Performance Lead

Why Southwark?

Southwark Council is strengthening its approach to performance management to ensure that progress against priorities is monitored clearly and consistently. The Data, Performance and Insight team, within Strategy, Insight and Performance, leads the council’s corporate performance reporting and supports services to use performance data effectively. We are looking for a Performance Lead to support the management and delivery of the council’s performance framework.

What You'll Be Doing

In this role you will:

• Support the development and maintenance of the council’s performance framework.
• Work with services to develop and monitor performance measures.
• Produce performance reports for senior leadership and governance boards.
• Analyse performance data to identify trends and improvement opportunities.
• Support services to use performance information to improve delivery.

What We're Looking For

We are looking for someone who has:

• Experience in performance management or reporting.
• Strong analytical and organisational skills.
• Experience working with complex datasets.
• The ability to communicate performance insights clearly.
• Experience working across organisational teams.

Additional Information

Advert close date: 11:59pm on Sunday 26th April 2026

The closing date is given as a guide. We reserve the right to close this vacancy once a sufficient number of applications has been received. We strongly advise you to complete your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

We are an organisation who is passionate about our people and understands that richness of diversity is a requirement to provide the best possible services to our communities. This is demonstrated through our council-wide ambitious commitment to tackle racial inequality in our communities and workforce through our Southwark Stands Together initiative. We particularly welcome applications from members of the black, Asian and ethnic minority communities to increase representation at senior management level in the Council.

Guaranteed Interview Scheme:

As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role, and identify with one of the below criteria:

• Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
• Are currently in care, or have previously been in care
• If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition

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