Evidence & Insight Lead

About this job

Barking and Dagenham's Community Safety & Regulatory Services Division has recently undergone a major reorganisation which has seen significant growth in the service.

To shape the future effectively, we need someone who can turn complex data into clear direction, challenge assumptions, and drive evidence‑based decision‑making across the division. We’re looking for an Evidence & Insight Lead who can bring authority, curiosity, and strategic thinking to a very important function in the council.

What you’ll lead:

• Intelligence Analysis — Setting the approach for data, intelligence, and evidence use across community safety and regulatory services.
• Performance analysis — Ensuring services understand what works, what doesn’t, and where to improve.
• Research and evaluation — Designing and overseeing research that informs policy and investment.
• Intelligence Profiles — Translating complex information into clear, compelling insight for senior leaders and Cabinet.
• Cross‑council collaboration — Working with directorates, service leads, and partners to embed evidence in everything we do.

What you’ll deliver:

• High‑impact analytical reports that help shape shape policy, strategy, and budget decisions.
• Robust evaluation frameworks for initiatives across community safety and regulatory services.
• Clear performance dashboards that help leaders understand trends and act quickly.
• Forward‑looking analysis that anticipates risks, opportunities, and emerging issues.

Special requirements for this post

Enhanced DBS check required

About you

The successful candidate will have experience of leading a team of intelligence and analytical officers, dealing with complex information and producing insightful documents to a varied audience including senior management.

They will have excellent analytical and problem solving skills, with strong written, verbal and presentation skills and a proven ability to deliver to strict deadlines, managing conflicting priorities.

They will have a positive attitude to diversity, incorporating commitment to equality in relationships and work tasks.

About us

Barking & Dagenham is changing. It Starts Here.

Think you know Barking and Dagenham? Think again. While this small corner of east London might have a reputation for needing development, scratch beneath the surface and you’ll find active communities and a place that consistently punches above its weight. The borough is changing – and changing for the better. And It Starts Here.

Yes, the borough has its challenges. But it’s on the cusp of something exciting. With one of the youngest populations in the country, ambitions are high and rightly so. 98% of our schools are rated Good or Outstanding and every year more of our talented teenagers get into Russell Group Universities and hotly sought after apprenticeship schemes.

We have award winning parks, centuries old manor houses full of relics and artifacts you can go and see, and the ruins of one of Anglo-Saxon England's most powerful and wealthiest religious sites. We’re even bringing beavers and white storks to the borough to help rewild the local landscape and boost biodiversity.

Over the past few years, we’ve been working hard to improve how we deliver services and support our community. From tackling inequality to making sure our services are the best they can be, we’re focused on what matters most to local people.

We’re creating the conditions for people to thrive - so everyone can enjoy a good quality of life, feel proud to call this place home, and be part of something bigger.

#ItStartsHere - with our streets, our schools, our neighbourhoods. And with your application to join our determined team who are passionate about doing what’s best for the future of Barking and Dagenham.

As an Investors in People Gold Award employer, we’re serious about supporting our staff. From flexible working, professional training and career development to wellbeing initiatives, we want our people to feel valued and supported in everything they do.

Our values, known as

• DRIVE, shape how we work: Deliver our best every day – and do what we promise
• Respond in a prompt, positive way to our community’s needs
• Inspire others with our attitudes and actions
• Value people for who they are and what they can do
• Engage with others to improve our resilience and flexibility We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and experiences.

We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and experiences.