Business Insights Analyst

Business Insights Analyst (5 posts) – Ref: SS00723
Salary: G7 (£29,439 - £33,820 per annum)
Contract: Permanent

Hello, is it you we’re looking for?

Don’t miss this brilliant and exciting opportunity to join our brand-new, talented and friendly Business Insights team that provides a critical function for Walsall Council.

Your enthusiasm for an intelligence-led approach will ensure that we can make evidence-based decisions and can understand what we are doing well and, where we can do better, through analysis, interpretation and innovative reporting.

We deliver insight to operational and strategic colleagues – working with them to understand what they need to know, what questions they have and providing the answers to help them make good decisions.

Our workload is extremely varied – ranging from the development of reporting and monitoring products, research and evaluation projects, influencing policy and strategy and partnership direction to technical research & troubleshooting, data handling and systems development. This keeps it exciting and means there will always be plenty of opportunities to develop and broaden your skills. Training will be provided where necessary and proactive learning and development are positively encouraged! We are absolutely committed to your professional development.

The culture in our team is really important to us. We support and encourage each other to succeed, drive our team forwards and always encourage new ideas. We want people on our team who have the technical skills, but also the ability to engage and build relationships with our wider colleagues, and really turn our data into insights that benefit the residents of Walsall.

So, if you’re someone who is prepared to support our great team ethos and do a good job, who approaches everything with passion and purpose, then we want you on our team!

Recruitment process

Following shortlisting, the selection process will comprise of a test linked to the skills and abilities key to the role and an interview.

Closing date for applications: Monday 29th May 2023

Date of inter

This post is covered by the Government’s Code of Practice on the English Language Fluency Duty for public sector workers. The postholder will be required to communicate verbally with customers and provide advice and/or information in accurate spoken English.

Legislation imposes restrictions on political activity for certain local government employees. This position is designated as a politically restricted (sensitive) post as set out in Part 1 the Local Government & Housing Act 1989 and the Local Government (Political Restrictions) Regulations 1990 (LGO(PR)R 1990) [SI 851] and S.30 of the Local Democracy Economic Development and Construction Act 2009.

Benefits of Working for Us

These are the benefits we offer including agile working, enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS), a valuable part of the pay and reward package for employees working in local government, and a generous annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays and an additional day at Christmas.