• Job description

    Team: Housing Innovations

    Job Family: Supporting – CBG13

    Salary: £45,648 – £49,651 per annum pro rata

    Hours: Full time, 37 hours per week

    Base Location: Working from home and any CBC offices, including Priory House, Shefford. You will be expected to attend a CBC office location on a monthly basis, and as needed to carry out your role

    Contract Type: Permanent

    Closing Date: Applications will be reviewed weekly. We reserve the right to close this advert early should there be a high volume of candidates. If you are planning to apply for this role please bear this in mind when preparing your submission.

    Interview Date: TBC  

    About Us 

    Central Bedfordshire is an ambitious authority, determined to be an exemplary one. Our strategic location and high quality of life mean we are one of the fastest growing areas in the country.

    As a council we face the same challenges every business does – investing in the right places and delivering great results. Except for us, it’s all about our 289,000 residents. We’re totally focussed on helping to improve their lives and making Central Bedfordshire a great place to live and work.

    We have set values and principles to represent the way we work and how we operate as an organisation. You can view a list of these in detail on our website.

    This is a great time to join us on our journey.

    Central Bedfordshire Council manages 5,500+ homes and is on track to manage 10,000 homes by 2040. We are well under-way with our transformation journey, building upon solid foundations in performance and workforce development. Yet there are areas where we still need to improve, and we are stepping up to challenges around sustainability, decarbonisation, and regeneration. We are committed to providing excellent housing services, keeping people safe in their homes, and putting customers at the heart of our service.

    The Social Housing Regulations Bill requires increased transparency of performance information, which this role will deliver. The CBC Housing Service wish to continue their journey on becoming data and insight led.  We are connecting systems and maximising the use of emerging technology and innovative solutions. The objective is to enable customer to access systems and ‘self-serve’ at a time to suit them.

    Central Bedfordshire Council are looking for a motivated professional who has recent experience in delivering change and Power BI implementation. The successful candidate will manage a range of projects, ensuring objectives and deliverables outlined are met. The role will ensure that associated business process engineering is undertaken and, importantly that colleagues are part of the journey throughout.

    You will lead a team of 4 people – including BI Developers / Data Analysts and process engineers and have responsibility for delivering a range of digital change through the following actions:

        • Understand business requirements in Power BI context and design data models to transform raw data into meaningful insights – create dashboards and interactive visual reports using Power BI
        • Experience using MS Stack including SQL (essential), using Power Automate and Power Query functions, management of Power BI Service
        • Developing reporting further with an interest in using solutions such as Python
        • Design and build scalable data models, Power BI reports, thus cleaning, verifying and transforming data use
        • Identify key performance indicators (KPIs) with clear objectives and consistently monitor those, be responsible for quarterly and annual business reporting. Identify operational risks, issues, process improvements, business growth opportunities
        • Analyse data and present data through reports that aid decision-making and deliver business insights
        • Convert business requirements into technical specifications and decide timeline to accomplish – delivering advanced analytic capabilities that provide meaningful business insight
        • Work with users and team members at all levels, for performance improvement and suggestions
        • Provide expertise to derive relevant insights from business objectives and problems
        • Deliver Power BI and related training for Housing Service colleagues.

    Delivering digital customer journeys, alongside our colleagues, for a positive customer outcome is an imperative. Ideally the candidate may also be working towards MS accreditation and will have a keen interest in maintaining Power BI service knowledge and in line with product updates. Ideally you will have knowledge of the Housing sector and be a professional who flourishes in managing transformational change.

    The role holder will work across the Housing Service and Central Bedfordshire Council, interacting with a wide range of colleagues and stakeholders to deliver effective combined solutions. The post holder will also assist in sponsoring improvements in our business intelligence systems and support revised practices, enhance collaboration, deliver accessibility and system integration.

    Central Bedfordshire Council has its own vision and values that are integral to everything we do. Our area vision is to make Central Bedfordshire ‘A great place to live and work’.

  • Benefits

    As well as joining a friendly, dedicated, and hardworking team you will have access to numerous benefits, including:

      • Hybrid working arrangements as appropriate. We recognise the importance of supporting our employees to balance their home and work life and to be able to work in the most efficient way. As a hybrid worker you will be able to work from home with access to any CBC location.
      • A £250 one off hybrid worker payment, helping you achieve a safe and suitable work space at home
      • Support to work from abroad for up to a month a year where appropriate
      • Generous family friendly policies and practices
      • A supportive and inclusive environment that values and celebrates differences
      • Staff network and support groups
      • Annual leave allowance 24 days + statutory holidays rising to 31 days with length of service.
      • Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS). This is a valuable part of our rewards package for employees and includes Life Assurance: click here
      • An Employee Assistance Programme offering support to all employees through workplace changes as well as other work, family and personal issues
      • Training and Learning offer – we have access to hundreds of courses and role specific training is also available
      • Access to discounts from local and national retailers

     

    Our Aspiration is to be a truly flexible employer.  We are happy to discuss location, hours and working pattern as part of the application process.

    To assess your suitability for the role, you must demonstrate how you meet the key outcomes, accountabilities and competencies. To do this, you’ll need to refer the Family Profile, Role Profile and Competency Framework which can be found in the Recruitment Pack

    For an informal discussion about this position, please contact: Gurminder Singh at [email protected] or call 0300 300 5849

    For queries related to the recruitment of this vacancy, please contact: The recruitment team at [email protected]

    Central Bedfordshire Council is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome enquiries from everyone and value diversity in the workplace. We are a Disability Confident employer, we are working to become a Disability Confident leader in our community.

    To maintain a fair and consistent approach for applicants, it is Central Bedfordshire Council’s policy to only consider applications made via our online application system and we therefore thank you for not submitting your application offline. If you do not have a CV to hand, please look on our website for a CV template that you can use to create your CV to apply for this role. http://www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk/jobs/work-here/application.aspx