits the PGS and Communities Directorates, the wider Council, and Buckinghamshire residents. You will lead a team of BI professionals to deliver on BI priorities, ensuring the insight and analysis conducted is used to drive business improvement, behaviour change, and innovation in service delivery.

You will pro-actively and continuously develop your professional knowledge, skills and behaviours, and act as a role model for members of your team and the wider BI function. You will be an experienced leader who can foster a positive and enabling culture around learning and development and ensure relevant opportunities are made available to your team.

Any-Desk:

As an ‘any-desk’ worker, you’ll need to be connected to our network to access digital folders and resources, but this can either be from home or an office location when required. You will be required to work from the office a couple of times a week, depending on your role and team requirements.

About you

We are looking for a highly motivated individual with proven leadership abilities, substantial experience in service planning and delivery, and a good knowledge of data analysis, data reporting tools, and statistical techniques. You should be educated to degree level or equivalent and possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

You will have:

• Proven leadership ability, with evidence of developing a multi - disciplinary team approach, managing staff, inspiring confidence, encouraging, motivating and influencing others
• Significant experience of leading and sustaining partnerships both internally and externally
• Authority and credibility to work effectively in a political environment, establish positive and productive relationships with stakeholders, and engage successfully with colleagues, partners and customers
• Excellent interpersonal and communication and presentation skills, with proven ability to communicate effectively and persuasively to a wide range of audiences both horizontally and vertically throughout the organisation
• An excellent understanding of the role business intelligence plays in improving outcomes and why good data management and access is vital for the organisation
• Proven ability to think innovatively and conceptually and deliver against this

Evidence of enthusiasm, drive, commitment and energy demonstrated in achieving goals

Other information

Salary Range (based on full time hours): Annual salary up to £76,581

Closing Time & Date: 27 November 2024 11:59pm

Shortlisting date: 29 November 2024

Interview date: w/c 2 December

For more details please contact: Matt Everitt, Service Director BI & CS - 01494 475038 or Nadia Al-Sabouni, BI Business Partner - 01296 382620

This post is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:

• All unspent cautions and/or unspent convictions

For further information on how long it takes for cautions and convictions cautions to become spent, please refer to our guide on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (updated 2023) | Nacro

We reserve the right to close the vacancy once we have received sufficient applications, so please be advised to submit your application as early as possible.

Our values and culture

We have a set of values, which our employees have chosen, that represent what we are – Proud, Ambitious, Collaborative and Trustworthy.

By joining Buckinghamshire Council, you can expect:

a fair and inclusive culture

• the chance to really make a difference to those around you
• health and well-being initiatives including an Employee Assistance Programme, Mental Health First Aiders and mindfulness workshops
• a unified voice through our Employee Representative Group
• ongoing support, and the opportunity to develop and progress in your career with us
• opportunities to take part in fun activities such as fundraising and social events

At Buckinghamshire Council, we know that our biggest strength comes from the people that work for us, and that’s why we’re working hard to ensure we continue to be an accessible and inclusive organisation.

From dedicated staff networks overseen by our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Steering Group, to proudly standing as a Disability Confident employer, it’s important to us that all our colleagues feel engaged, listened to, and valued. Our offer of flexible working empowers a productive and happy workforce and allows employees to combine work with other responsibilities and commitments.

We believe our workforce should reflect the diverse communities we service in Buckinghamshire, and are looking for like-minded individuals to join us in promoting equality, fairness, and inclusion for everyone.

 

About the Business Unit

The Deputy Chief Executive directorate is central to Buckinghamshire Council’s journey to establish itself as one of the best councils in the country. With a clear focus on service improvement through transformation and a drive to build better relationships with the local community, the directorate is fast-paced; but extremely rewarding. Our teams are not only proactively delivering on projects and plans but also reacting to developing situations. If you are ambitious, innovative, and would relish the opportunity to influence change - a role within our service area could be your next career move.

The team includes exciting areas of work, including a brand new localities model – delivering 16 community boards across the county to make it easy for our residents to engage with us as we work together to plan for the future. Other teams include our Policy and Communications and Legal and Democratic Services teams – innovating the way we communicate with our colleagues, Members and the local community, and role-modelling best practice through policy, planning and legal services. If you think you can help us achieve our goals, and want to be a part of this exciting journey, we would love to hear from you!

We recognise and reward you

Hard work and success deserves recognition. That’s why we pride ourselves on the benefits we give our people. We actively encourage a good work-life balance and promote flexible and agile working arrangements. We provide discounts on various Cafés, restaurants, shops and auto enrolment onto our generous Pension Scheme. We also offer a salary sacrifice personal car lease scheme to those who are eligible and have passed their probation period. In addition to the opportunity to gain membership to Costco, we have discounted gym memberships, travel discounts with Arriva and much more.

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