Data & Insight Analyst (SEND)

Salary: £? - ? per year

Requirements:

• Strong experience in data analysis, business intelligence and insight.
• Advanced ability to interrogate, validate and interpret complex datasets.
• Experience creating dashboards, visualisations and reports, ideally using Power BI.
• A track record of turning analysis into practical recommendations for senior decision-makers.
• Knowledge of data quality, information governance and statutory reporting requirements.
• Strong stakeholder-management and communication skills, with the confidence to explain complex findings clearly.
• Ability to work independently, manage competing demands and deliver accurate work at pace.
• An understanding of local government, SEND or childrens services data and performance frameworks is highly advantageous.
• Experience in SEND, childrens services or a comparable complex public-service environment is particularly valuable.

Responsibilities:

• Lead a varied portfolio of SEND data and insight work, balancing competing priorities and delivering to agreed deadlines.
• Produce analysis, management information and performance reporting for senior and operational stakeholders.
• Develop dashboards and visualisations that make complex information accessible and useful.
• Translate complex datasets into meaningful insight, identifying trends, risks, demand pressures and opportunities for improvement.
• Support statutory data collections and returns, ensuring information is accurate, complete, timely and compliant.
• Strengthen data quality, governance and information management across the service.
• Provide evidence and insight to support service transformation, planning and digital improvement activity.
• Use forecasting, modelling and other analytical techniques to help the council understand future demand and service requirements.
• Build relationships with senior leaders, service managers, practitioners and partners, promoting evidence-based decision-making.
• Provide expert advice and help build analytical confidence and capability across the service.

Technologies:

• Business Intelligence
• Support
• Power BI

More:

We are recruiting a Data & Insight Analyst to support a large, forward-thinking local authoritys SEND service. The council is investing in its services and using data and insight to improve decision-making, service delivery and outcomes for children, young people and families. You will work with senior leaders, operational managers and colleagues to support strategic planning and service improvement. This is a high-profile, six-month contract, inside IR35, paying £325–£350 per day.

last updated 40 week of 2026