Performance and Information Officer

We are looking for experienced Performance and Information Officers to join our team, using data and insight to help improve services for children and families.

Whether investigating demand, interpreting performance trends or developing dashboards, you will help services understand what is happening, why it matters and where to act. Our work spans early help, social work, education, SEND, and youth offending, offering varied challenges and the chance to see your analysis inform decisions.

You will join a supportive team where ideas are shared, thinking is challenged and there’s room to develop your expertise and explore innovative approaches.

We would particularly welcome applications from people with experience of working with children’s data or other complex public-sector data.

We support flexible and hybrid working but also value opportunities to collaborate and learn together. We therefore aim to spend at least two days a week working together in the office, with additional office attendance sometimes required during inspections or other priority activity.

In this role you'll:

• Develop and improve dashboards and reporting solutions, using Power BI, Power Query, DAX, and data modelling to make information accessible and useful.
• Produce clear performance reports and analysis, helping services understand performance, trends and emerging issues and supporting regular and annual reporting requirements.
• Support performance conversations, using evidence to explore issues, challenge assumptions and identify where action or improvement may be needed.
• Deliver and assure statutory reporting, interpreting guidance, checking data quality, and ensuring submissions are accurate and completed on time.
• Work collaboratively across services and with ICT and digital colleagues to improve reporting and support service planning, including analysis of demand, capacity, and future trends.

The minimum criteria that will be used to shortlist for this role will be:

• Experience of developing business intelligence solutions, including dashboards and reporting using Power BI, Power Query, DAX, and data modelling.
• Experience of using data and analysis to understand performance, investigate issues and identify where action or improvement may be needed.
• Experience of statutory or regulated reporting, including interpreting guidance and ensuring information is accurate and quality assured.

Interviews will be held week commencing 7 December 2026, with a potential video interview stage taking place prior to that date.

If you would like a further discussion about this role please contact intelligence@staffordshire.gov.uk

Our Recruitment Process: We anonymise applications during shortlisting to ensure only relevant information is considered. Please complete your application fully, especially the supporting statement, to highlight what you’ll bring to the role. Please note: The minimum essential criteria in the ideal candidate section detailed above will be used if you are applying under one of our Interview Guarantee Schemes.

We are no ordinary county council:

Our Values:

The core of who we are as an organisation. Just like we all have personal values that shape our thoughts and behaviour, organisational values drive how we think and act collectively.

Our values were created and shaped by colleague feedback and national best practice and they sit at the heart of People Strategy:

We have a real sense of community spirit that brings our people together. This feeling of belonging means we are all connected to what we do and take pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people. We are ambitious and our sights are set firmly on a better future.

We look forward and race ahead - that goes for your career too.

Our benefits:

We recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive working environment where employees can achieve their full potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance.

In addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to Our rewards and benefits - Careers at Staffordshire

Our recruitment process:

As an Authority we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Staffordshire County Council is an equal opportunities organisation and Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from all background and communities

As part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, a Gold Award Armed Forces employer and our commitment to supporting care leavers - we offer a guaranteed interview as long as your application meets the minimum criteria for the post.

As you’ll know safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people/vulnerable adults is important to us and that’s why this position is subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service. If applicable you should disclose details of unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions in your application form.