Principal Analyst – Children's Social Care & Family Help

We are seeking an experienced Principal Analyst to lead in supporting our Children's Social Care and Family Help services in their progress to improved outcomes and adoption of Families First here at Tameside. The role will be pivotal in our drive toward data-driven decision making and supporting front-line practitioners and senior managers alike to achieve the best possible outcomes for the borough's children and young people. You will play a leading role in designing and developing a suite of reporting outputs to support all levels of the business, supply timely insight into its activities and show initiative and curiosity in identifying issues and solutions. You will lead a team of dedicated analysts to develop these skills and support them to deliver strong support across the entire breadth of the service. The role will provide an important link between our corporate Business Intelligence Service and senior leaders across Children's Services, ensuring we are responsive to their needs and that high-quality data and intelligence is a prominent, embedded part of their service delivery model. You will also be a key part of coordinating any new developments with our Systems and Integration Teams. The organisation is currently investing heavily in a modernised data infrastructure you will have access to the cutting-edge Microsoft Fabric platform and dedicated support to fully harness the benefits of automation, standardisation and the de-siloing of data.

At Tameside, we are committed to ensuring all our Citizens lead long, fulfilling and healthy lives. We are committed to supporting economic growth, providing high quality health and care services, protecting our most vulnerable and creating strong and supportive, self-sufficient communities. We recognise that our people drive our success and enable the organisation to deliver on its vision, purpose and priorities, and that our people are our most important resource and asset. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours, and are at the heart of everything that we do; and we understand that how we do things is just as important as what we do. We pride ourselves on living by our STRIVE values of Support, Trust, Respect, Integrity, Value Diversity and Engage.