Senior Business Intelligence Officer

An exciting opportunity has arisen within Digital Services for an enthusiastic, versatile and self-motivated Senior Business Intelligence Officer.

You will work alongside other colleagues, including a Policy and Performance Officer, to support the development of the Families First Partnership (FFP) programme within Derbyshire. This programme has been established to support reforms, aiming to take a whole-system approach to rebalancing children’s social care towards early intervention. Following the launch, we are building additional local capacity to drive forward these changes to ensure that children and families in our local area benefit from earlier help and stronger support. This is an exciting time of change and a unique opportunity to play a key role in shaping one of the most significant national shifts in children’s social care in recent decades.

The role will sit within the Council’s newly formed central Data and Analytics Service alongside other Officers who provide business intelligence, data collection and data expertise to support the operational management and strategic planning of services across the Council.

The successful applicant will take a lead role in ensuring that the data requirements of the programme are met. This will include the following key responsibilities:

• Ensuring case management systems can capture required information and establishing methods for capturing data from partner organisations where required.
• Extract data from the children’s case management system for analysis using interrogative languages (eg. SQL).
• Matching data from a range of sources to produce dashboards and analysis to present to a range of audiences.
• Deliver statutory returns.

We are looking for a dedicated, personable individual to work closely with the operational leads, system providers and wider Digital Services and Corporate colleagues to deliver successful outcomes to support the aims of the programme.

The qualities of the successful applicant will include:

• Ability to build good working relationships with stakeholders.
• Self-motivated with experience of delivering successful project outcomes.
• Strong organisational skills and ability to meet targets within prescribed timescales.
• Established and proficient Digital Skills, including SQL and Power BI.
• Ability to guide and influence employees and managers at a senior level.

The role provides a varied and challenging development opportunity working across a wider team. As well as technical skills, candidates should be enthusiastic and customer focused, possess effective problem-solving abilities and the ability to manage projects.

The successful candidate will need to be flexible in the areas of work they cover and will ideally have an understanding of how recording systems support operational delivery and good practice in recording information.

For further information regarding this posts please contact Tim Kay by email in the first instance on tim.kay@derbyshire.gov.uk to arrange a phone call.

Provisional Interview Date: 21 January 2026

Due to this post having administrative privileges within the Council’s IT systems, and in order to comply with the Public Services Network requirements, the successful candidate will be required to undertake a Basic criminal record check. The possession of a criminal record will not necessarily prevent an applicant from obtaining this post, as all cases are judged individually according to the nature of the role and information provided. Click here to see our policy on criminal background checks.

Apply now and take the first step towards a fulfilling career with us! By joining Derbyshire County Council you will have access to a range of amazing rewards and employee benefits, including our generous annual leave scheme, excellent local government pension and fantastic employee discounts. To discover more detail about the rewards and benefits available to you, click here

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Important: Derbyshire County Council holds a sponsorship licence, but this role does not offer visa sponsorship. Please apply only if you already have the right to work in the UK without sponsorship, as applications that do not meet this requirement will be rejected.

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