Principal Performance, Research - Newbury, United Kingdom - West Berkshire Council

West Berkshire Council

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Newbury, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Description

Vacancy Summary

Employer:
West Berkshire Council
Salary:
From £40478 to £48587 per annum (Grade K)
Location:
Council Offices, Market Street, Newbury
Contract:
Permanent
Working Pattern:
Full Time
Hours:
37 hours per week.
DBS Check:
No
Closing Date:
26/06/2023 at 12:00
Reference:
V5239

Vacancy Description

West Berkshire Council is recruiting a permanent, full-time Principal Performance, Research & Information Officer to join the 'Performance, Research and Risk' team.

As part of a dedicated team working to support decision makers to make evidence based decisions, the post is delivering three main functions:

Management of a team providing performance management advice and support to Children and Family Services, Adult Social Care and Education Services
Sourcing, processing and reporting data and intelligence from a range of systems and sources, including from research, evaluations and consultations
Overseeing statutory returns to Government, including data/intelligence preparation for inspections (e.g. Ofsted inspections)

You should be educated to degree level or equivalent professional qualification relevant for the post, have strong IT skills, experience to manage the reporting specifications for software providers, including overseeing the production of reports to extract and report data by external or internal staff.

As the performance management specialist supporting the social care services, sound knowledge and understanding of the local government children safeguarding, adult social care and education functions are essential.

This includes knowledge and experience of designing and delivering research and consultation exercises.

As the role covers a diverse range of technical and performance management tasks, strong organisational and project management skills are required.

West Berkshire Council offer excellent employment benefits such as flexible working, access to a wide range of relevant training, local government pension scheme, family friendly policies, a range of local discounts and much more.

You will also be entitled to a generous annual leave entitlement of 29 days per annum rising to a maximum of 34 days.

For an informal discussion, please contact Catalin Bogos on

Interviews will take place on the 3rd July 2023. You will also be required to undertake a test of your technical abilities.

Equal Opportunities
How to apply

This role has been identified as public facing in accordance with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016; the requirement to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in English applies.